Translator Of Medical Terms In Dermatology – H (For Professionals)
Dr Christophe HSU – dermatologist. Geneva, Switzerland
The first column contains the term in French.
The second column contains the translated equivalent in English.
The third column contains the name of individuals associated with the term (either they described the term, or the term is eponymous…).
| Ongle équisegmenté | Half-and-half nail | |
| Syndrome main-pied-bouche | Hand-foot and mouth disease | |
| Lèpre | Hansen’s disease (leprosy) | Hansen |
| Fœtus Arlequin (kératome malin) | Harlequin fetus | |
| Coup de chaleur | Heat stroke | |
| Maladie de Heck (hyperplasie épithéliale focale) | Heck’s disease (focal epithelial hyperplasia) | Heck |
| Erythème héliotrope | Heliotrope erythema | |
| Hemangiome | Hemangioma | |
| Purpura rhumatoïde (de Schönlein-Henoch)(vascular purpura) | Henoch-Schönlein purpura (purpura vasculaire) | Henoch, Schönlein |
| Œdème angioneurotique héréditaire | Hereditary angiedema | |
| Coproporphrie héréditaire | Hereditary coproporphria | |
| Télangiectasie hémorragique héréditaire (Maladie de Rendu-Osler) | Hereditary hemorragic telangiectasia (Osler-Weber-Rendu syndrome) | Osler, Rendu, Weber |
| Herpes gestationis (pemphigoïde de la grossesse) | Herpes gestationis (Pemphigoid Gestationis) | |
| Dermatite herpétiforme | Herpetiform dermatitis (Dühring’s disease) | Dühring |
| Acne inversa (Maladie de Verneuil) | Hiddradenitis Suppurativa | Verneuil |
| Hidradénome papillifère | Hidradenoma Papilliferum | |
| Hirsutism | Hirsutism | |
| Histiocytosis X (Maladie de Letterer-Siwe) | Histiocytose X (Letterer-Siwe Disease) | Letterer, Siwe |
| Histoplasmose | Histoplasmosis | |
| VIH | HIV | |
| Corne | Horn | |
| Hydroa vacciniforme | Hydroa vacciniforme | Bazin |
| Porome eccrine intraépidermique | Hydroacanthoma simplex (Intraepidermal eccrine poroma) | |
| Hygroma colli | Hygroma colli | |
| Hyperhidrose | Hyperhidrosis | |
| Hyperkératose lenticulaire persistante (Maladie de Flegel) | Hyperkeratosis lenticularis perstans (Flegel’s disease) | Flegel |
| Hypertrichose | Hypertrichosis | |
| Cicatrice hypertrophique | Hypertrophic scar | |
| Sarcoïde de Darier-Roussy (Sarcoïde hypodermique) | Hypodermal sarcoid nodule | Darier, Roussy |
| Hypotrichose | Hypotrichosis |
