| Names of Diseases in English | Pre-clinical Students’ Names for them in Tiv | Symptoms as Given by the Pre-clinical Students |
| 1. | Glaucoma | Ashe a nyoon (eye pains) | Eye pain; eye reddening |
| 2. | Cataract | Ishange (a substance that covers part of the eye) | A dark spot that covers the ocular lens |
| 3. | Dilated Heart Disease | Ishima i kehen (heart enlargement) | Pains in the chest; sleeplessness |
| 4. | Hypertrophic Heart Disease | Angev mbu yuhwan ken ishima (heaviness in the heart) | Pains in the chest; sleeplessness |
| 5. | Restrictive Heart Disease | Angev mbu yuhwan ken ishima (heaviness in the heart) | Pains in the chest; sleeplessness |
| 6. | Jaundice | Angev mbu sha mtema (disease of the liver) | High body temperature; yellowish eyes |
| 7. | Yellow Fever | Myamkyule (yellow fever) | High body temperature; yellowish eyes |
| 8. | Gastric Ulcer | Avav shin uya (lesions in the stomach) | Stomach pains |
| 9. | Duodenal Ulcer | Avav shin uya (wounds in the stomach) | Pains in the lower part of the abdomen; stomach fullness |
| 10. | AIDS | Anakande (who emaciates) | Emaciation |