Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Spanish term or phrase:
poco expandidos
English translation:
barely expanded / slightly underinflated
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Poco expandidos
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Pulmonary X-rays
What would be a medically correct way to say "pulmones poco expandios" in English?
The context is the following:
Pulmones poco expandidos, sImétricos. No presentan sombras patológicas significativas.
Gracias!
The context is the following:
Pulmones poco expandidos, sImétricos. No presentan sombras patológicas significativas.
Gracias!
Proposed translations
(English)
| 3 +1 | slightly expanded / inflated |
Neil Ashby
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| 3 | barely expanded |
liz askew
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| 3 | [lung] hypo expansion |
Thomas Walker
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References
| little stretched |
José Patrício
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slightly expanded / inflated
This finding indicates pulmonary, thoracic wall, or pleural space disease or a technical complication. Common terms that are used to describe the volume of expanded or incompletely expanded lungs include infiltration, consolidation, collapse, and atelectasis.
Lung expansion in the diagnosis of lung disease. - NCBI
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18951362
Mildly hyperinflated lungs - Respiratory Disorders - MedHelp
https://www.medhelp.org/posts/Respiratory-Disorders/...hyper...
I HAVE JUST RECEIVED MY X RAY RESULTS AND THE REPORT STATED "SLIGHTLY HYPER INFLATED LUNGS" WITH NO OTHER PULMONARY ...
Lung expansion in the diagnosis of lung disease. - NCBI
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18951362
Mildly hyperinflated lungs - Respiratory Disorders - MedHelp
https://www.medhelp.org/posts/Respiratory-Disorders/...hyper...
I HAVE JUST RECEIVED MY X RAY RESULTS AND THE REPORT STATED "SLIGHTLY HYPER INFLATED LUNGS" WITH NO OTHER PULMONARY ...
3 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
4 hrs
barely expanded
Basic Physical Training: Fifty-Five Exercises in Diagrams and in Words
https://books.google.co.uk/books?isbn=1483222292
Margaret Morris - 2013 - Health & Fitness
But expansion of the bases is most complete if the lateral movement of the lower ... while the lateral portions of the bases of the lungs are barely expanded at all.
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https://books.google.co.uk/books?isbn=032337025X
Ronald L. Eisenberg, Nancy M. Johnson - 2015 - Medical
In the most severe form of obesity (pickwickian syndrome), the excursion of the diaphragm is limited, and the lungs can barely expand with breathing.
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barely inflated
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https://books.google.co.uk/books?isbn=143982519X
Joseph D. Bronzino, Donald R. Peterson - 2014 - Medical
The lungs fill because of a rhythmic expansion of the chest wall The action is ... as mentioned above, the barely inflated lungs would occupy a much smaller ...
Biomedical Imaging - Page 7-5 - Google Books Result
https://books.google.co.uk/books?isbn=0203491408
Karen M. Mudry, Robert Plonsey, Joseph D. Bronzino - 2003 - Medical
The lungs fill because of a rhythmic expansion of the chest wall. ... as mentioned above, the barely inflated lungs would occupy a much smaller space than they ...
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i.e.
not much
https://diccionario.reverso.net/espanol-ingles/poco
https://books.google.co.uk/books?isbn=1483222292
Margaret Morris - 2013 - Health & Fitness
But expansion of the bases is most complete if the lateral movement of the lower ... while the lateral portions of the bases of the lungs are barely expanded at all.
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Note added at 4 hrs (2018-06-08 16:47:46 GMT)
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https://books.google.co.uk/books?isbn=032337025X
Ronald L. Eisenberg, Nancy M. Johnson - 2015 - Medical
In the most severe form of obesity (pickwickian syndrome), the excursion of the diaphragm is limited, and the lungs can barely expand with breathing.
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Note added at 4 hrs (2018-06-08 16:50:19 GMT)
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OR
barely inflated
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Note added at 4 hrs (2018-06-08 16:50:52 GMT)
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https://books.google.co.uk/books?isbn=143982519X
Joseph D. Bronzino, Donald R. Peterson - 2014 - Medical
The lungs fill because of a rhythmic expansion of the chest wall The action is ... as mentioned above, the barely inflated lungs would occupy a much smaller ...
Biomedical Imaging - Page 7-5 - Google Books Result
https://books.google.co.uk/books?isbn=0203491408
Karen M. Mudry, Robert Plonsey, Joseph D. Bronzino - 2003 - Medical
The lungs fill because of a rhythmic expansion of the chest wall. ... as mentioned above, the barely inflated lungs would occupy a much smaller space than they ...
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i.e.
not much
https://diccionario.reverso.net/espanol-ingles/poco
10 hrs
[lung] hypo expansion
This is a somewhat common descriptive phrase, particularly in discussions of acute respiratory distress syndrome. Here's one example of its use:
http://www.academia.edu/19407527/The_clinical_significance_o...
http://www.academia.edu/19407527/The_clinical_significance_o...
Reference comments
15 mins
Reference:
little stretched
When the lung is stretched during inflation (inhalation), the nature of the stretched tissue wants to relax to its resting state. - https://www.emedicinehealth.com/emphysema/article_em.htm
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Healthy people’s lungs are always partly stretched, if they were fully collapsed, we would never be able to breathe. You might ask, “Why?” Because of surface tension. - http://www.interactive-biology.com/3331/how-do-we-breathe-lu...
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Healthy people’s lungs are always partly stretched, if they were fully collapsed, we would never be able to breathe. You might ask, “Why?” Because of surface tension. - http://www.interactive-biology.com/3331/how-do-we-breathe-lu...
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