Health Issues Flashcards

1
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une maladie

A

a disease, illness, sickness

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2
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cancérigène

A

carcinogenic

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3
Q

muter

A

to mutate

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4
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un danger pour la santé

A

a health hazard

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5
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un fléau

A

a curse, plague, scourge

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6
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la variole

A

smallpox

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7
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encourager

A

to boost

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8
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la cancer du poumon/du sein/de la peau

A

lung/breast/skin cancer

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9
Q

le paludisme

A

malaria

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10
Q

MST

A

STD / VD

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11
Q

aigu

A

acute

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12
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amorphe

A

listless (lethargic)

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13
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gonflé

A

bloated

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14
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répandu

A

widespread

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15
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se flétrir

A

to shrivel

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16
Q

attraper la grippe

A

to be down with the flu

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17
Q

tousser

A

to cough

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18
Q

éclater, se déclater

A

to break out

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19
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l’ampleur, l’étendue de l’épidémie

A

to scope, the extent of the epidemic

20
Q

dépourvu

A

destitute

21
Q

la grippe porcine

A

swine flu

22
Q

souche de grippe

A

a strain of flu

23
Q

un foyer de

A

an outbreak of

24
Q

la SIDA

A

AIDS

25
Q

séropositif

A

HIV-positive

26
Q

faire passer un test de dépistage du SIDA à quelqu’un

A

to screen someone for aids

27
Q

un test de dépistage

A

a screening test

28
Q

avoir des rapports non protégés

A

have unprotected sex

29
Q

une aiguille

A

a needle

30
Q

imprécis

A

fuzzy

31
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grisant, exaltant

A

heady

32
Q

compenser

A

to trump

33
Q

une infection nosocomiale

A

a hospital-acquired infection

34
Q

chirurgien

A

surgeon

35
Q

guérir un patient

A

to cure a patient

36
Q

un médicament

A

a drug

37
Q

un antalgique

A

a painkiller

38
Q

une piqûre

A

an injection

39
Q

se rétablir

A

to recover

40
Q

rechuter

A

to relapse

41
Q

nocif

A

harmful

42
Q

les taudis

A

slums

43
Q

avide

A

greedy

44
Q

la fièvre aphteuse

A

foot-and-mouth disease

45
Q

les soins médicaux

A

health care