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French medical vocabulary

30 words with English translations. 27 of them appear in the 5,000 most common French words, and the table shows exactly where each one ranks — so you can learn the ones you will actually hear first.

30words
27in the top 5,000
Frenchlanguage
WordEnglishHow common
la maladiedisease#1241 0.006% of speech
le médicamentmedicine#1596 0.006% of speech
le médecinphysician#696 0.016% of speech
le infirmiernurse#4272 0.001% of speech
le hôpitalhospital#532 0.016% of speech
la cliniqueclinic#2246 0.004% of speech
la pharmaciepharmacy#3263 0.004% of speech
la ordonnanceprescription#4166 0.002% of speech
la fièvrefever#2424 0.003% of speech
la touxcough#4459 0.000% of speech
la douleurpain#1064 0.008% of speech
la grippeflu#4347 0.001% of speech
le rhumecold#4201 0.001% of speech
la allergieallergy#3292 0.002% of speech
la infectioninfection#4237 0.001% of speech
le vaccinvaccine#4230 0.001% of speech
le traitementtreatment#1566 0.005% of speech
la chirurgiesurgery#2437 0.003% of speech
la blessurewound#1122 0.007% of speech
la ambulanceambulance#1836 0.004% of speech
les premiers secoursfirst aidoutside the top 5,000
le thermomètrethermometer#3424 0.002% of speech
la tension artérielleblood pressureoutside the top 5,000
la analyseanalysis#2258 0.004% of speech
les symptômessymptomsoutside the top 5,000
le diagnosticdiagnosis#4013 0.002% of speech
la guérisonhealing#4419 0.000% of speech
la urgenceemergency#1176 0.007% of speech
la fracturefracture#4010 0.002% of speech
la opérationoperation#951 0.008% of speech

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