Health - At the doctor's / Santé - Chez le docteur
Useful list of vocabulary related to a visit at the GP's / doctor's
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| un/une généraliste | | GP (general practitioner) / primary care physician |
| un médecin généraliste | | GP (general practitioner) / primary care physician |
| un médecin traitant | | GP (general practitioner) / primary care physician |
| un cabinet médical | | a medical practice |
| la salle d'attente | | the waiting room |
| la salle d'auscultation | | examination room (medical) |
| la salle de consultation | | consultation room |
| la table d'examen | | examining table |
| ausculter | | to examine (a patient) |
| palper | | to palpate |
| avoir mal à …. | | to have a pain/ache in one's … |
| la douleur | | pain |
| un symptôme | | a symptom |
| un infirmier | | a nurse (m) |
| une infirmière | | a nurse (f) |
| la tension artérielle | | blood pressure |
| un stéthoscope | | a stethoscope |
| un battement de cœur | | a heartbeat |
| le battement de [son] cœur | | [one's] heartbeat |
| prendre le pouls de [quelqu'un] | | to take/feel [someone]'s pulse |
| une prise de sang | | the action of drawing blood / blood test (following drawing blood) |
| faire une prise de sang | | to draw blood / to take a blood sample |
| une analyse de sang | | a blood test |
| une ordonnance | | a prescription |
| un anti-douleur | | a painkiller |
| un analgésique | | a painkiller |
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