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seios costo-frênicos livres

English translation: free costophrenic recesses

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Portuguese term or phrase:seios costo-frênicos livres
English translation:free costophrenic recesses
Entered by: SusyZ

20:11 Jun 19, 2002
Portuguese to English translations [PRO]
Medical
Portuguese term or phrase: seios costo-frênicos livres
TORAX EM A.P.
Transparencia Pulmonar normal.
Mediatismo sem alteracoes (keyboard layout in English)
SusyZ
Local time: 19:03
free costophrenic recesses
Explanation:
thorax
Nov 1999
...F: 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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Chantalle
France
Local time: 19:03
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Thank you!
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Summary of answers provided
5free rear diaphragmatic cavities
Theodore Fink
2 +1free costophrenic recesses
Chantalle


  

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free rear diaphragmatic cavities


Explanation:
This is what they are, but these are not, of course, technical medical terms.I only gave this answer, Suzy, because you have no other.

You may use it in your translation if you are unable to obtain more precise medical terminoligy, though, since it is a correct rendering.

Theodore Fink
Local time: 19:03
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in PortuguesePortuguese
PRO pts in pair: 337
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1 day 21 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 2/5Answerer confidence 2/5 peer agreement (net): +1
free costophrenic recesses


Explanation:
thorax
Nov 1999
...F: 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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Chantalle
France
Local time: 19:03
Native speaker of: Native in FrenchFrench, Native in PortuguesePortuguese
PRO pts in pair: 8
Grading comment
Thank you!

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agree  Kathleen Goldsmith-Killing
2 days 19 hrs
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