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Giemen

English translation: sibilant ronchi

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German term or phrase:Giemen
English translation:sibilant ronchi
Entered by: Dawn Montague

14:47 Jan 24, 2001
German to English translations [PRO]
Medical
German term or phrase: Giemen
In a list of asthma symptoms: "Ein ziehendes Geraeusch beim Ausatmen (Giemen)"
Dawn Montague
United States
Local time: 05:34
sibilant rhonchi
Explanation:
per Reuter, Med. WB

Bunjes also lists rhonchi, as well as "wheezing", espec. in the context of asthma

Giemen: trockenes - vorwiegend exspiratorisches - Atemgeräusch von fast pfeifendem Charakter. Kommt zusammen mit Pfeifen, Schnurren u. Brummen vor als »Rhonchi sonori et sibilantes« bei krampfhaft verengten Bronchiolen mit zähem Sekret (bei Asthma bronchiale, spastischer Bronchitis).
E: rhonchus.
[Roche, Lexikon Medizin, 4. Aufl.]
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Ulrike Lieder (X)
Local time: 02:34
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Summary of answers provided
narhonchi
Brigitte Gendebien
nawheezing
andreaIS (X)
nasibilant rhonchi
Ulrike Lieder (X)


  

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8 mins
rhonchi


Explanation:
Giemen : Rasselgeräuche

Rasselgeräuche : (engl.) rhonchi; Abk. RG; syn. Rhonchi; bei Auskultation fakultativ feststellbare Atmungsgeräusche, die im Bereich der Bronchien entstehen ...

Pschyrembel Klinisches Wörterbuch, 257. Auflage, de Gruyter, 1894-1994

Brigitte Gendebien
Belgium
Local time: 11:34
Native speaker of: Native in FrenchFrench
PRO pts in pair: 139
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17 mins
wheezing


Explanation:
Comment from the PONS Fachwörterbuch Medizin (Klett Verlag): wheezing is often found in asthmatic patients or associated with bronchitis.

wheezing = Keuchen, Giemen, pfeifendes Atmen

andreaIS (X)
Local time: 04:34
Native speaker of: Native in GermanGerman, Native in RomanianRomanian
PRO pts in pair: 18
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27 mins
sibilant rhonchi


Explanation:
per Reuter, Med. WB

Bunjes also lists rhonchi, as well as "wheezing", espec. in the context of asthma

Giemen: trockenes - vorwiegend exspiratorisches - Atemgeräusch von fast pfeifendem Charakter. Kommt zusammen mit Pfeifen, Schnurren u. Brummen vor als »Rhonchi sonori et sibilantes« bei krampfhaft verengten Bronchiolen mit zähem Sekret (bei Asthma bronchiale, spastischer Bronchitis).
E: rhonchus.
[Roche, Lexikon Medizin, 4. Aufl.]


    Reuter & Reuter, Medizinisches W�rterbuch
    Bunjes, W�rterbuch der Medizin und Pharmazeutik
Ulrike Lieder (X)
Local time: 02:34
Native speaker of: German
PRO pts in pair: 3525
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