English Vocabulary: Man's Basic Concerns (The Body, Health, Illnesses, and Care)

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Vocabulary flashcards featuring key terms and translations for human anatomy, injuries, disabilities, medical care, hospital staffing, and healthcare specialties from the English vocabulary guide.

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a body

French: un corps (Related: to embody / the embodiment → incarner / l'incarnation)

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brawn → brawny

French: des muscles → musclé (Associated with 'a muscle')

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the torso / the chest

French: le torse / la poitrine (cage thoracique)

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the back → the backbone

French: le dos → la colonne vertébrale

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the navel / the liver

French: le nombril / le foie

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the bowels / intestines

French: les intestins

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the guts / the womb

French: les tripes / l'utérus

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the forehead

French: le front

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a cheek → a cheekbone

French: une joue → une pommette

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the neck / the nape / the throat

French: le cou / la nuque / la gorge

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an arm → an armpit

French: un bras → une aisselle

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the shin / a calf

French: le tibia / un mollet

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to bruise → a bruise / a haematoma

French: se faire une contusion / bleu → un hématome

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to wound → a wound

French: blesser intentionnellement → une blessure

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to sprain → a sprain

French: fouler → une foulure / entorse

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a cast / a sling / crutches

French: un plâtre / une écharpe / des béquilles

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bedridden / to cripple

French: alité, grabataire / estropier

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crippled / maimed

French: estropié / infirme, invalide

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to lisp → lisp

French: zozoter → le zozotement

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to stutter → stuttering

French: bégayer → le bégaiement

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deaf and dumb / dumbness

French: sourd et muet / le mutisme

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a spastic → spasticity

French: un handicapé moteur → la paralysie spastique

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claustrophobic → claustrophobia

French: claustrophobe → la claustrophobie

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hypochondriac → hypochondria

French: hypocondriaque → l'hypocondrie

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a mania → a maniac

French: une manie → un obsédé

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mad → madness / a lunatic

French: fou → la folie / un fou

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decayed / bad tooth

French: une dent cariée

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to pull out / a denture

French: arracher, extraire / un dentier

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a brace (braces)

French: un appareil dentaire

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to screen → mandatory screening

French: faire un test de dépistage → le dépistage obligatoire

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syrup / a phial

French: du sirop / une ampoule

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to boost → a booster

French: faire un rappel → un rappel

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a stretcher-bearer / a gurney

French: un brancardier / un chariot

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a consultant / a nurse

French: un chef de service / une infirmière

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an orderly / a midwife

French: un aide-soignant / une sage-femme

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to an(a)esthesize → an an(a)esthetist / an an(a)esthesia

French: anesthésier → un anesthésiste / une anesthésie

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to numb (pain) / a lancet

French: endormir (douleur) / un bistouri

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to stitch / sew* up → a stitch

French: recoudre → un point de suture

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a cure-all / a nostrum / a panacea

French: une panacée

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a remission / to relapse → a relapse

French: une rémission / rechuter → une rechute

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overweight ≠ underweight

French: en surcharge pondérale ≠ trop maigre

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a teatotaller

French: qqn qui ne boit pas d'alcool

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a GP (= General Practitioner)

French: un médecin généraliste

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a specialist / a practice / surgery

French: un spécialiste / un cabinet médical

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geriatrics → a geriatrician

French: la gériatrie → un gériatre

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phlebology → a phlebologist

French: la phlébologie → un phlébologue

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care / to be pampered

French: des soins / se faire dorloter

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a chiropodist / podiatrist (US)

French: un podologue

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herbalism / phytotherapy → a phytotherapist

French: la phytothérapie → un phytothérapeute

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sophrology → a sophrologist

French: la sophrologie → un sophrologue