Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Italian term or phrase:
aspetto debolmente fluttuante
English translation:
slightly fluctuant
Added to glossary by
Joseph Tein
Sep 26, 2014 03:14
9 yrs ago
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aspetto debolmente fluttuante
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diabetes
This is from a hospital report on a diabetic patient who needed to have his foot amputated:
"Paziente con piede diabetico ... ampio ematoma della pianta del piede con aspetto debolmente fluttuante."
I'm not sure how to translate "fluttuante" here ... online dictionaries give "fluctuating, floating, changeable, variable" and I don't see that any of these fits here in describing the appearance of a hematoma. For "debolmente" we could say "slightly" and not necessarily "weakly" but I still need to know what to do with "fluttuante".
Thanks for your help with this one.
"Paziente con piede diabetico ... ampio ematoma della pianta del piede con aspetto debolmente fluttuante."
I'm not sure how to translate "fluttuante" here ... online dictionaries give "fluctuating, floating, changeable, variable" and I don't see that any of these fits here in describing the appearance of a hematoma. For "debolmente" we could say "slightly" and not necessarily "weakly" but I still need to know what to do with "fluttuante".
Thanks for your help with this one.
Proposed translations
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| 4 +3 | slightly fluctuant |
JudyC
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| 3 | mildly painful kind / mildly fluctuating |
Michael Korovkin
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Change log
Sep 29, 2014 03:24: Joseph Tein changed "Edited KOG entry" from "<a href="/profile/578038">Joseph Tein's</a> old entry - "aspetto debolmente fluttuante"" to ""slightly fluctuant""
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slightly fluctuant
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Definition (MW)
fluc·tu·ant
adjective \ˈflək-chə-wənt\ (Medical Dictionary)
Medical Definition of FLUCTUANT
: movable and compressible—used of abnormal body structures (as some abscesses or tumors) <the fluctuant mass in his abdomen—Oliver Sacks>
Examples
https://www.google.it/?gws_rd=ssl#q= "slightly fluctuant "
Definition (MW)
fluc·tu·ant
adjective \ˈflək-chə-wənt\ (Medical Dictionary)
Medical Definition of FLUCTUANT
: movable and compressible—used of abnormal body structures (as some abscesses or tumors) <the fluctuant mass in his abdomen—Oliver Sacks>
Examples
https://www.google.it/?gws_rd=ssl#q= "slightly fluctuant "
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Michael Korovkin
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mildly painful kind / mildly fluctuating
Painful hematoma is aka fluctuating hematoma.
I would translate "aspetto" as "variety"/"kind" or drop it altogether.
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Note added at 1 day3 hrs (2014-09-27 06:42:36 GMT)
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Joseph, Judy is right and I'm wrong: I should've paid more attention to the presence of the term "aspetto": obviously here they talk about the physical rather than symptomatic features of the h-ma....
Should I put a "disagree" to myself? :)))
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Note added at 1 day4 hrs (2014-09-27 07:17:46 GMT)
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you're so kind!
But don't worry, I don't want to put you out... :))))
I would translate "aspetto" as "variety"/"kind" or drop it altogether.
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Note added at 1 day3 hrs (2014-09-27 06:42:36 GMT)
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Joseph, Judy is right and I'm wrong: I should've paid more attention to the presence of the term "aspetto": obviously here they talk about the physical rather than symptomatic features of the h-ma....
Should I put a "disagree" to myself? :)))
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Note added at 1 day4 hrs (2014-09-27 07:17:46 GMT)
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you're so kind!
But don't worry, I don't want to put you out... :))))
Note from asker:
| You don't need to post a "disagree" to yourself ... I could do it for you as a favor (to help you out). |
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