verstrichen

English translation: flattened

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German term or phrase:	verstrichen
English translation:	flattened
Entered by:	Johanna Timm, PhD

04:48 Dec 3, 2004

German to English translations [PRO]
Medical - Medical (general) / X-ray of heart

German term or phrase: verstrichen

das Herz ist mit einem HTQ 14,5/27 cm grenzwertig vergrößert, die Herztaille etwas verstrichen bei mäßiger Inspiration.

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flattened

Explanation:
Herztaille=” waist of the heart” as per Roche, but does not seem to be a much used term:

“waist of the heart: obsolete term for ‘middle segment of the heart':
http://www.books.md/W/dic/waist.php

verstrichen means abgeflacht [flattened] (z.B. Zervix vor der Geburt)
,starke Blutung,
Zervix »verstrichen« (= abgeflacht); Schwangerschaftserhaltung ...
www.almeda.de/almeda/roche/0,1086,96,00.html - 32k - Supplemental Result

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Johanna Timm, PhD
Canada
Local time: 00:19

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Thanks. I also found the following terms in the meantime:
loss of the cardiac waist
disappearance of the cardiac waist
absent cardiac waist

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flattened

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flattened

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Grading comment

Thanks. I also found the following terms in the meantime:
loss of the cardiac waist
disappearance of the cardiac waist
absent cardiac waist

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