bukomfang

English translation: abdominal circumference

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Norwegian term or phrase:bukomfang
English translation:abdominal circumference
Entered by: Helen Johnson

11:42 Dec 21, 2007
Norwegian to English translations [PRO]
Medical - Medical: Cardiology / patient notes
Norwegian term or phrase: bukomfang
Hun har stort bukomfang (and, what looks like: anvivelig nytilkomment - presumably a typo there) og ødemer i begge underekstremiteter.
If there's a particular term that's used, advice = appreciated (presumably means swollen abdomen or similar wording).
Helen Johnson
United Kingdom
Local time: 16:16
abdominal circumference
Explanation:
It seems the logical term, and I found lots of references to it, which all make sense!
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Marie Andersson (Allen)
United Kingdom
Local time: 16:16
Grading comment
Thanks, Marie!
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4 +2abdominal circumference
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13 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +2
abdominal circumference


Explanation:
It seems the logical term, and I found lots of references to it, which all make sense!

Marie Andersson (Allen)
United Kingdom
Local time: 16:16
Meets criteria
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Native speaker of: Native in SwedishSwedish
PRO pts in category: 2
Grading comment
Thanks, Marie!

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Per Bergvall: Why can't they just say the patient is fat - or obese, if fat is too plebeian?
3 mins
  -> ! Imagined that in this PC obsessed world! Tx

agree  Hilde Granlund: The patient in this case is not fat, he has ascites, and the abdomen has grown because of this
9 hrs
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