meios de defesa

English translation: defense mechanisms

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Portuguese term or phrase:meios de defesa
English translation:defense mechanisms
Entered by: Claudio Mazotti

20:03 May 30, 2014
Portuguese to English translations [Non-PRO]
Medical - Medical: Health Care / medical
Portuguese term or phrase: meios de defesa
o sistema mucociliar é um importante meio de defesa...

** na área médica fica correto usar MEANS OF DEFENSE???
milena mignossi ferreira
Brazil
Local time: 23:24
defense mechanisms
Explanation:
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16263440
de MA Chilvers - ‎2000 - ‎Citado por 79 - ‎Artigos relacionados
Paediatr Respir Rev. 2000 Mar;1(1):27-34. Local mucociliary defence mechanisms. Chilvers MA, O'Callaghan C. The lung is continually at risk of exposure to ...

https://www.inkling.com/.../failure-of-respiratory-def... -
Free interactive eBook preview | Lung Defense Mechanisms | Clinically important ... and environmental factors affecting the mucociliary transport system.
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Claudio Mazotti
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4 +1defence mechanism
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4 +1defense mechanisms
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defence mechanism


Explanation:
View - European Respiratory Journal
www.ersj.org.uk/content/9/7/1523.full.pdf
by R Wilson - ‎1996 - ‎Cited by 117 - ‎Related articles
influence the mucociliary system, an important first-line defence mechanism. The ... which also impairs mucociliary clearance and damages lung tissue.

British English spelling

liz askew
United Kingdom
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agree  Margarida Ataide
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defense mechanisms


Explanation:
Acho melhor do que "means"

Mario Freitas
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agree  Margarida Ataide
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defense mechanisms


Explanation:
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16263440
de MA Chilvers - ‎2000 - ‎Citado por 79 - ‎Artigos relacionados
Paediatr Respir Rev. 2000 Mar;1(1):27-34. Local mucociliary defence mechanisms. Chilvers MA, O'Callaghan C. The lung is continually at risk of exposure to ...

https://www.inkling.com/.../failure-of-respiratory-def... -
Free interactive eBook preview | Lung Defense Mechanisms | Clinically important ... and environmental factors affecting the mucociliary transport system.

Claudio Mazotti
Brazil
Native speaker of: Portuguese
PRO pts in category: 52

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Margarida Ataide
13 hrs
  -> tks a lot!

agree  Ceecinci
1 day 21 hrs
  -> tks a lot!
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