Health Issues Flashcards

(45 cards)

1
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une maladie

A

a disease, illness, sickness

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2
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cancérigène

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carcinogenic

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3
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muter

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to mutate

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4
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un danger pour la santé

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a health hazard

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5
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un fléau

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a curse, plague, scourge

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6
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la variole

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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

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lung/breast/skin cancer

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9
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le paludisme

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malaria

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10
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MST

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STD / VD

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11
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aigu

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acute

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12
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amorphe

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listless (lethargic)

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13
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gonflé

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bloated

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14
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répandu

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widespread

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15
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se flétrir

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to shrivel

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16
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attraper la grippe

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to be down with the flu

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17
Q

tousser

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to cough

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18
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éclater, se déclater

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to break out

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19
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l’ampleur, l’étendue de l’épidémie

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to scope, the extent of the epidemic

20
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dépourvu

21
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la grippe porcine

22
Q

souche de grippe

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a strain of flu

23
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un foyer de

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an outbreak of

24
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la SIDA

25
séropositif
HIV-positive
26
faire passer un test de dépistage du SIDA à quelqu'un
to screen someone for aids
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un test de dépistage
a screening test
28
avoir des rapports non protégés
have unprotected sex
29
une aiguille
a needle
30
imprécis
fuzzy
31
grisant, exaltant
heady
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compenser
to trump
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une infection nosocomiale
a hospital-acquired infection
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chirurgien
surgeon
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guérir un patient
to cure a patient
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un médicament
a drug
37
un antalgique
a painkiller
38
une piqûre
an injection
39
se rétablir
to recover
40
rechuter
to relapse
41
nocif
harmful
42
les taudis
slums
43
avide
greedy
44
la fièvre aphteuse
foot-and-mouth disease
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les soins médicaux
health care