Medical Terms Flashcards

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la tête

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head

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le crâne

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skull

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l’œil

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eye

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le nez

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nose

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l’oreille / les oreilles

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ear(s)

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la bouche

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mouth

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le cou

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neck

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la chirurgie

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surgery

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une radio(graphie)

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X-ray

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un chirurgien

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surgeon

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un(e) anesthésiste

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anesthesiologist

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un anesthésie local / générale

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anesthetic

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la médication

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medication

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le sang

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blood

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les artères / les veines

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arteries / veins

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le prise du sang

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blood tests

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à jeun

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on an empty stomach

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une gouttière

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a splint

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guérir

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to cure / heal

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soigner

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to treat

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l’epaule

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shoulder

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la ceinture scapulaire

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shoulder girdle

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la clavicule

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clavicle

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l’omoplate

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scapula

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le coude

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elbow

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le bras

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arm

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l’avant-bras

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forearm

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le poignée

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wrist

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le main

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hand

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les doigts

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fingers

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la cage thoracique

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thorax

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côte

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ribs

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la diaphragme

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diaphragm

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l’abdomen

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abdomen

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le dos

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back

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l’épine

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spine

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la colonne vertébrale

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vertebral column

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le bassin

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pelvis

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la hanche

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hip

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thigh

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la cuisse

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le derrière

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buttocks

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le genou

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knee

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la jambe

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leg

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la cheville

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ankle

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le pied

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foot

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les doigts de pieds

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toes

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l’odorat

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smell

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l’audition

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hearing

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la goût

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taste

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l’équilibre

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balance

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la vision

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sight

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le touchè

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touch

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le cancer

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cancer

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la diabète

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diabetes

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les réactions allergiques

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allergic reaction

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les fractures osseuses

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bone fractures

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l’arthrose

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arthritis

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l’arthrite rhumatoide

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rheumatoid arthritis

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l’ostéoporose

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osteoporosis

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artériosclérose

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arteriosclerosis

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le coup du lapin

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whiplash

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les microtraumatismes permanents

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repetitive strain injury

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un claquage musculaire

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muscle tear

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l’inflammation

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inflammation

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la migraine

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migraine

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le glaucome

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glaucoma

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la grippe

A

influenza

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la grippe

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“flu” (to describe feeling ‘unwell’)

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la douleur

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pain

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le mal

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ache

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démangeaison

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itching

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le vertige

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vertigo

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la fièvre

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fever

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sensation de froid

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chills

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une enflement

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swelling

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l’insomnie

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insomnia / sleeplessness

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une douleur lancinante

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shooting pain

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des fourmillements

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pins & needles

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la gorge

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throat

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la trachée

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trachea

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les poumons

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lungs

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essoufflement

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breathlessness

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esoufflé

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breathless

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sifflement

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wheezing

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une toux

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cough

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un phlegmon

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phlegm

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l’asthme

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asthma

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une bronchite

A

bronchitis

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le pneumothorax

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collapsed lung

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le coeur

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heart

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les poumons

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lungs

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l’artère

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artery

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les veines

A

veins

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le(s) valve(s)

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valve(s)

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valve aortique

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aortic valve

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valve mitrale

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mitral valve

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groupe sanguin

A

blood group

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l’angine de poitrine

A

angina

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l’ischémie transitoire

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TIA - mini-stroke

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l’accident vasculaire cérébral

A

CVA - stroke

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la crise cardiaque

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heart attack

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les jambes enflées

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swollen legs

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l’atherosclérose

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arteriosclerosis

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l’arythmie

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arrhythmia

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l’hypertension artérielle

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hypertension

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les palpitations

A

palpitations

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douleur dans la poitrine

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chest pain

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la larynx

A

the larynx

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les glandes salivaires

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salivary glands

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l’oesophage

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esophagus

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l’estomach

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stomach

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le duodénum

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duodenum

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l’intestin grele

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small intestine

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le gros intestin

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large intestine

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la vésicule biliaire

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gallbladder

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le pancréas

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pancreas

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la foie

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liver

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le rectum

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rectum

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les selles

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faeces

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la digestion

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digestion

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la défécation

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bowel movement

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la déglutition

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swallowing

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la vomissure

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vomit (noun)

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vomissements

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vomiting

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la nausees

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nausea

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la constipation

A

constipation

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la diarrhée

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diarrhea

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mucus dans les selles

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mucus in the stool

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sang dans les selles

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blood in the stool

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l’ulcère gastro-duodénal

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ulcer

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les hernies

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hernia

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les calculs biliaires

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gallstones

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le syndrome d’irritation intestinale

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irritable bowel syndrome

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les nerfs

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nerves

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l’encéphale

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brain

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la matière grise

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gray matter

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le liquide céphalo-rachidien

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cerebrospinal fluid

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la moelle épinère

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spinal cord

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une douleur localisèe

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radiating pain

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une douleur qui lance

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shooting pain

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une douleur linèaire

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linear pain

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une douleur brève, apparaissant et disparaissant brutalement

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sudden but fleeting pain

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une douleur progressive

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progressively worse pain

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une douleur qui brûle

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burning pain

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les fourmillement

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pins and needles

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l’epilepsie

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epilepsy

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la sclérose en plaques

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multiple sclerosis

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la maladie de Parkinson

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Parkinson’s disease

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la démence

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dementia

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le rein

A

kidney

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l’uretère

A

ureter

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la vessie

A

bladder

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l’urine

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urine

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la couleur

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color

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l’odeur

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odor

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une infection

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infection

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augmentation des envies d’uriner

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increase in urine volume

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diminution des envies d’uriner

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decrease in urine volume

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les calculs rénaux

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kidney stones

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l’incontinence

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incontinence

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être assoiffé

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increase in thirst

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l’hypothalamus

A

hypothalamus

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l’épiphyse

A

pineal gland

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l’hypophyse

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pituitary gland

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le glande thyroide

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thyroid gland

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les glandes parathyroides

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parathyroid glands

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les glades surrénales

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adrenal glands

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les ovaires

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ovaries

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les testicules

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testicles

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le pénis

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penis

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le spermatozoide

A

sperm

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les seins

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breasts

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le vagin

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vagina

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l’utérus

A

uterus

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les règles

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menstruation

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la trompe de Fallope

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fallopian tubes

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la grossesse

A

pregnancy

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l’ovule

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egg

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la stérilité

A

infertility

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les problèmes d’érection

A

loss of erection

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l’émission

A

discharge

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accouchement provoqué

A

induced labor

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perte des eaux

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waters broken

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placenta

A

placenta

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épisiothomie

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episiotomy

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épidurale

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epidural

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col de l’utérus

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cervix

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l’infirmière

A

nurse

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le cabinet du médecin

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exam room

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l’hôpital

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hospital

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la malade

A

patient