Title: R
Course: Glossary

R

Rabies - ሕማም ዕቡድ ከልቢ

A severe life-threatening viral disease, transmitted to humans in saliva in the bite of infected animals, particularly those in the dog family (canines).

ብቫይረስ ዝመፅእ ኣዝዩ ሓደገኛ ሕማም እንትኾን ብዙሕ ጊዜ በቲ ቫይረስ ዝተተሓዘ ከልቢ ክትንከስ ከለኻ ዝመሓላለፍ እዩ

Radiation - ጨረር

In a newborn, radiation is the loss of heat from a newborn's skin to distant cold objects, such as a cold window or wall etc.

ጨረር ማለት ሙቀት ካብ ሕንጦ ክወፅእ ወይ ድማ ክኸድ ከሎ

Rape - ኣገዲደካ ምድፋር

Forced sexual intercourse.

ብዘይ ፍቓድ ኣገዲድካ ፆታዊ ርክብ ምፍፃም

re-infection - ደግሲ

For example, a situation in which a person already living with HIV is infected with a new strain of HIV from another PLHIV. Re-infection can accelerate progression to AIDS.

ንኻልኣይ ጊዜ ወይ ብተወሳኺ ምርካስ

Reactivation - ምኩሳሕ

For example, the process of progression from LTBI to active TB is called reactivation. The greatest risk for developing active TB is within the first two years following the initial infection.

ኩነታት ሕማም ካብ ዝሃሸ ናብ ዝበኣሰ ኩነታት ምኽያድ

Readiness - ዝግጁነት

A degree of willingness and eagerness of an individual to learn something new. Individuals learn best when they are physically, mentally and emotionally ready to learn — and they do not learn well if they see no reason for learning.

ሓዱሽ ነገር ናይ ምፍላጥን ምስራሕን ዝግጁነት

Recency - ወቕታዊ

The principle of recency states that things most recently learned are best remembered. Conversely, the further a learner is removed time-wise from a new fact or understanding, the more difficult it is to remember.

ምስቲ ጊዜ ዝተሓደሰ መረዳእታ

Reconstitution - ምሕዋስ

The process of mixing vaccines that come as powders with the diluent provided with the vaccine.

ምሕዋስ መድሓኒት ምስ ሕሩጭ ዝመስል ነገር

Recycling - መሊስካ ኣብ ጥቕሚ ምውዓል

A process by which waste is processed in some way to be reformed into new or similar products. The principle is to make a usable product from the waste. Plastic bottles, newspapers, cardboard and tin cans can all be reprocessed and made into new items.

ጊዚያዊ ትቕሞም ወዲኦም ዝተወገዱ ኣቑሑ መሊስካ ኣብ ጥቕሚ ምውዓል

Reduction - ምቕናስ

Keeping to a minimum.

ምቕናስ ወይ ናብ ዝተሓተ ደረጃ ምውራድ

Referral - ሪፈር ምግባር ወይ ስጣን በላይ ምባል

Sending a client for additional health services and specialised care at a higher level health facility.

ሓደ ሕሙም ናብ ተወሳኺ/ዝሓሸ ናይ ጥዕና ኣገልግሎት ምስዳድ

refrigerator - መዝሓሊ መሳርሒ

A cooling apparatus. Health facility refrigerators may be powered by electricity, kerosene, paraffin, bottled gas or solar energy. Electric refrigerators are usually the least costly to run and the easiest to maintain, but they must have a reliable electricity supply.

ብኤሌትሪክ፣ ነዳጅ ወይ ዘይቲ ዝሰርሕ መዝሓሊ መሳርሒ

Regimen - ረጂመን

A defined course of drug treatment.

ክፋል መድሓኒት

Rehydration drink - ጨው እንግሊዝ

A drink to correct dehydration, which you can make with boiled water, salt, and sugar or powdered cereal.

ናይ ሰብነት ምድራቕ ዝከላኸል/ዝቕንስ ካብ ማይ፣ጨው፣ ሽኮርን ሕሩጭን ዝዘጋጀ ፈሳሲ

Relapse - ምድጋስ

A patient who has been declared cured or treatment completed in the past, but who reports back to the health service with the same initial symptoms of illness.

ሓደ ሰብ ምወዩ ምስ ተረጋገፀ እንደገና ክሓምም ከሎ

Relax - ምዝንናይ

To make less tense, rigid or firm.

ምዝንናይ

Research - መፅናዕቲ

The collection, analysis and interpretation of data with the aim of answering certain questions or solving certain problems. Health research is aimed at investigating health-related problems systematically and using this knowledge to design better solutions for these problems.

መረዳእታ ኣኪብካ፣ ተንቲነካን ተርጉይምካን ንሓደ ጥያቄ መልሲ ምሃብ

Reservoir - ተሸካሚ

In the context of the water cycle and hydrology, reservoir means all stores of water. The place where the infectious agent is normally present before infecting a new human. Without reservoirs, infectious agents could not survive and hence could not be transmitted to other people.

ረኽሲ ከምፅኡ ዝኽእሉ ተሃዋስን ዝሽከም ሂወት ዘለዎ/ሂወት ዘይበሉ አካል ንኣብነት፡ ጣንጡ ዓሶ ንዘምፅኡ ተሃዋሰያን ትሽከም

Resistance - ማቁቓም

The ability of something to defend itself against something that would normally harm or kill it. Many bacteria become resistant to the effects of certain antibiotics.

ጉደኣት ከምፁ ንነዘኽሉ አካላት እቲ ዝተሓሰበ ጉድኣት ነኸየስዕቡ ምቁቓም ምኽኣል፡፡ ንኣብነት ብዙሃት ባክቴርያታት መድሓኒት ይቃsሙ አለዉ

Resource - ሃፍቲ

What is needed or available for doing or making something. People, land, animals, money, skills and plants are resources that can be used for improving health.

ሓደ ነገር ንምስራሕ ዘለካ ዓቕሚ ሃፍቲ፡፡ ንኣብነት፡ ናይ ዓቕሚ ዘለዎ ሰብ ሃፍቲ፣ ናይ ገንዘብ ሃፍቲ ወዘተ

Respirators - መተንፈሲ መሳርሒ

An apparatus to produce artificial respiration (breathing). Respirators have very small pores (too small to see with the naked eye) that allow the wearer to breathe but prevent infectious agents from passing through.

ኣረቴፊሻል መተንፈሲ መሳርሒ

Respondent - መላሲ

Person who answers the questions in a questionnaire/survey.

ነዘተሓተተ ጥያቄ መልሲ ዝህብ

Retina - ረቲና

A complex layer of tissue at the back of the eye, where the image from the light entering the eye is focused. When light hits the retina, it send signals to the brain along the optic nerve. The brain interprets these signals and turns them into information about what the eye is seeing.

ንዝተረኣየ ምስሊ ናብ አእምሮ መልእኽቲ ዘመሓላልፍ ኣካል ዓይኒ

Retrovirus - ሪትሮቫይረስ

A type of virus that must use reverse transcriptase to copy itself.

ዓይነት ቫይረስ ኮይኑ ንምርባሕ ሪቨርስ ትራንሰክሪፕቴዝ ዝተበሃለ ንትረ ነገር ዝጥቀም

Reuse - መሊስካ ኣብ ጥቕሚ ምውዓል

Using something more than once.

ካብ ሓደ ግዜ ንላዕሊ ምጥቃም

Risk - ብሕማም ናይ ምቅላዕ ሓደጋ

The likelihood or probability of the hazard occurring and the magnitude of the resulting effects. Danger.

ብሕማም ናይ ምቅላዕ ሓደጋ

Rotavirus - ሮታ ቫይረስ

The most common cause of severe diarrhoea in infants and young children. Nearly every child in the world has been infected with rotavirus at least once by the age of five.[2] Immunity develops with each infection, so subsequent infections are less severe; adults are rarely affected

ኣብ ህፃናት ናይ ተቕማጥ ሕማም ዘምፅእ ቫይረስ

Runoff - ተፋሰስ

In the water cycle; runoff includes all water that flows, under the force of gravity, across land in streams and rivers and across the surface, for example, of a field.

ውሕጅ ክውሕጅ ከሎ