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English translation: change in caliber

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Dutch term or phrase:	Kalibersprong
English translation:	change in caliber
Entered by:	Edirel Susanna

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11:32 Jun 15, 2009

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Dutch term or phrase: Kalibersprong

Kalibersprong: vermoeden van obstructie tgv peritoneale meta's.

I believe that Kalibersprong can be translated as: sudden change in diameter. Let me know what you think.

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Edirel Susanna KudoZ activity Questions: 78 (4 open) (3 without valid answers) (1 closed without grading) Answers: 0 United States
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change in caliber

Explanation:
calibre if British English.

Note the abrupt change in luminal caliber from dilated to collapsed bowel.
http://books.google.com/books?id=sOrK6q5ith4C&pg=PA478&lpg=P...

http://bjr.birjournals.org/cgi/content/full/79/947/880
change in calibre of the vessel wall.

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change in caliber

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sudden dilation

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sudden dilation

Explanation:
It might in fact be a "sudden bowel dilation". See the definition (in Dutch) of "kalibersprong" below.

Example sentence(s):

Bij een coloninloop geeft de stenose het kenmerkende beeld van een ‘kalibersprong’: een abrupte overgang van een distaal gelegen, aganglionair darmsegment met een kleine of normale omvang, naar een gedilateerd, proximaal ganglionair gedeelte

Reference: http://www.ntvg-s.nl/archief_new/archief/2006_02/PDFp/2006_3...

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change in caliber

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