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Etre en bonne santé

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To be healthy

To be in good health

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Avoir une bonne santé

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To enjoy a good health

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Avoir une santé de fer

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To have a cast-iron constitution

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Respirer la santé

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To look the picture of health

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La forme

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Fitness

Shape

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Entretenir sa forme

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To keep fit

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Avoir une bonne hygiène de vie

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To have a healthy lifestyle

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Etre endurant

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To be resilient

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Etre en forme

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To be fit

To be in good shape

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Etre souffrant

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To be unfit
To be unwell
To feel poorly

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Le surmenage

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Overwork
Strain
Stress

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Ne pas se sentir très bien

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Not to feel very well

To feel out of sorts

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Etre atteint de / avoir contracté

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To be affected with

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Négliger sa santé

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To neglect oneself

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Les antécédents

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Past history

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Les anticorps

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The antibodies

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Etre héréditaire

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To run in the family

To be hereditary

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Une maladie héréditaire

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An inherited disease

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Une malformation congenitale

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A birth defect / abnormality

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Une malformation génétique

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A genetic defect / abnormality

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Un handicap

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A handicap

A disability

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Une personne handicapée

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The disabled

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Une blessure (accident)

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An injury

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Une blessure (infligée par quelqu’un)

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A wound

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Un platre
A plaster | A cast
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Les séquelles / Le contrecoup
The aftereffects | The repercussions
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Avoir de la fièvre
To run a fever
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Attraper / Contracter une maladie
To catch a disease | To contract a disease
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Tomber malade
To fall ill / sick
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Souffrir de
To suffer from
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Combattre
To fight off
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Etre porteur d'un virus
To carry a virus | To harbor a virus
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Transmettre une maladie / un virus
To transmit a virus | To pass on a virus
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Une maladie incurable
An incurable disease / illness
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Une maladie contagieuse
An infectious illness | A contagious disease
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Une maladie cardiaque
A coronary disease | An heart condition
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Une crise cardiaque
A heart failure A heart attack A stroke
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Hypertension
High blood pressure
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Hypotension
Low blood pressure
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Tomber dans le coma
To fall into a coma
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Etre condamné
To be past recovery To be past To be beyond cure
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Un état stationnaire
A stable condition
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Une rechute
A relapse
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Reprendre des forces
To regain strength
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Se rétablir (de)
``` To recover (from) To heal (from) ```
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Se déclarer
To break out
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Le dépistage
Detection
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Le dépistage obligatoire
Mandatory screening
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La vaccination
Vaccination | Inoculation
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Une campagne d'information
An information campaign
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Un programme de prévention
An awareness campaign
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Sensibiliser (sur)
To make aware of
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Traiter
To treat
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Soulager / apaiser
To relieve
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Guérir / cicatriser
To heal
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Un médicament
A drug | A medicine
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Un remède miracle
A wonder cure
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Une panacée
A cure-all | A nostrum
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Prendre un médicament
To be on a medicine
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L'auto-médication
Self-medication
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La surmédication
Overmedication
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Les effets secondaires
Side effects
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Faire de l'effet
To take effect
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Faire passer une radio
To X-ray
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Etre en observation
To be under observation
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La chimiothérapie
Chemotherapy
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La chirurgie réparatrice
Reconstructive surgery
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La chirurgie esthétique
Plastic surgery
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Un chirurgien
A surgeon
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Opérer un patient
To operate on a patient
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Pratiquer une opération
To perform an operation
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Une greffe
``` A graft A transplant(ation) ```
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Un donneur (d'organe)
A (organ) donor
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Un receveur
A recipient
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Vital
Life saving
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Les dépenses de santé
Health spending
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Un congé maladie
A sick leave
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Les soins conventionnés
Fixed medical costs
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Les soins non conventionnés
Out-of-pocket health care
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Avoir droit à
To be entitled to
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Se faire rembourser
To get reimbursed
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Mettre au point un traitement
To develop a treatment | To devise a treatment
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Découvrir par hasard
To chance upon
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Un exploit
A feat
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Les techniques de fécondation
Reproductive techniques
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Les cellules-souches
Stem cells
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Manipuler
To manipulate | To tamper with
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Modifier un gène
To splice a gene
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Faire un usage abusif / impropre de
To misuse
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L'acharnement thérapeutique
Therapeutic fury
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Etre en état de mort cérébrale
To be brain dead
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Etre cliniquement mort
To be clinically dead
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La déontologie médicale
Medical ethics
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Défendre un principe
To uphold a principle
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Une directive
A guideline
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Un point faible
A blind spot
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Fermer les yeux sur
To turn a blind eye to
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Faire la sourde oreille à
To turn a deaf ear to
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Dorer la pilule
To sugar the pill
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Nourrir un espoir / une rancune
To nurse a hope / a grievance
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Mieux vaut prévenir que guérir
Prevention is better than cure

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