Common diseases

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Common diseases

Gastrointestinal

Hematology/Oncology

Neurological disease

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General Infectious

	Written/Spoken Mandarin			Spoken Cantonese
	Traditional	Simplified	Hanyu pinyin	Traditional	Cantonese Yale romanization
Respiratory disease	呼吸道病	呼吸道病	hu1 xi1 dao4 bing4	呼吸道病	fu1 kap1 dou6 beng6	Respiratory disease
Asthma	氣喘病	气喘病	qi4 chuan3 bing4	氣喘病	hei3 chyun2 beng6	Asthma
Hay fever	枯草熱	枯草热	ku1 cao3 re4	枯草熱	fu1 chou2 yit6	Hay fever
Cold	感冒	感冒	gan3 mao4	感冒傷風	gam2 mou6 seung1 fung1	Cold
Sinusitis	鼻窦炎	鼻窦炎	bi2 dou4 yan2	鼻窦炎	bei6 dau6 yim4	Sinusitis
Laryngitis	喉炎	喉炎	hou2 yan2	喉炎	hau4 yim	Laryngitis
Bronchitis	支氣管炎	支气管炎	zhi1 qi4 guan3 yan2	支氣管炎	ji1 hei3 gun2 yim4	Bronchitis
Pneumonia	肺炎	肺炎	fei4 yan2	肺炎	fai3 yim4	Pneumonia
Emphysema	肺氣腫	肺气肿	fei4 qi4 zhong3	肺氣腫	fai3 hei3 jung2	Emphysema

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Cardiovascular disease	心血管病	心血管病	xin1 xie3 guan3 bing4	心血管病	sam1 hyut3 gun2 beng6	Cardiovascular disease
Heart disease	心臟病	心脏病	xin1 zang4 bing4	心臟病	sam1 jong6 beng6	Heart disease
Coronary heart disease	冠心病	冠心病	guan4 xin1 bing4	冠心病	gun3 sam1 beng6	Coronary heart disease
Myocardial infarction	心肌梗死	心肌梗死	xin1 ji1 geng3 si3	心肌梗死	sam6 gei1 gang2 sei2	Myocardial infarction
Heart failure	心藏衰竭	心脏衰竭	xin1 zang4 shuai1 jie2	心臟衰竭	sam1 jong6 seui1 kit3	Heart failure
Hypercholesterolemia	高胆固醇血症	高胆固醇血症	gao1 dan3 gu4 chun2 xie3 zheng4	高胆固醇血症	gou1 daam2 gu3 seun4 hyut3 jing3	Hypercholesterolemia
Hypertension (blood pressure)	高血壓	高血压	gao1 xue4 ya1	高血壓	gou1 hyut3 ngaat3	Hypertension (blood pressure)

	Written/Spoken Mandarin			Spoken Cantonese
Gastrointestinal disease	腸胃病	肠胃病	chang2 wei4 bing4	腸胃病	cheung4 wai6 beng6	Gastrointestinal disease
Reflux/heartburn	胃灼熱	胃灼热	wei4 zhuo2 re4	胃灼熱	wai6 cheuk3 yit6	Reflux/heartburn
Ulcer	溃瘍	溃疡	kui4 yang2	溃瘍	kui2 yeung4	Ulcer
Gallstones Gallbladder disease	胆石胆囊病	胆石胆囊病	dan3 shi2 dan3 nang2 bing4	胆石胆囊病	daam2 sek6 daam2 nong4 beng6	Gallstones Gallbladder disease
Hepatitis Liver disease	肝炎肝病	肝炎肝病	gan1 yan2 gan1 bing4	肝炎肝病	gon1 yim4 gon1 beng6	Hepatitis Liver disease
Pancreatitis	胰腺炎	胰腺炎	yi2 xian4 yan2	胰腺炎	yi4 sin3 yim4	Pancreatitis
Appendicitis	闌尾炎	阑尾炎	lan2 wei3 yan2	闌尾炎	laan4 mei5 yim4	Appendicitis
Gastroenteritis	腸胃炎	肠胃炎	chang2 wei4 yan2	腸胃炎	chang4 wai6 yim4	Gastroenteritis
Inflammatory bowel disease	炎性腸道疾病	炎性肠道疾病	yan2 xing4 chang2 dao4 ji2 bing4	炎性腸道疾病	yim4 sing3 cheung4 dou6 jat6 beng6	Inflammatory bowel disease

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Renal disease	腎臟病	肾脏病	shen4 zang4 bing4	腎臟病	san5 jong6 beng6	Renal disease
Kidney stones	腎石	肾石	shen4 shi2	腎石	san5 sek6	Kidney stones
Pyelonephritis	腎盂腎炎	肾盂肾炎	shen4 yu2 shen4 yan2	腎盂腎炎	san5 yu4 yim4	Pyelonephritis
Urinary tract infection	尿道系統炎	尿道系统炎	niao4 dao4 xi4 tong3 yan2	尿道系統炎	niu6 dou6 hai6 yung2 yim4	Urinary tract infection
Benign prostatic hypertrophy	良性前列腺肥大症	良性前列腺肥大症	liang2 xing4 qian2 lie4 xian4 fei2 da4 zheng4	良性前列腺肥大症	leung4 sing3 chin4 lit6 sin3 fei4 daai6 jing3	Benign prostatic hypertrophy

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Endocrine	内分泌腺	内分泌腺	nei4 fen1 bi4 xian4	內分泌腺	noi6 fan1 bei3 sin3	Endocrine
Diabetes	糖尿病	糖尿病	tang2 niao4 bing4	糖尿病	tong4 niu6 beng6	Diabetes
Thyroid disease	甲狀腺病	甲状腺病	jia3 zhuang4 xian4 bing4	甲狀腺病	gaap3 jong6 sin3 beng6	Thyroid disease

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Hematology Oncology	血液學腫瘤學	血液学肿瘤学	xie3 ye4 xue2 zhong3 liu2 xue2	血液學腫瘤學	hyut3 yik6 hok6 jung2 lau4 hok6		Hematology Oncology
Anemia	貧血	贫血	pin2 xie3	貧血	pan4 hyut3		Anemia
Cancer	癌症	癌症	ai2 zheng4	癌症	ngaam4 jing3		Cancer
Leukemia	白血病	白血病	bai2 xie2 bing4	白血病	baak6 hyut3 beng6		Leukemia
Lymphoma