yī liáo
medical treatment
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医疗卫生 (yīliáo wèishēng)
medical and health care
医疗保健 (yīliáo bǎojian)
medical care
疾病 (jí bìng)
disease
健康 (jiàn kāng)
health
The Chinese word 医疗 (yīliáo) for "medical treatment" is a compound of two characters: 医 (yī) and 疗 (liáo). The character 医 originally meant "to treat an illness" or "to heal," and it is composed of the radical 殳 (shū), which represents a weapon or tool, and the character 殳 (yī), which represents a person. The character 疗 originally meant "to cure" or "to heal," and it is composed of the radical 疒 (chuáng), which represents illness or disease, and the character 寮 (liáo), which represents a house or shelter. Thus, the compound word 医疗 literally means "to treat an illness in a house or shelter," which is a fitting name for the concept of medical treatment.
