Mohammad Marashi

Mohammad Marashi
Mohammad Marashi
مُحمد مَرْعَشِي
Born	25 January 1944; Aleppo, Syria
Died	15 May 2020 (aged 76); 6th of October City, Egypt
Other names	Mohammad Oussama Marashi, MHD. OSAMA MARACHI
Occupation(s)	Physician and lexicographer

Mohammad Marashi (Arabic: مُحمد مَرْعَشِي) (25 January 1944 – 15 May 2020) was a Syrian physician and lexicographer. His most notable work is Marashi's Grand Medical Dictionary (Arabic: معجم مرعشي الطبي الكبير), which was published in 2005.

Biography

Marashi was born in Aleppo, Syria, on 25 January 1944. He was educated at Damascus University, Faculty of Medicine, where he was awarded a Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery in 1970. He then specialized in obstetrics and gynecology between 1971 and 1976, and was licensed in 1977.^[1]^[2] He lived in Aleppo until August 2012, then moved to 6th of October City, Egypt until his death on 15 May 2020 in 6th of October City, Egypt.

Works

Marashi established Dar Al-Shifa Hospital in Aleppo in 1981 and worked as its director from 1982 to 1988. He also established Al-Maraashi Hospital in Aleppo in 1988. He also worked as a lecturer at the Health Institute in Aleppo from 1994 to 1997.^[2]

He published more than 5 books on medicine in Arabic and English, including 3 dictionaries:^[3]^[4]

OBSTETRICS ILLUSTRATED (Arabic: التوليد المصور), 1994.
GYNAECOLOGY ILLUSTRATED (Arabic: الأمراض النسائية المصورة), 1995.
Marashi's Grand Medical Dictionary (Arabic: معجم مرعشي الطبي الكبير), 2005
Marashi's Intermediate Medical Dictionary (Arabic: معجم مرعشي الطبي الوسيط), 2002
Marashi's Pocket Medical Dictionary (Arabic: معجم مرعشي الطبي للجيب), 2003

References

^ "دليل أطباء حلب / التوليد وأمراض النساء وجراحتها / محمد أسامة مرعشي". نقابة أطباء حلب (in Arabic). Archived from the original on 21 August 2020. Retrieved 21 August 2020.
^ ^a ^b Marashi, Mohammad (2005). معجم مرعشي الطبي الكبير (in Arabic) (First ed.). Librairie Du Liban Publishers. p. 2. ISBN 9953336652. Retrieved 21 August 2020.
^ Abaza, Nizar (2002). المرأة في الوراقة السورية (منذ بداية الطباعة) (in Arabic) (First ed.). دار الفكر المعاصر للطباعة والنشر والتوزيع. p. 72. ISBN 9781592390113. Retrieved 21 August 2020.
^ "جميع مؤلفات "مرعشي، محمد أسامة"". مركز تقنية الاتصالات والمعلومات في جامعة المنصورة (in Arabic). Archived from the original on 21 August 2020. Retrieved 21 August 2020.