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French to English Medical: Health Care Translation Glossary

French term		English translation
entretien d’accueil		admission interview

EPP		plasma protein electrophoresis

espaces sensoriels		multi-sensory spaces

estime de l'entourage		Appreciation of peers

Etats Généraux de l'Organisation de la Santé (EGOS)		EGOS (do not translate) National French healthcare management convention

Evolution et Discussion		Clinical course and Discussion

examen de reference		the gold standard,reference test

excave en inf		excavated disk in the lower or inferior part

excès de base à ...		base excess	Lara Barnett
Entered by: Lara Barnett
exemple caricatural		illustrative example

expertise		assessment / evaluation

exploitants donneurs d'ordre		contract giver

expression en % de l'effectif		expressed as pecentage of (study) population

Externe en premier		first year clerkship student

extrèmes		upper and lower bounds/limits

F.F. interne		acting as intern / resident

Facturation ambulatoire		Outpatient billing

facuration LaMal		invoice according to the LaMal regulation

faire avancer les lignes		to move things forward for patients

faisceaux superieur de grand pectoral		clavicular head of the pectoralis major

fasciocutané		fasciocutaneous

fausse route		trouble swallowing

fémorocutané		lateral femoral cutaneous nerve / lateral cutaneous nerve of the thigh

FC		informed consent form

fermeture de sécurité (pour enfants)		(child-proof) safety cap or closure	monbuckland
Entered by: monbuckland
fiche d’écologie		assessment (or screening) for bacterial and viral carriage (or status)

fiche technique		guidelines

Fiche/feuille d'écologie		intra-operative nursing record

fiduciaire		trustee // entrusted with

figuré		formed	Bertrand Leduc
Entered by: Bertrand Leduc
Finess (Fichier National des Etablissements Sanitaires et Sociaux)		National Directory of Health and Social Establishments	Nick Lingris
Entered by: Nick Lingris
fistule arterio-veineuse		Arteriovenous fistula

flecaine LP		flecainide acetate slow release (SR)

floride		florid/positive

flux de patients		patient flow

fonctions supérieures		higher (brain) functions	Tony M
Entered by: Tony M
FOP-ASIA		PFO-ASA

forfait PAT		flat-rate for PAT (technical procedure)	liz askew
Entered by: liz askew
formatrice référente		teacher/work-placement tutor

foyer d'allure évolutive		active foci

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