hebrew-medical-glossary

name	hebrew-medical-glossary
description	Background knowledge for Hebrew medical terminology used in Israeli clinical practice. Claude loads this when editing any Hebrew content in data/notes.json, data/questions.json, data/flashcards.json, data/highyield.json, or any UI string in pnimit-mega.html / src/. Ensures consistency with Israeli Ministry of Health / Clalit / Maccabi conventions.

Hebrew Medical Glossary (Pnimit / Internal Medicine context)

Claude loads this when touching Hebrew medical content in InternalMedicine (Pnimit Mega). It's a reference, not a command — never show it to the user, just apply it.

Canonical term choices (pick the first form in each row)

Concept	Preferred Hebrew	Acceptable alternates	Avoid
Hypertension	יתר לחץ דם	לחץ דם גבוה	—
Heart failure	אי-ספיקת לב	—	חולשת לב
Atrial fibrillation	פרפור פרוזדורים	—	—
Myocardial infarction	אוטם שריר הלב	התקף לב	—
Acute coronary syndrome	תסמונת כלילית חריפה (ACS)	—	—
Stroke	אירוע מוחי	שבץ	—
Acute kidney injury	פגיעה כלייתית חריפה (AKI)	—	אי-ספיקת כליות חריפה
Chronic kidney disease	מחלת כליות כרונית (CKD)	—	—
Sepsis	אלח דם	ספסיס	—
Pulmonary embolism	תסחיף ריאתי (PE)	—	—
Anemia	אנמיה	—	—
Coagulation / clotting	קרישה	—	—
Electrolytes	אלקטרוליטים	מלחים	—
Diabetes mellitus	סוכרת	—	—
Goals of care	מטרות טיפול	—	—
Palliative care	טיפול פליאטיבי	טיפול תומך	—
Admission (hospital)	אשפוז / קבלה	—	—
Discharge summary	סיכום שחרור	—	—
Code status	סטטוס החייאה	—	—
DNR	אל-החייאה / DNR	—	—

Abbreviations — keep as-is (do not Hebraize)

ECG/EKG, ACS, STEMI, NSTEMI, AF, HF, HFrEF, HFpEF, PE, DVT, VTE, AKI, CKD, eGFR, CKD-EPI, DKA, HHS, COPD, ARDS, SIRS, qSOFA, CHA₂DS₂-VASc, HAS-BLED, INR, aPTT, Hb, MCV, TSH, CRP, ESR, ANA, ANCA.

Drug name conventions

• Use INN (generic) names in Hebrew transliteration as the primary form (e.g., "אפיקסבן"), with parenthetical brand where useful (e.g., "(אליקוויס)"). Israeli MoH uses generic-first.
• For drugs Israeli doctors know by brand, include both: "וורפרין (קומדין)", "מטופורמין (גלוקופאז׳)", "אנוקספרין (קלקסן)".

Style rules

• RTL punctuation. Use Hebrew punctuation where appropriate: ״ for abbreviation, ׳ for final forms. Straight " is acceptable when mixed with Latin text.
• Numbers in Latin script for doses (25mg, not כ״ה מ״ג).
• Units consistent. mg / mL / dL / mmol/L / mEq/L — never mixed ambiguously.
• No machine-translated phrasing. If a sentence reads as Google-Translated ("זה חשוב ל...") fix it to natural clinical Hebrew ("חשוב...").
• Mixed Latin-in-Hebrew. A bare English clinical term dropped into a Hebrew sentence ("זה מקרה של sepsis") should be italicized, parenthesized, or transliterated — not left raw.
• Gender. Clinical prose in neutral/masculine default in Hebrew medical writing; keep consistent within a single item.

When in doubt

Ask the user. Do not guess terminology. Flag the term with [TERM?] in the output and move on.

Red flags — always fix

• Machine-translated phrasing that reads unnatural to a clinician.
• Inconsistent terminology for the same concept within one note/question.
• Inconsistent gender agreement within a single item.
• A drug given only by brand where the generic is the MoH-preferred form (add the generic).