Alcohol And Public Health Flashcards
Consommation
Consumption : the using up of food, energy, resources
Consumption
Consommation
Consommer
To consume
Seul, unique
Single : only one
Abus, excès d’alcool
Alcohol abuse : excessive consumption of alcohol
Picoleur, gros buveur occasionnel
Binge drinker : someone who drinks heavily over a short period of time
Binge drinker
Picoleur, gros buveur occasionnel
Beuverie expresse
Binge drinking
Binge drinking
Beuverie expresse
Association caritative
(A) charity : an organization which collects/raises money in order to help people in need
(A) charity
Association caritative
La charité
Charity
Chiffre
Figure : an amount expressed as a number, especially for official purposes, such as statistics
Figure
Chiffre
Traiter de, s’occuper de, faire face à
To deal with , to cope with : to take action to solve a problem, to do a task
To deal with
Traiter de
Avoir envie de vomir
To feel sick : to feel nauseous
To feel nauseous
To feel sick, avoir envie de vomir
Impliqué
Involved in : implicated in
Noyade
Drowning : death from suffocation by immersion in water
Drowning
Noyade
Se noyer
To drown
Violence domestique, conjugale
Domestic abuse, domestic violence : cruel and violent treatment inflicted on members of one’s family
Cruel and violent treatment inflicted on members of one’s family
Domestic abuse, domestic violence
Estomac
The stomach : bag-like organ where food is digested before it moves into the intestines
L’(les) intestin(s)
The bowel, the intestine, the gut : the digestive tube extending from the stomach to the anus, comprising the large intestine and the small intestine
The bowel
Intestin
Le foie
The liver : large organ in the upper abdomen which secretes bile and cleans the blood
The liver
Le foie
Le coeur
The heart : the muscular organ in the chest that pumps blood around the body
Flux sanguin, vitesse circulatoire
Blood flow : the rate at which blood circulates through the body
Blood flow
Flux sanguin
Bloodstream
Circulation sanguine
Circulation sanguine
Bloodstream
Pancréas
The pancreas : a large, elongated gland behind the stomach where insulin and digestive enzymes are secreted
Les os
The bones : the components of the skeleton made of hard connective tissue
Les seins
The breast : either of the two mammary glands in women which produce milk
The breast
Les seins
Tissu adipeux
Fatty tissue : adipose tissue
L’utérus
The womb, the uterus : the hollow muscular organ where the fœtus develops in a normal pregnancy
Lesion, traumatisme, dégât
Damage : physical or mental harm
Tissu cicatriciel
Scar tissue : the fibrous tissue replacing normal tissues destroyed by injury or disease
Une cicatrice
A scar
Cirrhose
Cirrhosis : end-stage liver disease characterized by the replacement of healthy cells with scar tissue
Avertissement, mise en garde
Warning : caution against danger
Caution against danger
Warning
Signes précurseurs
Warning signs
Contourner
To bypass : to use an alternative route to go round an obstruction
To bypass
Contourner
Un pontage
A bypass
Bas # élève, haut
Low # high : below the usual, normal or average level, amount or intensity
Arythmie
Arrhythmia : any deviation from the normal sinus rhythm of the heart
Any deviation from the normal sinus rhythm of heart
Arrhythmia
Prédisposé à, sujet à
Prone to : having a natural tendency to be affected by something
Prone to
Prédisposé à
Malformation congénitale
Birth defect : an imperfection, malformation, dysfunction occurring during gestation
Birth defect
Malformation congénitale
