18:07 Dec 7, 2005 |
English to Latin translations [Non-PRO] Medical - Medical (general) | ||||
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5 | tumentia / inflatio |
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5 | tumor/tuber/struma |
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5 | Intumescentia, tumescentia |
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tumentia / inflatio Explanation: Another possible translation is "tumor" (from the same root of "tumentia" from the verb "tumeo" = to be swollen), but it might recall something else. |
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tumor/tuber/struma Explanation: 'Tumor' and 'tuber' may refer to any swelling, not necessarily to a medical conditon. 'Struma' is restricted to scrofulous disorders. |
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Intumescentia, tumescentia Explanation: Also "tumor", like my friends wrote, but it is used in a different context. -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 2 days 14 hrs 58 mins (2005-12-10 09:05:46 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- Also: turgescentia, tumefactio, tumentia (like Leonardo mentioned), tuber (like Joseph mentioned) and in a wider sense eminentia (but I guess too wide for what you asked for). http://www.mercksource.com/pp/us/cns/cns_hl_dorlands.jspzQzp... As the link doesn´t work well, here´s an excerpt of it: intumesce (in·tu·mesce) (in-too-mes´) to swell up. intumescence (in·tu·mes·cence) (in-too-mes´əns) [L. intumescentia] 1. a swelling, normal or abnormal. 2. the process of swelling. intumescent (in·tu·mes·cent) (in-too-mes´ənt) [L. intumescens] swelling or becoming swollen. intumescentia (in·tu·mes·cen·tia) (in-too-mə-sen´she-ə) pl. intumescen´tiae [L.] [TA] anatomic nomenclature for an enlargement or swelling. i. cervica´lis [TA] cervical enlargement: the enlargement of the cervical spinal cord at the level of attachment of the nerves to the upper limbs. i. lumba´lis i. lumbosacralis. i. lumbosacra´lis [TA] lumbosacral enlargement: the enlargement of the lumbar spinal cord at the level of attachment of the nerves to the lower limbs; called also i. lumbalis. i. tympa´nica [TA] tympanic enlargement: a pseudoganglion on the tympanic branch (nerve) of the glossopharyngeal nerve; called also ganglion tympanicum [TA alternative], tympanic ganglion, tympanic ganglion of Valentin, and Valentin's pseudoganglion. -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 2 days 15 hrs 0 min (2005-12-10 09:08:01 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- Corr: The first link works well. Reference: http://www.mercksource.com/pp/us/cns/cns_hl_dorlands.jspzQzp... |
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