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seios costophrênicos livres

English translation: free costophrenic angles

17:33 Nov 12, 2012
Portuguese to English translations [PRO]
Medical - Medical: Health Care / Thorax Radiography
Portuguese term or phrase: seios costophrênicos livres
It's a thorax radiography exam report. Thanks!!
Isabella Kenfield
United States
Local time: 20:08
English translation:free costophrenic angles
Explanation:
Radiography reports normally refer to the angle, rather than the recess (but only in this fixed phrase - in other contexts, recess is the correct translation for seios).
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Fiona Stephenson
United Kingdom
Local time: 01:08
Grading comment
Thanks Fiona!
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Summary of answers provided
5 +2clear/unobstructed costophrenic angles
liz askew
5 +1free costophrenic angles
Fiona Stephenson
4 +1free costophenic recesses
Marlene Curtis


  

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8 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
free costophenic recesses


Explanation:
http://www.proz.com/kudoz/portuguese_to_english/medical/2216...



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: Recognize the air-fluid interface at the left-sided costophrenic recess with a completely horizontal upper border. There is...pleural cavity - in the erect position these are the posterior costophrenic recesses. A pneumothorax is an accumulation of air in the... [http://www.anatomie1.med.uni-erlangen.de/thap1.htm]
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Marlene Curtis
United States
Local time: 20:08
Native speaker of: Native in PortuguesePortuguese
PRO pts in category: 101

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Margarida Ataide
7 mins
  -> Grata!
agree  Claudio Mazotti
39 mins
  -> Grata!
neutral  T o b i a s: sp.
46 mins
disagree  liz askew: this is not correct English medical terminology
4 hrs
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2 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +1
free costophrenic angles


Explanation:
Radiography reports normally refer to the angle, rather than the recess (but only in this fixed phrase - in other contexts, recess is the correct translation for seios).

Example sentence(s):
  • http://www.radiologymasterclass.co.uk/tutorials/chest/chest_home_anatomy/chest_anatomy_page6.html
Fiona Stephenson
United Kingdom
Local time: 01:08
Works in field
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 4
Grading comment
Thanks Fiona!

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agree  liz askew: clear...
2 hrs
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4 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +2
clear/unobstructed costophrenic angles


Explanation:
http://www.proz.com/kudoz/spanish_to_english/medical_general...

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Note added at 4 hrs (2012-11-12 22:31:18 GMT)
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Pleural diseases - Page 55 - Google Books Result
books.google.co.uk/books?isbn=0781769574
Richard W. Light - 2007 - Medical
Moreover, if both posterior costophrenic angles are clear and sharp, the ... more commonly with effusions Depth of pleural fs-gj fluid penetrated by x-rays A' ET ...

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Note added at 5 hrs (2012-11-12 22:33:34 GMT)
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ajrccm.atsjournals.org/content/184/4/484.full.pdf
by T Alhamad - 2011 - Related articles
within the extracranial soft tissues. The chest X-ray (CXR) shows clear costophrenic angles, normal cardiac thoracic ratio, and clear lung fields (Figure 1).

liz askew
United Kingdom
Local time: 01:08
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 104

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Rachel Fell: http://www.proz.com/kudoz/italian_to_english/medical_general...
34 mins
agree  T o b i a s: clear
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