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French Language: Vocabulary list - French healthcare system

Delphine Cross takes you through the French health care system with some essential vocabulary...

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Un cabinet
A doctor’s surgery
La carte vitale
Electronic national health card for refunds. It is replacing the treatment form.
La carte d’assurance maladie (CEAM)
European Health Insurance Card
Le chirurgien
A surgeon
La caisse primaire d’assurance maladie
Social security payment centre for medical refunds
Une feuille de soins
A treatment form
Les heures de consultation
Surgery hours
Les médicaments
Medicine
Une ordonnance
A prescription
Un remboursement
A refund
Des vignettes
Detachable labels

Useful verbs 

Avoir des allergies
To have allergies
Avoir mal
To be in pain
Avoir de la fièvre / de la température
To have a temperature
Etre blessé
To be injured
Se brûler
To be burnt
Se casser
To break
Se déshabiller
To undress
Ecouter le cœur
To listen to someone’s heartbeat
Examiner
To examine
Etre malade
To be ill
Se fouler (la cheville)
To twist (one’s ankle)
prescrire
To prescribe
Se reposer
To rest
Rester au lit
To stay in bed
Soigner
To treat
Tomber
To fall
Trembler
To shiver
Vomir
To vomit
Vérifier la tension
To check someone’s blood pressure

Various conditions

Avoir de l’asthme
To have asthma
Avoir une conjonctivite
To have conjunctivitis
Avoir des diarrhées
To have diarrhoea
Des aigreurs d’estomac
Stomach acid
Un coup de soleil
Sunburn
Une crise cardiaque
A heart attack
Des crises d’épilepsie
Epileptic fits
Etre constipé
To be constipated
Etre diabétique
To be diabetic
Etre enceinte
To be pregnant
éternuer
To sneeze
La grippe
Flu
Des maux de tête
Headaches
Les règles
Monthly period
Le rhume, le rhume des foins
A cold, hay fever
Avoir une entorse
To have a sprained (ankle etc.)

Describing words

Enflé
Swollen
Faible
Weak
Fatigué
Tired
Grave / sérieux
Serious
Inquiet
Worried
Tranquille / calme
Calm
Urgent
Urgent

Parts of the body

La tête
Head
Le cerveau
Brain
Le visage
Face
Le front
Forehead
Les yeux (un œil)
Eyes
les oreilles
Ears
le nez
Nose
la bouche
Mouth
la lèvre
Lip
la langue
Tongue
la dent
Tooth
le menton
Chin
la gorge
Throat
le cou
Neck
la poitrine
Chest
le sein
Breast
le cœur
Heart
les côtes
Ribs
le diaphragme
Diaphragm
le ventre
Stomach
le bassin
Pelvis
les fesses
Buttocks
l’épaule
Shoulder
le bras
Arm
le coude
Elbow
le poignet
Wrist
la main
Hand
le doigt
Finger
la jambe
Leg
la cuisse
Thigh
le genou
Knee
le mollet
Calf
la cheville
Ankle
le pied
Foot
le talon
Heel
l’orteil
Toe
le dos
Back
le muscle
Muscle
le tendon
Tendon
la peau
Skin
le sang
Blood

Health Professionals / Les professionnels de la santé

Un chirurgien
A surgeon
Un dentiste
A dentist
Une assistante dentaire
A dental nurse
L’infirmière
The nurse
Un kinésithérapeute
A physiotherapist
Un médecin généraliste
A GP
Un médecin de garde
A doctor on duty
Un opticien, un oculiste / ophtalmologiste
An optician, an ophthalmologist
Un pharmacien
A chemist

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