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kynnystava

English translation: protruding (as threshold)


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12:52 Aug 12, 2009
Finnish to English translations [PRO]
Medical - Medical (general)
Finnish term or phrase: kynnystava
context: (from a report on an operation)

keskilohko voimakkaasti kynnystava
Spencer Allman
Local time: 01:17
English translation:protruding (as threshold)
Explanation:
"Kynnystävä" might here mean that the central lobe (or just its edge) raises above another lobe forming a threshold (kynnys in Finnish).

Voimakkaasti = (here) prominently
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Timo Lehtilä
Local time: 03:17
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4higher
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4ridged
Desmond O'Rourke
2 +1protruding (as threshold)Timo Lehtilä


  

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49 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
higher


Explanation:
"Kynnystävä" is rarely used, I guess it's a point that is much higher in the middle lobe (like a threshold).

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51 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 2/5Answerer confidence 2/5 peer agreement (net): +1
protruding (as threshold)


Explanation:
"Kynnystävä" might here mean that the central lobe (or just its edge) raises above another lobe forming a threshold (kynnys in Finnish).

Voimakkaasti = (here) prominently

Timo Lehtilä
Local time: 03:17
Native speaker of: Native in FinnishFinnish
PRO pts in category: 26
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ridged


Explanation:
mid-section strongly ridged

Desmond O'Rourke
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Local time: 20:17
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