Chapter 1 - Health Issues Flashcards

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Souffrir d’une maladie

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To suffer from a disease

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Une maladie

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A disease, an illness, a sickness

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Mourir du cancer

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To die of, from cancer

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4
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Cancérigène

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Carcinogenic

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Une maladie grave

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A serious disease

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Un virus

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A virus (viruses)

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Contracter un virus/maladie

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To contract a virus, a disease

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Des bactéries

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Bacteria

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Un microbe, un germe

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A germ

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Contagieux, infectieux

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Contagious, catching, infectious

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Contaminer

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To contaminate

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Muter

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To mutate

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13
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Un danger pour la santé

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A health hazard

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Un fléau

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A curse, a plague, a scourge

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Le cancer du poumon / du sein / de la peau

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lung / breast / skin cancer

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La malaria, le paludisme

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Malaria

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17
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La peste

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Plague

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18
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Le choléra

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Cholera

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19
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La variole

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Smallpox

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Une maladie sexuellement transmissible (MST), une maladie vénérienne

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a sexually transmitted disease (STD), a venereal disease

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La maladie d’Alzheimer, de Parkinson

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Alzeihemer’s / Parkinson’s disease

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Une maladie neurodégénérative

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A neurodegenerative disease

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Syndrome respiratoire aigu sévère (SRAS)

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Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS)

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24
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Attraper la grippe

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To go down with the flu

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Être contaminé par un virus
To be infected with a virus, by a virus
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Être porteur d'un virus
To carry a virus
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Le système immunitaire
The immune system
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Un porteur
A carrier
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Un symptôme
A symptom
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Tousser
To cough
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Avoir de la température
To have a temperature
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Avoir de la fièvre
To have a fever, to run a fever
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Une épidémie
An epidemic
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Une pandémie
A pandemic
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Éclater, se déclarer
To break out
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L'ampleur, l'étendue de l'épidémie
The scope, the extent of the epidemic
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Affecter, toucher un pays
To affect a country
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Toucher 20% de la population
To afflict 20% of the population
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La zone la plus durement touchée
The hardest-hit area
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Éradiquer
To eradicate
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Enrayer une épidémie
To check an epidemic
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Se propager
To spread
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La propagation d'un virus
The spread of a virus
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Endémique
Endemic
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La grippe
Flu, influenza
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Le virus de la grippe A
The A/H1N1 virus
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La grippe porcine
Swine flu, pig flu, H1N1 flu
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La grippe aviaire
Bird flu, avian flu, avian influenza H5N1
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Souche de grippe
Flu strain
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Un cas de grippe aviaire
A case of avian flu
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Un foyer de grippe aviaire
An outbreak of avian flu
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Le SIDA, le syndrome d'immunodéficience acquise
AIDS, acquired immune deficiency syndrome
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contracter le SIDA
to develop AIDS
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un malade du SIDA
An AIDS sufferer, an AIDS patient
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Séropositif
HIV-positive
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Faire passer un test de dépistage du SIDA à qqn
To screen sb for AIDS
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Un centre de dépistage du SIDA
An HIV screening centre
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Un test de dépistage
A screening test
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Le sperme
Sperm, semen
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Avoir des rapports non protégés
To have unprotected sex
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Un préservatif
A condom
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L'abstinence
Abstinence
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La fidélité
Faithfulness
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Une aiguille
A needle
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Les anti-rétroviraux
anti-retroviral drugs
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La trithérapie
Triple therapy, combination therapy
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Un traitement médical
Medical treatment
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Les personnels de santé
Medical staff, health workers
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Secret médical
Medical confidentiality
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Une infection nosocomiale
A hospital-acquired infection
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MRSA, un staphylocoque résistant à la méthicilline
MRSA
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une bactérie multi-résistante
A superbug
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Prescrire
To prescribe
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Une ordonnance
A prescription
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Un médecin généraliste
A general practitioner, a GP
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Un chirurgien
A surgeon
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Se faire opérer
To have surgery, have an operation
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Diagnostiquer
To diagnose
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Un diagnostic
Diagnosis
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Guérir un patient
To cure a patient
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Un remède
A remedy, a cure
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Un médicament
A drug, a medicine, a medication
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Un médicament générique
A generic drug
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Un antalgique, analgésique
A painkiller
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Un effet secondaire
A side effect
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Une piqûre
An injection, a shot
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Prendre des antibiotiques, être sous antibiotiques
To be on antibiotics
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Un laboratoire pharmaceutique
A pharmaceutical laboratory
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Des produits pharmaceutiques
Pharmaceuticals
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Un vaccin
A vaccine
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Un vaccin contre la grippe
A flu vaccine
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Vacciner
To vaccinate
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Une campagne de vaccination
A vaccination campaign
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Mettre qqn en quarantaine
To quarantine sb
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Se rétablir, guérir
To recover
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Guérison, rétablissement
Recovery
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Rechuter
To relapse
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Une alerte à l'intoxication alimentaire
A food scare
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Un péril sanitaire, une alerte aux risques sanitaires
A health scare
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Épizootie
an epizootic disease
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La fièvre aphteuse
food-and-mouth disease
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L'encéphalopathie bovine spongiforme, l'ESB
bovine spongiform encephalopathy, BSE
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La maladie de la vache folle
Mad-cow disease
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La maladie de Creutzfeldt Jacob, MCJ
Creutzfeldt-Jacob disease, CJD
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Une maladie à prions
A prion disease
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La dioxine
Dioxin
107
Le scandale du poulet à la dioxine
The dioxin chicken scandal
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La traçabilité
Traceability
109
La santé publique
Public health
110
Les soins médicaux, les services de santé
Health care
111
Les responsables de la santé publique
Public health officials
112
Les autorités sanitaires
The health authorities
113
Le système de santé
The health care system, the health system
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Les services de santé
Health services
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Les dépenses de santé
Health expenses