health masterpost 🇫🇷

you-had-me-at-e-flat-major:

santé (f) – health
hygiène (f) – hygiene
bien-être (m) – wellbeing
en bonne santé – healthy (of a person)
sain – healthy (of food)
maladie (f) – illness
malade – ill
cardiaque – to do with the heart
mental – mental
nuisible – harmful
nocif, -ive – harmful
nuire (à qqc) – to harm (something)
vivant – living
vivre – to live
vie (f) – life
mort – dead
mourir – to die
mort (f) – death
décès (m) – death (euphemistic term)
hôpital (m) – hospital
hospitaliser – to hospitalise
ambulance (f) – ambulance
pharmacie (f) – pharmacy
soins médicaux (mpl) – hospital care
soigner – to care for
traitement (m) – treatment
médecin (m) – doctor
docteur (m) – doctor
patient(e) (m,f) – patient
infirmier, -ière (m,f) – nurse
pharmacien(ne) (m,f) – pharmacist/chemist
chirurgien(ne) (m,f) – surgeon
chirurgie (f) – surgery
médecine (f) – medicine (in the sense of studying medicine)
médicament (m) – (pharmaceutical) drug
médicaments (mpl) – medicine (in the sense of drugs)
drogue (f) – drug (usually in the sense of recreational drugs)
drogué – drugged
pilule (f) – pill
contrôle des naissances (m) – birth control
grossesse (f) – pregnancy
enceinte – pregnant
préservatif (m) – condom
cerveau – brain
cérébral – cerebral/to do with the brain
don (m) – donation
greffe d’organe (f) – transplant/graft
médical – medical
avoir mal à la tête/au dos/aux jambes/etc. – to have a headache/back ache/leg ache/etc.
piqûre (f) – injection
prise de sang (f) – blood test
vaccin (m) – vaccination
peau (f) – skin
amputer – to amputate
cancer (m) – cancer
diabète (m) – diabetes
difficulté (f) – difficulty
assurance (f) – insurance
symptôme (m) – symptom
souffrir – to suffer
douleur (f) – pain
vomir – to vomit
crise cardiaque (f) – heart attack
s’évanouir – to faint
s’effondrer – to collapse
tension (f) – blood pressure (also means tension and voltage)
alimentation (f) – food, diet
malbouffe (f) (informal) – junk food
obésité (f) – obesity
être en surpoids – to be overweight
anorexie (f) – anorexia
peser – to weigh
gagner du poids – to gain weight
perdre du poids – to lose weight
grossir – to become fatter
maigrir – to become slimmer
épidemie (f) – epidemic
accroître – to increase
risque (m) – risk
sédentaire – sedentary
équilibre (m) – balance
calorie (f) – calorie
protéine (f) – protein
glucide (f) – carbohydrate
matières grasses (fpl) – fat (in diet)
gras (m) – fat (on meat)
graisse (f) – fat (on person)
fibre (f) – fibre
sucre (m) – sugar
sucré – sugared/with added sugar
lait (m) – milk
sel (m) – salt
salé – salty/with added salt
euthanasie (f) – euthanasia
endormir – to put someone to sleep (euphemistically)
sommeil (m) – sleep
infection (f) – infection
guérison (f) – curing
rétablissement (m) – recovery
remède (m) – remedy/cure
anxiété (f) – anxiety
dépression (f) – depression
désespérance (f) – hopelessness
troubles (mpl) – disorder (also troubles)
craindre – to worry
condition (f) – condition
dépendance (f) – dependance, addiction
accro (à qqc) (informal) – addicted (to something)
consommation (f) – consumption
stupéfiant (m) – narcotic
alcohol (m) – alcohol
ivre – drunk
bourré (informal) – drunk
toxicomane (m,f) – drug addict
toxicomanie (f) – drug addiction
tabac (m) – tobacco
tabagisme (m) – nicotine addiction
Remets-toi vite ! / Remettez-vous vite ! – Get well soon!

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