Medical Terms inThai

[DocTom]

Gentlemen,

I have searched generally on the web, and in this site, but I cannot find a good English-Thai-English online dictionary of medical terms (preferably one with Romanised Thai also).

Can anyone point me to one or more please? (Seems like an item that could be useful to many.)

DocTom.

[AyG]

I don't know whether such a beast exists. I rather doubt it. The only such paper dictionary that I know of has been out of print for some time.

I presume you're already familiar with http://www.whatiscalled.com/medical-terms-in-thai/

Translations there should be treated with some caution.

You may also glean some useful lexis from:

http://womenlearnthai.com/index.php/learning-thai-medical-terms-breaking-building/

http://womenlearnthai.com/index.php/useful-thai-language-medical-vocabulary/

Edited October 28, 2015 by AyG

[Sheryl]

I don't know any others than above but if anyone ever finds one, let me know. It would indeed be useful.

In practice, except for medical things that would be part of a Thai lay person's vocabulary, the tendency is to use the English term but pronounced in a Thai way.

If you look at a Thai medical textbook you'll see that the very technical words are rendered in english. So if speaking with medical personnel they will usually understand the English term, especially if you can mange to put a Thai intonation into it.

[Maybole]

all medical terms are have a Latin name which all Doctors are taught to under stand. Try a translate site from your language into Latin

[chubby]

little something here:

http://www.thai-language.com/id/589857

if you in bangkok you could take an advanced module, but maybe you'd have to take starter courses 1st, not sure:

http://www.utl-school.com/?page_id=9

you can get quite a ways with other medical people with the latin medicalese, but no where with your patients ........

[AyG]

if you in bangkok you could take an advanced module, but maybe you'd have to take starter courses 1st, not sure:

http://www.utl-school.com/?page_id=9

When I studied at UTL I wanted to do that module. However, at the time they hadn't run it for several years. With the less popular modules, the only way you can study them is by getting a group of like minded students together to ask for it. However, if you're a student there you can buy the course book. Not sure if they'd sell to non-students or not. One can but ask, I guess. (You'd probably need to 'phone them, speaking in Thai. They are very bad at replying to emails.)

[chubby]

good to know, guess one could get the book and a tutor, at a larger pricetag

are you a medical person in thailand, doing anything medical in thailand?

if you in bangkok you could take an advanced module, but maybe you'd have to take starter courses 1st, not sure:
http://www.utl-school.com/?page_id=9

When I studied at UTL I wanted to do that module. However, at the time they hadn't run it for several years. With the less popular modules, the only way you can study them is by getting a group of like minded students together to ask for it. However, if you're a student there you can buy the course book. Not sure if they'd sell to non-students or not. One can but ask, I guess. (You'd probably need to 'phone them, speaking in Thai. They are very bad at replying to emails.)

[DocTom]

Sorry I have been absent for a while, but now I see your responses. Many thanks to you all.

The whatiscalled link is quite useful, but not very extensive in the terms that are covered - however better than anything that I had previously, so thanks AyG.

I could not get the link to thai-language.com to work, but I got there by a series of steps - very good site, but again lacking some terms. The womenlearnthai links also provided some useful information.

It seems that there is no comprehensive facility, but the sites that you suggested are a significant advance on what I had available previously.

I do think that the sites that you suggested may be of sufficient interest and utility that it would be useful to put them in a pinned entry.

Many thanks to you all.

DocTom.

[DocTom]

Sorry I have been absent for a while, but now I see your responses. Many thanks to you all.

The whatiscalled link is quite useful, but not very extensive in the terms that are covered - however better than anything that I had previously, so thanks AyG.

I could not get the link to thai-language.com to work, but I got there by a series of steps - very good site, but again lacking some terms. The womenlearnthai links also provided some useful information.

It seems that there is no comprehensive facility, but the sites that you suggested are a significant advance on what I had available previously.

I do think that the sites that you suggested may be of sufficient interest and utility that it would be useful to put them in a pinned entry.

Many thanks to you all.

DocTom.