tiba
TEE-bah
How to say it
SwahilitibaTEE-bah
Englishtreatment, cure; medicine (the field)
Frenchtraitement, remède ; médecine
Meaning
The care given to heal a disease or an injury, a cure for it, and medicine as a science and a profession.
Good to know
The plural is the same word. Kupata tiba is to receive treatment, tiba asilia is traditional medicine, and vifaa tiba is medical equipment; a medicine you take is dawa.
Examples
- Mgonjwa alipelekwa India kwa ajili ya tiba.The patient was taken to India for treatment.
- Bado hakuna tiba ya ugonjwa huu.There is still no cure for this disease.
- Dada yangu anasoma tiba chuo kikuu.My sister studies medicine at university.
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