Health and Medicine Vocabulary

Vocabulary terms and definitions related to health, symptoms, illnesses, and medical care based on the lecture notes.

Malade

Not feeling well

La bonne santé

Physical well-being

La mauvaise santé

Incapable of functioning normally without pain

Se sentir bien

To be conscious of being in good physical condition

Se sentir mal

To be conscious of being in bad physical condition

Le/la pauvre

Someone unhappy or pitiful

Courage! Ça va aller mieux

Encouragement ("Hang in there! It will get better")

Prends soin de toi

Take care of yourself

Bon rétablissement!

Get well soon

À tes/vos souhaits

What you say when someone sneezes

Avoir de la fièvre

To have a temperature above 38 degrees

Un rhume

General inflammation of the respiratory tract (nose, throat, bronchi)

Enrhumé/e

Having a cold

Éternuer

To sneeze

Un kleenex/un mouchoir

What is used to blow one's nose

Tousser

To make a sound from the throat (coughing)

Avoir mal à la gorge

Inflammation causing pain in the throat

Une angine

Throat infection

La grippe

Infectious, contagious disease characterized by fever

Les frissons

Irregular trembling due to fever, accompanied by a feeling of cold

Avoir mal

To feel pain (e.g., in the head, back, ear, stomach, knee, belly, eye)

Le nez qui coule

Runny nose

Les yeux qui piquent

Eye irritation

La gorge qui gratte

Experiencing an itch in the throat

Une sinusite aiguë

Inflammation of a sinus

Une allérgie

A reaction to a certain substance, such as pollen

Une infection

An invasion of the body by a foreign agent, such as a bacterium or virus

Allérgique

Reacting by manifesting an allergy

Viral/e

Spreads rapidly

Bacterien

Relating to bacteria

Le docteur/le médecin

The person who treats the sick

Le/la malade

The person who is sick

Examiner

What the doctor does during an appointment

Ouvrir

To separate mobile elements to communicate the outside and inside

Ausculter

To use a stethoscope to examine a patient

Souffrir

To have physical pain

Respirer

To inhale oxygen and exhale carbon dioxide

Un diagnostic

What the doctor makes after an examination

Préscrire

To order or recommend expressly

Un antibiotique

A medicine against an infection

Une ordonnance

A written prescription from the doctor

Un/e pharmacien/ne

The person who sells medicine to patients

Un médicament

A substance specially prepared to serve as a remedy

Un comprimé

A tablet or pill

De l’aspirine

An analgesic prescribed for mild pain

De la p
nicilline

An antibiotic

Un sirop

Medicine for treating a cough

Avaler

To swallow (drink)