mole

15:56 Aug 9, 2000
English to French translations [Non-PRO]
English term or phrase: mole
a blemish on the human body
Gillian


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nagrain de beauté
Nikki Scott-Despaigne
nanaevus (m), grain de beauté (m)
Brigitte Gendebien
nanaevus
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14 mins
grain de beauté


Explanation:
I have always found this term (which I hear and see used all the time to describe what we English describe unpleasantly as moles). We ought to start describing them with the same term "beauty spot". Sounds much nicer!

Nikki Scott-Despaigne
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44 mins
naevus (m), grain de beauté (m)


Explanation:
(aussi môle (f) ou mole (f) (chim.))
blood mole: môle sanguine
Breus' mole: môle de Breus, hématome-môle
cystic mole: môle, môle hydatiforme
fleshy mole: (1) môle charnue, (2) môle morte
hairy mole: naevus pileux
hydatid mole; hydatiform mole : môle, môle hydatiforme
invasive mole: chorioadénome; môle hydatiforme envahissante; môle maligne
maligant mole: chorioadénome; môle hydatiforme envahissante; môle maligne
pigmented mole: naevus pigmentaire
vesicular mole: môle; môle hydatiforme; môle vésiculaire

Source: Gladstone, English-French Dictionary of Medical and Para-Medical Sciences


Brigitte Gendebien
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Marie-Claire Vacher
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45 mins
naevus


Explanation:
it's the scientific term for "grain de beauté" (in fact the "a" and "e" are a sole character, but I don't remember the keyboard code)


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