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Glossary entry

Italian term or phrase:

Auxoendocrinologia

English translation:

endocrinology of growth

Added to glossary by Frances Leggett
Mar 10, 2013 02:52
11 yrs ago
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Italian term

Auxoendocrinologia

Italian to English Medical Medical: Pharmaceuticals Hospital Unit
This is the name of a Hospital Unit that is part of the Paediatrics Clinic.
It's in an address block.

U.O. Clinica Pediatrica - U.S. Auxoendocrinologia
Spedali Civili Brescia
P.le Spedali Civili, 1
25123 (Brescia)

We have been asked to translate all unit names in the address block for informative purposes.
Can anybody help with the translation of this term?

Thanks in advance!
Proposed translations (English)
3 +1 endocrinology of growth
3 Auxoendocrinology/Auxo-endocrinology
3 Endocrinology of human growth
References
What they do

Discussion

Lirka Mar 10, 2013:
I'd translate as follows Children's Hospital
Division of Endocrinology of growth and growth disorders

Division could be replaced by 'unit' as well ( placed at the end of the phrase)

Proposed translations

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1 hr
Italian term (edited): Auxo-endocrinologia
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endocrinology of growth

'auxo-' (or also 'ausso-') is a greek term used to form compound words and its meaning is 'growth'. I don't know the exact translation in english but it should simply be 'endocrinology of growth'. Try to type it on the google toolbar and see the results that come out.
Reference:

http://www.treccani.it/vocabolario/auxo/

Note from asker:
Thank you
Peer comment(s):
agree Lirka : Yes, or even 'endocrinology of growth and growth disorders'
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3 hrs

Auxoendocrinology/Auxo-endocrinology

Endocrinology refers to the study of hormones and there is usually a department/centre/division of endocrinology present in each hospital. My guess is auxoendocrinology is the study of growth hormones. There are many Google references to a department/centre/division of auxoendocrinology in Italian hospitals.

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Note added at 7 hrs (2013-03-10 10:21:58 GMT)
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Agree. I've worked in many English language hospitals and never came across it. I think the closest English language equivalent is 'paediatric/pediatric (UK /US English) endocrinology'.
Example sentence:

Division of Auxo-endocrinology

Auxoendocrinology unit

Reference:

http://www.unboundmedicine.com/medline/citation/19449675/Gigantism_with_pituitary_macroadenoma:_an_unusual_variant_of_McCune_Albright_syndro

http://elibrary.ru/item.asp?id=15470182

Note from asker:
Yes, I saw this term used on the websites of lots of Italian hospitals, but not on any websites for English-language country hospitals, which led me to think it was a literal translation used rather than the actual English term used in this field.
Peer comment(s):
neutral Joseph Tein : I wouldn't trust this term (Auxo- ) unless I saw it in a document written by a native English-speaking author(s)
1 hr
Yes. Sounds like a word made by combining auxology (study of human growth) and endocrinology-but only in Italy.
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8 hrs

Endocrinology of human growth

"students should also understand... the endocrinology of human growth.."

https://handbook.unimelb.edu.au/view/2012/DENT90067?output=P...

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Note added at 8 hrs (2013-03-10 11:19:13 GMT)
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Book link: Patterns of Human Growth, Barry Bogin, p. 352:

http://tinyurl.com/c6rjb6m

or, in context, Endocrinology of growth - BooK: Human Growth and Development
edited by Noël Cameron
Chapter 5: Endocrinology of growth - Paul Hindmarsh, MB, MD, FRCP

http://tinyurl.com/d5yvxvm


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Note added at 18 hrs (2013-03-10 21:10:15 GMT)
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wasn't meaning to overlap, BTW
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Reference comments

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Reference:

What they do

I've never seen this term before ... here's an explanation in Italian of what they do, although this still doesn't help me find the term in English:

"- Auxoendocrinologia: cura i bambini che presentano problemi relativi all’accrescimento, alla pubertà, all’obesità e di bambini con patologie che sono legate a disfunzione delle ghiandole come la tiroide, le paratiroidi, l’ipofisi, il surrene, il pancreas ecc. Vengono eseguiti in regime di DH prove di stimolazione per valutare la funzionalità delle varie ghiandole. E' attivo anche ll'ambulatorio per adolescenti."
Reference:

http://www.ospedalebambinibrescia.it/ospedale-brescia/reparto.asp?ID=19

Note from asker:
Thanks for the reference. Perhaps something general like Paediatric Endocrinology could work in this instance.
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