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head-sparing

Spanish translation: desproporción de la cabeza

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English term or phrase:head-sparing
Spanish translation:desproporción de la cabeza
Entered by: Sabrina Ciserchia

10:58 Feb 13, 2006
English to Spanish translations [PRO]
Medical - Medical: Health Care / children development
English term or phrase: head-sparing
"When nutrition is temporarily inadequate, the body stops growing but not the brain, a phenomenon called *head-sparing*".
Adriana Latronico
Argentina
Local time: 21:44
desproporción de la cabeza
Explanation:
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Note added at 5 mins (2006-02-13 11:04:20 GMT)
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head-sparing/desproporción de la cabeza: Fenómeno en el cual el cerebro se protege biológicamente cuando el cuerpo deja de crecer temporalmente a causa de la desnutrición.
https://www.vanguard.edu/uploadedFiles/Faculty/DRatcliff/LS6...
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Sabrina Ciserchia
Argentina
Local time: 21:44
Grading comment
Thank you, Sabrina!

Adriana
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desproporción de la cabeza


Explanation:
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Note added at 5 mins (2006-02-13 11:04:20 GMT)
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head-sparing/desproporción de la cabeza: Fenómeno en el cual el cerebro se protege biológicamente cuando el cuerpo deja de crecer temporalmente a causa de la desnutrición.
https://www.vanguard.edu/uploadedFiles/Faculty/DRatcliff/LS6...

Sabrina Ciserchia
Argentina
Local time: 21:44
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in SpanishSpanish
PRO pts in category: 44
Grading comment
Thank you, Sabrina!

Adriana

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