Translator Of Medical Terms In Dermatology – S (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…).
| Phlébotome | Sand fly | |
| Sarcoïdose | Sarcoidosis | Boeck |
| Sarcome | Sarcoma | |
| Doigts en “saucisse” | Sausage digits | |
| Sillon scabieux | Scabetic burrow | |
| Nodule scabieux | Scabetic nodule | |
| Gale | Scabies | Renucci |
| Cicatrice | Scar | |
| Cicatrisation | Scarring process | |
| Scleroedème de Buschke | Scleredema | Buschke |
| Sclérème du nouveau-né (néonatal) | Sclerema neonatorium | |
| Sclerodactylie | Sclerodactyly | |
| Scleromyxoedème d’Arndt-Gottron | Scleromyxedema | Arndt, Gottron |
| Lymphangite sclérosante de la verge | Sclerosing lymphangitis of the penis | |
| Sclérose | Sclerosis | |
| Dermatite des écrans | Screen dermatitis | |
| Scrofuloderme | Scrofuloderma | |
| Calcinose scrotale | Scrotal Calcinosis | |
| Lymphorhée scrotal | Scrotal lymphorrhea | |
| Scorbut | Scurvy | |
| Carcinome sébacé | Sebaceous carcinoma | |
| Sébocystomatose | Sebocystoma Mulitplex | |
| Kératose séborrhéique (verrue seborrhéique) | Seborreic Keratosis | Neumann |
| Séborrhée | Seborrhea | |
| Dermatite séborrhéique | Seborrheic Dermatitis | Unna |
| Lentigo sénile | Senile lentigo | |
| Prurit sénile | Senile pruritus | |
| Purpura sénile (de Bateman) | Senile Purpura (of Bateman) | Bateman |
| Septicémie | Septicaemia | |
| Maladie sexuellement transmissible (MST) | Sexually transmitted disorder (STD) | |
| Névus en peau de chagrin | Shagreen patch | |
| Excision tangentielle | Shave excision | |
| Onychomadèse | Shedding of the nail (Onychomadesis= | |
| Zona | Shingles | |
| Syndrome sec | Sicca syndrome | |
| Nodule de Sœur Marie-Joseph (métastase ombilicale) | Sister Joseph Nodule (umbilical metastasis) | |
| Syndrome de Gougerot-Sjögren | Sjögren syndrome | |
| Syndrome de Gougerot-Sjögren | Sjögren syndrome | Sjögren |
| Vieilissement cutané | Skin aging | |
| Toxidermie | Skin drug reaction (Toxiderma) | |
| Mégalérythème épidermique | Slapped cheek disease | |
| Parapsoriasis à petites plaques (digitiforme) | Small plaque parapsoriasis | |
| Variole | Small pox | |
| Vasculite à petits vaisseaux | Small-vessel vasculitis | |
| Hamartome musculaire lisse | Smooth muscle hamartoma | |
| Pustulose sous-cornée (maladie de Sneddon-Wilkinson) | Sneddon-Wilkinson disease (subcorneal pustulosis) | Sneddon, Wilkinson |
| Chancre mou | Soft chancrous ulcer | Ducrey |
| Elastose solaire | Solar elastosis | |
| Kératose lichenoïde solitaire | Solitary lichenoid keratosis | |
| Angiome stellaire | Spider nevus (névus araneus) | Wilson |
| Carcinome spinocellulaire | Spinous cell carcinoma | |
| Sporotrichose | Sporotrichosis | |
| Epidermolyse staphylococcique aiguë (Syndrome de Ritter-Lyell) | Staphylococcal scalded skin syndrome (SSSS) | Ritter, Lyell |
| Dermite de stase | Stasis dermatitis | |
| Pseudocicatrice stellaire | Stellate scar | |
| Ectodermose pluri-orificielle (Syndrome de Stevens-Johnson limité aux muqueuses) | Stevens-Johnson Syndrome localized to the mucous membranes | |
| Granuloma malin centrofacial de Stewart | Stewart’s malignant centrofacial granuloma | Stewart |
| Syndrome de la peau cartonée | Stiff skin syndrome | |
| Couche épineuse | Stratum spinosum | |
| Vergeture | Striae distensae | |
| Kératose lichénoïde striée | Striate lichenoide keratosis (Nekam’s disease) | Nekam |
| Orgelet | Sty (stye) | |
| Cystostéatonécrose du nouveau-né | Subcutaneous fat necrosis of the newborn | |
| Lymphome hypodermique | Subcutaneous lymphoma | |
| Vieilllissement photo-induit actinique (Héliodermique) | Sun-induced skin aging | |
| Erysipèle | Superficial cellulitis | |
| Mastite suppurative | Suppurative mastitis | |
| Nécrose sudorale | Sweat gland necrosis | |
| Dermite des nageurs | Swimmer’s itch | |
| Syphilis | Syphilis | |
| Chancre syphilitique | Syphilitic chancrous ulcer | |
| Syringocystadénome papillifère | Syringocystadenoma papilliferum | |
| Syringome | Syringoma | |
| Sclérodermie | Systemic sclerosis (scleroderma) |
