Glossary of
Medical Terms, Abbreviations
&
Symbols
Dutch-English,
French-English,
German-English
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c
= 1. capillary; 2. compliance; 3. cyclic /
C = coqueluche
cellulaire see
wP
/
Ca
= coqueluche acellulaire see
aP
/
CA
= 1. cardiac arrest (also CRA);
cornu
Ammonis; Ammon's horn;
use
hippocampus; /
"cabbage" see
CABG
/ CABG
= coronary artery bypass graft / cabinet
du practitien = doctor's surgery / cabrade
= bucking (of
patient under anaesthetic) / CAC
=
coronary artery
calcium (score, devised Agaston)
/ CAD
= 1.
Consultiebureau voor
Alcohol en Drugs (NL);
2. coronary artery disease
/
cadavres nucléaires
see
ombres
de Gümprecht / caducée
= caduceus, staff (symbol of
healing and the
medical
profession. There is either the caduceus of Hermes (with 2 serpents
entwined round it), or the staff of Aesculapius, with just one serpent.
Strictly speaking, medical professionals adopt the 1-serpent variant
(cf. the WHO logo),
whilst commercial organisations (including US hospitals) and the
military use the 2-serpent variant... For more on
this, see
http://drblayney.com/Asclepius.html.
/ caduque utérine
= endometrium; lining of the
womb; decidua (gyn/obst.)
/ CAE
= contact allergic
eczema / caillot
= (blood)
clot / caisse
du
tympan = tympanic cavity (ear)
/ médecine de caisse
see
Kassenarzt
/ caisson
= chamber (hyperbaric e.g.)
/ Caisson-Krankheit;
caissonziekte;
maladie des caissons
= decompression
sickness; "the bends" (diving
med.) / cal
= callus / cal
vicieux = malunion (orth.)
/ calciférol =
vitamin D
/ calciprive
= calcium-deficient, calciprivic / calcul
= stone; calculus (kidney, gall)
/ calcul biliaire
=
gallstone) / cale
= support (for patient's
body parts during surgery) /
callosité
= callus (derm.)
/ calotte
crânienne = calvaria; dome of cranium; "skullcap" / calvitie
=
baldness (irreversible, as
opposed to alopecia, which may not be)
/ canal
= canal, duct, vas (depending
on context) / canal
médullaire =
medullary space / cancérogène
= carcinogenic /
Candidamykose
= thrush; candidiasis (usually
by Candida
albicans) / canule
= cannula /
cannabis
(Class B drug in UK: other
names include blow; dope; draw; ganja;
gear; grass; kif; hash; hashish; marijuana; pot; puff; skunk; wacky
backy; weed / capacité discriminante
= predictive
accuracy (of a test) / capacité
de fermeture = closing capacity,
see
CC (rmed.)
/ CAPD
= continuous ambulatory peritoneal
dialysis / capitonné = dimpled, pitted (as
e.g. "peau
d'orange" skin in inflammatory breast cancer) / capsulite
rétractile = "frozen
shoulder" / capter
= trap (phagocytes e.g.)
/ capteur
= analyser; sampler (blood
gases e.g.) / consommables captifs =
proprietary consumables
(med. devices, pharm.) / CAR =
chimeric antigen
receptor / CARA
= chronsiche aspecifieke respiratoire
aandoeningen (NB
acronym used in German too) see
CNSLD; CNSPD
/ caractère
génétique =
genetic
trait / carapatient
(general, non-specialist
designation)
= patient with lung disease, see
CARA / carbonzuur
=
phenol; carbolic acid (antimicrobial
agent) / gaz carbonique
= carbon dioxide / carcinogenicity
(IARC
monographs &
classification):
sufficient, limited, inadequate or no evidence.
Substances in class 1: carcinogenic to humans; class 2a: probably
carcinogenic to humans; class 2b: possibly carcinogenic to humans;
class 3: not classifiable as to (their)
carcinogenicity
to humans /
carcinome
épidermoïde
= squamous cell carcinoma / cardia
= 1. heart; 2. cardia; pars cardiaca
gastris (cardiac opening
between oesophagus and cardiac part of
stomach) / coût cardiaque
= "il
correspond au nombre de
pulsations ou extrapulsations cardiaques qui se sont produites, au
cours de la période d'activité
considérée, au-dessus du niveau de repos
de la fréquence cardiaque"
/ système cardionecteur
= nodal
tissue (card.)
/
carène
= carina / thorax en carène
= keel chest, see also
bréchet / carentiel
=
deficiency-related (disease etc.) /
à carnation claire
= fair-skinned;
light-skinned / carnet
d'irradiation
= radiation exposure logbook, record book, X-ray medical card / grande caroncle
duodénale = major
duodenal papilla / petite caroncle
duodénale
= minor duodenal papilla / carotte = core (biopsy)
/
carotte
de caoutchouc see
coring
/ carpien
= carpal / cART = combination antiretroviral
therapy (HIV/Aids) / carte
santé d'assuré
= health card ("smart"
card, replacing paper E111; EU)
/ carus
see coma
/ Carvedilol®
(pharm.,
a
beta blocker) / CAS
= calf serum (microbiol.)
/
réactions en cascade
= cascade reactions / case-control
study: "Essentially
it is an epidemiological tool that looks
backward from effect to cause - in contrast with other methods, such as
the experimental or cohort follow-up, in which the effects are observed
prospectively to see what changes result. In the case-control study the
observer looks retrospectively at a group of patients with a specific
disorder (say,
cancer of the endometrium)
and compares
their rates of exposure to possibly relevant events (say,
use
of oestrogens as a treatment for menopausal symptoms)
with those
in at least one other group. From these observations deductions are
made about the likelihood of different exposures in each group
affecting the problems under scrutiny." (source:
BMJ)
/ cassure antigéniue = antigenic shift (virol.)
/ CAT
= 1. (medical imaging) see
CT
3. (the
terms "CAT
scan (scanner;
scanning)" are used nowadays only in the spoken word);
2. conduite
à tenir
(heading on signs
& instructions): suggest translating as "Important!"
or "Warning!", with details as appropriate;
3. cognitive analytic therapy (psych.)
/ cataire
=
purr; purring (heart sound)
/ cataplasme
= poultice;
cataplasm / catégorie
moyenne = midcategory (radiograph)
/ lobe caudé
= caudate lobe; spigelian lobe (liver)
/ CAV
= common atrioventricular canal (card.)
/ caverne
=
cavern; cavity (rmed.)
/ cavité articulaire
= joint
cavity / cavité
pneumatique = air containing
space / CBC
= complete blood count (NB
British English prefers FBC = full blood
count), see blood
count / CBD
= common bile duct /
CBG/MEB = College ter
Beeordeling van Geneesmiddelen =
Medicines
Evaluation Board: NB both bits
of the acronym are used (NL)
/ CBT
= cognitive behavioural therapy / CC
=
closing
capacity (= closing volume +
residual volume) (rmed.) / CCDU
=
colour-coded Doppler ultrasonography, most commonly called
CFI /
CCIS = carcinome canalaire in situ see
DCIS
/ CCMH
= concentration
corpusculaire moyenne en hémoglobine
= mean corpuscular haemoglobin
concentration (MCHC) / CCOHS
= Canadian Centre for Occupational
Health and Safety (Hamilton,
Ontario) / CCPPRB
= comité
consultatif de protection des personnes
pour la recherche biomédicale
= medical ethics review board / CCU
= coronary care unit / CD
marker = cluster differentiation marker (cells)
/ CDC
= Centers for Disease
Control and
Prevention (USA,
based
Atlanta)
/ CDH
= congenital displacement of the hip (term
now
obsolete, see DDH)
/
CDP = coefficient de ductance
pulmonaire (obsolete?)
=
(CO) transfer
factor; TLCO
/ CE
= centre-edge (radiograph)
/ CEA
= carcinoembryonic antigen / CEE
= Central
European encephalitis / ceinture
abdominale = abdominal wall /
ceinture pelvienne
= pelvic girdle / ceinture
scapulaire
= shoulder girdle / celbruggetje
= cell bridge / cellule
caliciforme = goblet cell /
cellule circulante
= peripheral-blood cell / cellule
neuronale et glial = neural and
glial cell / cellule souche
adulte = adult stem
cell / Centre européen de prévention et
de
contrôle des maladies, use EN acronym see
ECDC
/ Centre
international de recherche sur le cancer
see
IARC
/ centrolobulaire
=
centrilobular (rmed.)
/ CEP =
1. circulating endothelial progenitor, see
CEPC;
2. counterimmunoelectrophoresis / CEPC
= circulating endothelial
progenitor cell / céphalée
= i.
headache;
ii. cephaloedema
/ liquide céphalorachidien
=
cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) / atteinte cérébrale
grave = severe brain injury (could
be stroke or trauma)
/
cérébrolésé
= brain-damaged
/ CEREDOC
= Confédération
Européenne d’Experts en Réparation et
Evaluation du Dommage Corporel =
European Confederation of Bodily Injury Assessment and Compensation
Experts (based Italy,
unofficial title) / cerveau
antérieur see
prosencéphale
/ cerveau
intermédiaire
see
diencéphale
/ cerveau moyen
see
mésencéphale
/ cerveau postérieur
see
rhombencéphale
/
cervelet
= cerebellum / CF
= 1. chest-foot (electrocard.);
2.
complement fixation; 3. crest factor (vibration
measurement) / CFA
= cryptogenic fibrosing alveolitis (rmed.)
/ cfDNA =
cell-free (foetal) DNA test(ing) or screening / CFF
=
critical flicker frequency (ophth.)
/ cffDNA see cfDNA / CFI
= (Doppler) colour flow
imaging; colour flow mapping (e.g. movement of blood through
blood
vessels) / CFR = case fatality rate (number
of deaths divided
by individuals affected x100) / CFS
= chronic
fatigue syndrome, see
ME
/ CFTR
= cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance
regulator (protein)
/ CFU
= colony-forming
units (microbiol.)
/ CGMH = concentration
globulaire moyenne
en hémoglobine see
CCMH / CGMs
= continuous glucose monitoring system (diabetes:
acronym also used to designate the measuring device, CGM
singular/CGMs plural)/ CH
= concentration en
hémoglobine =
haemoglobin concentration (HC) / chaînette
opératoire = suture line; staple line / chaire
de poule
= gooseflesh; cutis anserina / Chalodermie
= cutis laxa;
chalazodermia; chalastodermia; dermatochalasis; dermatochalazia /
chambre de chasse
(cardiol.)
see
VOT
/ chambre de remplissage
(cardiol.)
see
VIT
/
champage; champs = (surgical)
draping; surgical drapes / champignon
= fungus / chancre
= chancre (syphilis)
/
nodosités en chapelet
= (rachitic) beads; beading of the ribs;
"rickety rosary" / charbon
see
anthrax
2 / charge
globulaire
moyenne =
mean corpuscular haemoglobin
(MCH) (measured in picograms
per red cell) / charge virale = viral
load, see
virémie
/ charlotte
=
cap (protective clothing)
/ charnière
= articulation (anat.)
/ syndrome de chasse
= dumping syndrome (after
gastric surg.)
/ "chaude-pisse"
= "clap"; gonorrhoea / CHD
=
1. common hepatic duct; 2. coronary heart disease / chef
= head (of muscle)
/ médicament
chef de file
= "gold standard" drug /
Chefarzt
= (senior) consultant /
chélateur des acides
biliaires = bile acid
sequestrant / cheminer
= pass through (anat.:
nerve through bone groove e.g.)
/
activité chémotactique
pour les neutrophils = neutrophil
chemotaxis / chevauchement
(des
médicaments) = (drug)
overlap / CHF
= 1. concentration
hépatique en fer see
LIC;
2. congestive heart failure / "chicot"
= stump (of tooth)
/
CHIK
= chikungunya (mosquito-borne
viral disease; from
Swahili word
meaning "stooped walk") / chimiotaxie
= chemotaxis / chimisme
= chemistry (in
sense of the totality of chemical effects)
/ chinin =
quinine / chiropracteur
= chiropractor / chiropractie;
Chiropraxis = chiropractic / CHIT
= Classification histologique
internationale de tumeurs see
TNM
/ chloration
= chlorination (water supply
e.g.) / chloruration
= administration of sodium chloride / CHO
= Chinese hamster
ovary (cells)
(microbiol.)
/ choanes
=
posterior nares / choc
de pointe; choc systolique
=
apex beat (card.)
/ Cholesterin
= cholesterol / cholesterolémie
= high blood
cholesterol / choliduque =
common bile duct /
chorion
= 1. lamina propria (of a mucous membrane);
2. chorion
(embryol.)
/ choriocentèse see CVS
/ Chorionzotte
= chorionic villus (gyn./obst.)
/ CHPT
=
cyclohexylphosphoric triamide (urease
inhibitor) / CHR
=
centre hospitalier régional (FR)
/
aberration chromosomique
= chromosomal aberration (gen.)
/ dosage chronométrique en un temps =
one-stage
clotting assay / Chrysotil =
chrysotile (asbestos)
/ CHS = comité
d'hygiène et de sécurité (d'entreprise)
/ CHU = centre
hospitalier universitaire =
teaching hospital / chute
=
shedding (cells, uterine lining
e.g.) / CI
= 1. capacité
inspiratoire see
IC
(rmed.); 2. cognitive impairment syn.
cognitive
disorder
/ CIA = communication
interauriculaire see ASD
/ CIAV
= communication
interauriculo-ventriculaire =
persistent common atrioventricular
canal; atrioventricularis communis / CIC
= cancer
intracanalaire du
sein see
DCIS
/
cicatrisation
= healing; (less commonly)
scarring / ciclosporine
=
cyclosporin (= the drug:
strictly speaking cyclosporinA; cyclosporine
= the natural substance) / CIM
= Classification Internationale
des
maladies et problèmes de santé connexes
see
ICD
/
chirurgie à ciel
ouvert = open
surgery / Cilien
= cilia / cilinderepitheel
= columnar
epithelium / cillement
= blink; blinking / cinèse
=
kinesis / cinétoses;
Kinetosen = motion
sickness / cinquième
maladie see
fifth
disease
/ CIOMS
= Council for International Organizations of Medical
Sciences;
Conseil des organisations internationales des sciences
médicales; Rat für Internationale Organisationen
der
medizinischen Wissenschaft; Raad voor Internationale Organisaties van
Medische Wetenschappen Raad voor Internationale Organisaties van
Medische Wetenschappen
(WHO/UNESCO, founded
1949) / CIPR = Commission
Internationale de Protection
Radioloqigue = International
Commission on Radiological Protection
(ICRP) / CIRC = Centre
international de recherche sur le cancer
= International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) (based
Lyon)
/ circonflex =
circumflex (vascular sys.)
/ bien circonscit
= well-defined; well-circumscribed (lesion
e.g.)
/ circonvolution
= gyrus (brain)
/
méthode à l'hélium en circuit
fermé = helium
dilution technique
(measures residual volume)
(rmed.)
/ circulaires
= coils (of umbilical cord e.g.)
/ sang circulant
=
circulating blood / lymphocytes circulantes
= peripheral blood
lymphocytes / grande circulation
= circulation; systemic
circulation; greater circulation (carrying
blood from heart to body
tissues and back) / petite circulation
= pulmonary
circulation; lesser circulation / cire
de Horsley =
(Horsley's) bone
wax (haemotstatis)
/ CIS
= 1.
carcinoma
in situ; 2. Centre
d'Information de Sécurité et d'Hygiène
du
Travail = International
Occupational Safety and Health Information
Centre (ILO)
/ CITE =
carence
immunautaire T epidémique
= AIDS / CIUMR = Commission
Internationale des Unités et Mesures Radiologiques
= International
Commission on Radiation Units and Measurements (ICRU) (founded
1925,
based Washington) / CIV
= communication interventriculaire
= ventricular septal defect (VSD) / civière
= stretcher / CJD
= Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease / CK
= creatinine kinase / CKD
= chronic kidney disease / CL
= 1. chest-left (electrocard.); 2. Clark's level
(of invasion, melanoma staging)
/ CL
= pulmonary
compliance / clairance
= (pulmonary) clearance (rmed.)
/
claquage
= pulled muscle / claquage
optique = optical
breakdown (laser eye surgery)
/ clarté nucale see NT
/ CLdyn
=
dynamic compliance (rmed.)
/ CLI
= critical limb ischaemia / syndrome du clic
apical
systolique = click syndrome (card.)
/ cliché
=
radiograph; X-ray; film (rad.)
/ cliché "trop"
normal =
"barndoor" normal radiograph / cliché
type de réferénce
=
standard reference radiograph / clivage
= cleavage (cell
division) / CLL
= chronische lymphatische Leukämie;
chronic lymphocytic
leukaemia / Clofibrinsäure
= clofibric acid (2-(4-chlorophenoxy)-2-methylpropionic acid) (pharm.)
/ cloison
= septum (anat.)
/ cloison sagittale = sagital partition; cloison
sagittale; Charpy's
fascia (neck) / cloque sur le dos de la
main =
bulla dorsum manus
(derm.) / clou
= nail (orth.);
boil (furuncle, pop.)
/ clouté
= nodular (of
cirrhotic liver) / CLst
= static compliance (rmed.)
/
cM
= centimorgan (map unit,
genetics) / CME (ophthalm.) see
CMO / CMI
= 1. cell-mediated immunity; 2. concentration
minimale inhibitrice = minimal
inhibitory concentration, MIC / CML
= chronic myelocytic leukaemia; chronic myelogenous leukaemia / CMO =
cystoid macular oedema (US edema, so CME): "accumulation
of fluid in
the outer plexiform and inner nuclear layers of the retina with the
formation of tiny cyst-like cavities" / CMT
= Centre for Medical Technology (NL,
part of TNO)
/ CMU = couverture de maladie
universelle =
universal health cover (FR)
/ CMV
= cytomegalovirus / CN = colique
néphrétique see
RC
/ CNB
= core needle biopsy / CNS
= central nervous system / CNSLD
= chronic non-specific lung disease / CNSPD
= chronic
non-specific pulmonary disease / CO
= 1. complaining of; 2.
conduction osseuse = bone
conduction / cobaille =
guinea
pig / bombe au cobalt
= cobalt unit;
cobalt bomb ("thick-walled
container, usually of lead, housing a
powerful radioactive source of an isotope of cobalt (Co-60).
The gamma rays emitted are used in radiotherapy")
/ cocaine
= (in UK) Class A drug, also
known as: coke; charlie; snow / Coecum
= caecum / coefficient de
transfert = transfer
coefficient; commonly
called Krogh factor, KCO (rmed.)
/ plexus coeliac
=
solar plexus (anat.)
/
coeliochirurgie
= (surgical) laparoscopy; "keyhole" surgery; minimally invasive surgery
/
coelioscopie
(diagnostic
or
surgical) laparoscopy / coeur
artériel
= left heart /
coeur pulmonaire = cor pulmonale
(rmed.)
/ coeur veineux
= right heart / coffeïne
= caffeine / COHb
=
carboxyhaemoglobin / coiffe
= cuff (rotator cuff e.g.)
/
coiffer:
"coiffant le bord externe du..." = lying upon the outer
edge of the..." (anat.)
/ "coke"
see cocaine
/ col
= neck (bones
of finger e.g.) / col
utérin = cervix (gyn.)
/ COLD
= chronic obstructive lung disease (syn. COPD) / colectasie
= toxic megacolon / colibacille
= E. coli; Escherichia coli / colite
ulcéreuse =
ulcerative colitis / collaberen
= collapse / collageenziekten
= connective tissue diseases; collagen diseases (NB
not same
as collagen disorders,
which are inborn disorders of metabolism)
/ veine collatérale
= branch vein;
tributary vein / colle
biologique = tissue glue;
biological glue / collet
= neck (of tooth);
cervix dentis / collutoire
= (concentrated) oral rinse;
mouthwash; gargle (sometimes
called a collutory; cf. gargarisme)
/
collyres
= eye drops / côlon
irritable
= irritable bowel (syndrome); spastic colon / colonne
vidéo
= video tower (endoscopy)
/ colonnes charnues = trabeculations; trabeculae / colorant
pulsé
= pulsed dye (laser type)
/
coloration
= stain; staining (microbiol.)
/ coloration
vitale = supravital staining
(microbiol.)
/
the 100-hue test of colour
discrimination / Columbia
(colistin-nalidixic
acid) agar
/ coma carus
= deep coma / coma
dépassé =
irreversible coma; persistent vegetative state; brain death / COMARE
= Committee on the Medical Aspects of Radiation in the Environment (UK)
/ comitial
= epileptic
/ comminutif
= comminuted (fracture)
/ Comité Permanent
des Médecins de
la CEE = Standing Committee of
Doctors of the EEC (based
Denmark)
/ Committee on Safety of
Medicines (UK) / en communauté
=
out-of-hospital (heart attack e.g.); community-based
(educational
programme e.g.) /
communication
coronaro-ventriculaire
= coronary artery fistula / communication
interauriculaire
(CIA) = atrial septal defect /
communication interventriculaire
(CIV) = ventricular septal defect (VSD) / co-morbidité
=
co-morbidity /"compère
loriot" = stye; hordeolum (ophth.)
/ compliantie
= compliance (rmed.)
(also psych. =
patient's willingness to cooperate)
/ compliceerd
= open;
complicated (fracture)
/ composition
hépatique = hepatic
profile / compresse
chirurgicale = pledget (padding
strip or patch, often of PTFE, used to buttress sutures)
/ compte-gouttes
= (medicinal)
dropper / COMT
= catechol-o-methyltransferase / concentration
globulaire moyenne = mean
corpuscular (haemoglobin) concentration (measured
as %) / concurrence
encadrée = managed
competition (definition:
Government
regulation of a health care market which uses competition as the means
to achieve efficiency objectives within a framework of government
intervention designed to achieve other policy objectives, such as
equity. Also called regulated competition Source: OECD, 1992)
/ condensations
massives, formes condensées =
condensed masses (pneumoconiosis):
"Les spécialistes
ont
cependant appris, depuis la regression de l'endémie
tuberculeuse, que
beaucoup de condensations massives peuvent se développer en
l'absence
de bacilles de Koch. Ce problème de co-facteurs dans la
fibrose massive
reste donc entièrement ouvert."
"L'apparition des formes
condensées tardives..."
"The lungs contain condensed
masses of
fibrous tissue heavily infiltrated with collections of coal dust
particles..." "It
is no longer believed that tuberculous
infection plays any part, but it seems possible that the deposition of
fibrous tissue may be part of an immune mechanism."
/ conditionné
= (placed) in a container (specimen)
/ milieu
conditionné
= conditioned medium (microbiol.)
/ conductance
des voies aériennes =
airway conductance (rmed.)
/ conduit
= channel (anat./ of probe)
/ conduites instinctives
= instinctual behaviour (neurol.)
/ condylien
=
condylar / personne de
confiance
= "person of trust" (under FR
law, can make a
patient's
wishes known, but not actually take decisions for the patient)
/ confluence
= coalescence (of lung opacities)
(rad./rmed.)
/ soins de confort; traitements de confort
= (usually) palliative care
/ conisation
= cone biopsy / conjonctif
= connective (tissue
e.g.)
/ cartilage de conjugaison
= connecting
cartilage / connataal
= congenital / lignée consanguine
= blood line / Conseil
International sur les problèmes de
l'alcoolisme et des toxicomanies =
International Council on
Alcohol and Addictions (based
Lausanne) /
Conseil de l'Ordre
des Médecins =
(French) medical council (by
analogy with the UK
practice, "council" is perhaps a better translation (cf. GMC) than
"association" (cf. BMA)) / consentement
éclairé =
informed
consent / durée
de conservation
= shelf life (pharm.)
/ consommation
d'oxygène = oxygen
consumption (rmed.)
/ constantes vitales
= (syn.)
signes vitaux
=
vital signs / consulent
= consultant (physician) / contamination
veineuse = venous admixture (rmed.)
/ contention
= fixation;
immobilisation; setting (orth.);
fixation; osteosynthesis (maxillof.)
/ muscles de la
continence
= muscles of continence / continue
werkend = CW;
continuous wave (laser)
/ contondant
= blunt (instrument);
causing bruising / contour
cardiaque = cardiac outline (rad.)
/ tube contourné
= convoluted tubule (kidney)
/ contracture abdominale see
ventre
de bois / contraindication:
"a contraindication to the use of .." / contre-coudé
=
double-angled (surg. instrument)
/ contre-latéral
=
contralateral (anat.)
/ contre-poison
= antidote / Control
of Pollution Act 1974 (UK)
/
controlatéral
see contre-latéral
/ conventionné
= 1. (suggest)
affiliated (of doctor working
within the French national health system; or use FR term with
explanation; 2. fixed,
standard (price,
fee, etc. for products and
services under a 'convention' between an affiliated doctor and
the national health service,
determined on the basis of set tariff scales and drug schedules)
(FR)
/ enzyme de conversion =
converting
enzyme / convolution(s)
= gyrus (gyri) (brain)
/
COPD
= chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, (tends
to be US
usage, cf. COLD) / coproculture
= stool culture; faecal
culture (microbiol.)
/
coque
= fibrous capsule (around
breast implant) / calcification
en coquille
d'oeuf
= eggshell calcification (rad./rmed.)
/ cor
= corn;
clavus; heloma (foot)
/ Cor/Pulmo-Rö
see
CXR
/
coronarite
= 1. CHD;
2. (rare)
coronaritis /
coronaropathie
see
CHD
/ corbeillage
=
basket-like architecture; basket-type pattern (oncol.)
/
coring
= (defined) phenomenon whereby
a small fragment of rubber from
the stopper of a medication
vial is pushed into the vial's contents when a needle is inserted
through
the stopper. NB the EN literature calls the displaced piece of rubber a
"fragment" rather than e.g. a "core".
/ corne
anterieure de la moelle = anterior horn of spinal cord / cornet
nasal; cornet du nez = nasal
concha; turbinate bone / coronarographie
= angiography (usu.
without the "coronary" once context is
clear. (Coronary)
arteriography is a synonym but now
less used) / corps
= body (of
muscle) / corps
flottant = floating spot (ophth.)
/ corps jaune
=
corpus luteum (gyn.)
/ cortex
surrénalien =
adrenal cortex / corticolibérine
see libérine
/ corticosurrénale see
cortex
surrénalien / cortisol
= hydrocortisone (pharm.);
cortisol (biochem.)
/ cortisone =
1. hydrocortisone (pharm.,
shorthand for the synthetic
hormone); 2. cortisone (biochem.)
/ costotome
= rib shears (surg.)
/ côtes fausses
= false ribs / côtes
flottantes =
floating ribs / côtes
vraies = true ribs / cou-de-pied
= instep (foot)
/ coudé
= (general)
bent;
geniculate; (of ureter)
kinked / coulisse
see
gouttière
/
coup du lapin
= whiplash (injury) / doigts (main) en coup
de vent cubital
= ulnar deviation; ulnar drift / coupants/piquants
= (surgical)
"sharps" / coupe
= cross-section;
"slice" (tomography);
section (histol.)
/ coupe à
congélation; coupe en
congélation, see
FS
/ couplets (ECG)
/ courbature
= lumbago; joint stiffness / courbe
isovolume pression débit
=
isovolume pressure flow curve (rmed.)
/ court-circuit
=
shunt (card.,
rmed.)
/ coussinet charnu
= fleshy
pad (fingertip e.g.)
/ coussinets
= padding (of body pressure
points during surgery) / coût
cardiaque = cardiac cost ("il
correspond au nombre de
pulsations ou extrapulsations cardiaques qui se sont produites, au
cours de la période d'activité
considérée, au-dessus du niveau de repos de la
fréquence cardiaque")
/ couturier
= sartorius (muscle)
/ couveuse
= incubator (neonates)
/ CoV
= coronavirus
/ COVID-19
= disease caused by SARS-CoV-2
(2020 pandemic, started in
Wuhan, China. NB COVID-19 is the disease, not the virus) /
nCoV = novel coronavirus (any newly
emerging coronavirus) / 2019-nCoV:
old name for SARS-CoV-2
/ os coxal
=
hip bone; os coxae /
coxalgie
= tuberculosis of the hip joint /
cP = chronische Polyarthritis,
see
RA.
2 / CP
= 1. cerebral palsy; 2. choid plexus;
3. coproporphyrin; 4. Cor/Pulmo-Rö
see
CXR
/ C/P = Cor/Pulmo = heart and lungs / CPA
=
coeur pulmonaire aigu = acute
cor
pulmonale / CPAL = complément alimentaire
= food supplement,
nutritional supplement / CPAP
= (nasal) continuous
positive airway pressure (rmed.:
treatment for obstructive sleep
apnoea) / CPC
= coeur pulmonaire chronique =
chronic cor
pulmonale / CPE
= cytopathic effect / CPK
= creatinine
phosphokinase / cpm = coups
par minute = beats per minute
(bpm)
/ CPM
= continuous passive motion device (orthop.)
/ CPR
= cardiopulmonary resuscitation /
CPS
= Compendium des produits et spécialités
pharmaceutiques = Compendium of
Pharmaceuticals and Specialties (Canada)
/ CPT
= capacité
pulmonaire totale = total lung
capacity, see
TLC (rmed.)
/ CPU
=
coproporphyrins in the urine; urinary coproporphyrins /
CPUE =
capacité pulmonaire utilisable à l'effort
=
forced expiratory
volume in 1 second, see
FEV1 (rmed.)
/ see capacité
pulmonaire
utilisable à l'effort
/ CR
= 1. chest-right (electrocard.);
2. circulorespiratory; 3. computed radiography /
CRA
= 1. cardiorespiratory arrest; cardiac arrest; 2. clinical research
associate / crachats
= sputum; expectorate; phlegm (rmed.)
/ crachoir
= spittoon (rmed.)
/ crack cocaine
= (in
UK) Class A drug, also known as: crack; freebase; rocks
/ CRAM
= caisse régionale d'assurance-maladie
= regional health insurance
fund (FR)
/ crâne
cérébral
= cerebral cranium / "crash
team" = emergency resuscitation
team in a hospital A & E department (emed.)
/ CRD
=
chronic respiratory disease / C-reaktives
Protein = C-reactive
protein / CREDES
= Centre de recherche et documentation en économie de la
santé =
Research and Information Centre for Health Economics, now
IRDES
(FR) /
crépitation
= crepitation (of fractured
bones);
crepitation (rmed, see breath
sounds)
/ creusant = burrowing (e.g.
infection in
anal fissure) / CRF
= 1.
capacité
résiduelle fonctionnelle
= functional residual
capacity, see
FRC
(rmed.);
2. chronic renal failure (more commonly called CKD);
3. corticotropin releasing
factor / crise
= seizure, fit (epilepsy)
/ CRI = chronic renal insufficiency, more
commonly
called CKD
/ crises douloureuses
abdominales = stomach cramps / cristallin
= (crystalline) lens (ophth.)
/ critère intermédiaire;
critère de substitution = surrogate endpoint (in
clinial
trial: an indicator or sign used in place of another to tell if a
treatment works, e.g. shrinkage of a tumour as opposed to death)
/ critical
concentration: concentration
measured at time when first adverse
effect appears (tox.)
/ crochet de berger, see Hirtenstab
/ os crochu
= unciform bone (hand)
/ croisé
= cruciate (ligament)
/ croisière,
dose
de = maintenance dose / crosse
= arch (e.g.
aorta); junction / crossectomie
= saphenofemoral ligation and stripping; "high tie" / CRP
= C-reactive protein / CRS
= total respiratory
compliance / CRT
= 1. cell residence time; 2. conformal radiotherapy ("shapes"
the beam to the tumour, sparing healthy tissue); 3. capillary refill time (prolonged CRT is
an indicator of shock, circulatory failure..)
/ surface cruentée
= denuded surface (epithelium
removed) / Cruorgerinnsel
see
blood
clot
/ CSA
= Controlled Substances Act (USA)
/ CsA
=
cyclosporin A / CSF
= cerebrospinal fluid; liquor
cerebrospinalis / CSH =
cellule souche
hématopoïétique
see
HSC
2. / CSM
= 1. cellule souche
mésenchymateuse, see
MSC;
2.
Committee on Safety of Medicines (UK)
/ CSN = cellule souche neurale
see
NSC
/ CSR
= Cheyne-Stokes
respiration / CSW
=
commercial sex worker (WHO-approved
term) / CT
= 1. capacité
totale, see
TLC;
2. (indice)
chimiothérapeutique =
therapeutic index;
3. computed tomography; computerised (axial) tomography;
computer-assisted tomography (but
NB
"computer tomography" is
deprecated); 4. connective
tissue / CTA
=
CT angiography / CTD
= 1. Common Technical Document (EU;
clinical trials; required
format of
a MAA);
2. Control of Tropical Diseases (division) (WHO)
/ CTDIw =
weighted computed tomography dose index / CTF =
capacité
totale de fixation du fer; capacité totale de fixation de la
transferrine en fer; capacité totale de saturation en fer de
la transférine (blood), see
TIBC
/ CTG
= cardiotocography / CT-gestützt
= CT-assisted (planning
of radiotherapy) / CTO = central tear-off
(pharm.)(injectables) / CTS
= carpal tunnel syndrome / CTSP
=
called to see patient / CTT
= computed transaxial tomography, see
CAT / CTV
= clinical target volume (radiotherapy) / cubital
= ulnar (nerve
e.g.) / cuir
chevelu = scalp / cancer en cuirasse
(all languages):
carcinoma of the skin with
thickening and induration over large area
of thorax, often as result of metastasis from primary breast
lesion (Dorland)
/ cuisses en
culotte de cheval
see
lipoméries
/ CUM
= cysto-urétographie mictionelle
=
voiding cystourtherography / cumulus
= cumulus; hillock (cells)
/ cupuliforme
= dome-shaped / curage:
NB in French = (tissue) removal, ablation, disssection,
resection; in English (rare) = curettage done manually as
opposed
to using a curette
/ curage axillaire
see
ALND
/ curage cervical
= neck dissection (pioneered
by Crile, 1906) / curage
ganglionnaire =
lymph node resection
/ cure
thermale
= spa resort cure;
hydrotherapy / curiethérapie =
brachytherapy; radium therapy
(NB "curietherapy" is seen but only in
non-native English) / cursus
professionnel complet
= whole work history (OSH)
/ CUSA
= cavitational ultrasonic surgical aspiration (electrosurg.)
/ CUSLK
= chronische unspezifische Lungenkrankheit
see
CNSLD
/
cutiréaction
= skin
reaction; cutaneous reaction / cuve
= vessel (cell
cultures)
/ CV =
1.
capacité vitale
= vital capacity, see
VC (rmed.);
2. champ visuel
=
visual field; field of vision; 3. closing volume (rmed.)
/ CVA
= cerebrovascular accident / CVD
=
1. cardiovascular disease; 2. cerebral vascular disease / CVS
=
1. chorionic villus sampling (gyn./obst.); 2. chronische
vermoeidheids syndroom,
see
CFS
/ CVSF
= conduction velocity of the slower
fibres (ulnar nerve)
/ CVT = Cervixtupfer
= cervical
swab / Cw
= chest wall compliance (rmed.)
/
CW =
1. compatible with; 2. continue
werkend;
continuous wave
(laser type) /
CWP
= coal worker's pneumoconiosis / Cx = circumflex (artery)
/ CXR
= chest
X-ray; chest film; chest radiograph (rad.)
/
cycle extrinsèque
= life stage (parasitol.)
/ cycle
respiratoire = respiratory
cycle; breathing cycle, see
RF)
(rmed.)
/ cylindre urinaire
= urinary cast; urinary
cylinder / cyprine = (natural) vaginal lubrication,
secretions, arousal fluid, "love juice" (from Bartholin's
glands. NB "cyprine" is rare in EN, maybe best avoided as
"scientists aren’t in agreement on what is classified as
cyprine: it is either the secretions of Bartholin’s glands or
vaginal transudate, or a mixture of both"..) / cytokine:
a messenger protein which
stimulates
killer T-cells to destroy tumour cells
/ cytométrie de
flux; cytométrie en flux,
see
FACS
/ cytopathogène =
cytopathic (effects)
/
cytostéatonécrose
= fat necrosis;
cytosteatonecrosis / CZS =
centrale zenuwstelsel
=
central nervous system (CNS) /
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Last updated: 16 June 2024
