Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Spanish term or phrase:
mucosas pastosas
English translation:
slightly dry mucous membranes
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Joseph Tein
Aug 2, 2019 20:48
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Spanish term
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Native in: English 
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mucosas pastosas
Spanish to English
Medical
Medical (general)
physical examination
This is from a physical examination of a child admitted to hospital for chest pain and difficulty breathing;
" ... piel y mucosas normocoloreada y ojerosa [dark skin under eyes?] , *mucosas levemente pastosas* no exantemas ni petequias ... "
The only translation I can think of for "pastosas" is "doughy." I find many online examples of "dough skin" but nothing for doughy mucosae.
What's the correct translation here?
Thanks again.
" ... piel y mucosas normocoloreada y ojerosa [dark skin under eyes?] , *mucosas levemente pastosas* no exantemas ni petequias ... "
The only translation I can think of for "pastosas" is "doughy." I find many online examples of "dough skin" but nothing for doughy mucosae.
What's the correct translation here?
Thanks again.
Proposed translations
(English)
| 3 | parched mucous membranes |
Chema Nieto Castañón
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| 3 | pasty mucus |
Elisa Lopez Schiaffino
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Proposed translations
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Chema Nieto Castañón
Spain
Spain
Native in Spanish
Specializes in field
Spain
Psychologist & Emergency Physician
Native in: Spanish (Variant: Standard-Spain)
Works in: English to Spanish
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parched mucous membranes
Mucous membranes are usually described either as moist, dry or parched. Aunque descripción poco habitual, entiendo la idea de mucosas pastosas en tanto que resecas, con tendencia a pegarse precisamente por la falta de hidratación. Entiendo así que la descripción habitual más ajustada al caso sería la de parched.
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Note added at 2 days 1 hr (2019-08-04 22:28:44 GMT)
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No obstante, como comentado en Discussion, slightly parched does not sound correct, as the idea of parched is precisely of a more severe dryness. And so "slightly dry mucous membranes" seems a reasonable equivalent after all.
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Note added at 2 days 1 hr (2019-08-04 22:28:44 GMT)
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No obstante, como comentado en Discussion, slightly parched does not sound correct, as the idea of parched is precisely of a more severe dryness. And so "slightly dry mucous membranes" seems a reasonable equivalent after all.
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Comment: "Gracias Chema por tu apoyo."
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Elisa Lopez Schiaffino
Native in Spanish
Specializes in field
MA in Translation. Native speaker @USA
Native in: Spanish (Variants: Latin American, US, Argentine)
Works in: English to Spanish, Spanish to English, Spanish, and 1 more.
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pasty mucus
Pasty, as in "resembling paste" (https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/pasty).
Here is a book using that term ("expectoration of a pasty mucus without cough): shorturl.at/uyIT7
Here is a book using that term ("expectoration of a pasty mucus without cough): shorturl.at/uyIT7
Note from asker:
| Thank you for trying to help. Please note that "mucus" is not the same thing as "mucosa" so I can't use this answer. When I check online for "pasty mucosa" I find only one example, in an article by a Spanish author, so I can't rely on that. Let's see what our colleagues have to say. |
Reference comments
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Discussion
Re-reading the original "levemente pastosas" your own rendering seems the most reasonable one after all; slightly dry mucous membranes.
Pastoso, as liz notes, is usually described as an effect of dryness. A literal translation should be close to the idea of "unsmooth" -in spite of the non-medical meaning of pastoso as "suave y blando"!; something (two mucous membranes) that tend to stick together (instead of running smoothly one over the other) due to dryness.
So, all in all, slightly dry mucous membranes, lacking a more specific and common description in this context, seems to convey a similar idea.
Dry mouth symptoms may include:
saliva that feels thick or stringy
rough, dry tongue
the tongue tending to stick against the roof of the mouth
problems with chewing or swallowing (particularly dry foods such as biscuits)
bad breath
mouth ulcers
dry and cracked lips
susceptibility to oral thrush infections
high rate of tooth decay
a prickly, burning sensation in the mouth
loose acrylic dentures (as saliva helps to create the suction between the gum tissues and the acrylic base of the denture).
Related symptoms in the rest of the body
13 Nov 2017 - A symptom of dry mouth syndrome is stringy or thick saliva, as there is ... difficulty swallowing or clearing the airways of the mucus and saliva ...
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27 Apr 2018 - Es normal notar la boca seca y pastosa en momentos puntuales. ... la mucosa bucal y ofrecer un alivio inmediato y duradero de la boca seca.
seca and pastosa
seem to be different adjectives, meaning different things
https://www.sciencedirect.com/topics/medicine-and-dentistry/...
https://books.google.es/books?id=Yko1AQAAMAAJ&pg=PA460&lpg=P...