Medical Terms in the Arabic Manuscript Kitāb al-mi’a fi al-ṭibb (“Hundred Books on the Skills of Medicine”) by Abu Sahl Isa b. Yahya al-Masihi (the 11th Century)

The article is based on the manuscript “Hundred books skills of Medicine” by Abu Sahl al-Masihi from collection Oriental Department Gorky Library St. Petersburg State University (Ms. O 667). author this written monument was regarded as teacher Ibn Sina (Avicenna). text an encyclopedic medical treatise XI century. It consists one hundred “books”, each which a separate and independent chapter dedicated to specific problem theoretical or practical medicine. presents analysis Arabic terms found in table contents first book. They can be divided into four categories: borrowings other languages, obsolete terms, Qur’an, with roots. authors cited fragments Quranic texts illustration early origin some for physiological states. knowledge traditions Arabs played decisive role development Arab-Muslim medieval Medical Arabs, introduced scientific circulation Middle Ages, are actively used modern Arabic. results lexical terminology “book” reflect scale phenomenon called