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German to English translations [PRO] Science - Nutrition
German term or phrase:Nahrungsbrei
The terminus technicus for this is evidently bolus, but I'm translating "pop science" for a general (lay) target audience, so I'm looking for a more common term. The definitions of bolus say that it is a mass/ball of chewed/masticated food that is ready to be swallowed, but in this instance it has been swallowed and partially digested already, and is removed from the stomach of a slaughtered animal for scientific investigation (OT: Yes, delightful!).
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Hier ist noch ein Link, in dem "Speisebrei", "Mageninhalt" und "gastric contents" als Übersetzung dafür vorkommt, das klingt aber wieder eher wissenschafltich
"B. Madea1 Contact Information, M. Oehmichen1 und C. Henßge1
(1) Institut für Rechtsmedizin der Universität Köln, Melatengürtel 60-62, D-5000 Köln 30, Bundesrepublik Deutschland
Eingegangen: 5. Juni 1986
Zusammenfassung Für die Todeszeitbestimmung kann der *Speisebrei*verteilung im Magendarmtrakt zentrale Bedeutung zukommen. Dabei würde die Zeitschätzung durch eine postmortale Magenentleerung zusätzlich erschwert. Auch anhand radiologischer Kontrolle unmittelbar postmortal in den Magen applizierten Röntgenkontrastbreies fand sich kein Anhalt für eine postmortale peristaltische Entleerung des *Mageninhaltes* im Tierexperiment.
Does postmortem transport of the gastric content occur?
Summary For the determination of the time since death, the distribution of the last meal in the stomach and small bowel may be of great importance. It may be even more difficult to estimate the time if there is a possibility that postmortem peristaltic emptying of the *gastric content* occurs, as has been claimed. Radiological control immediately after death by means of applying barium sulfate to the stomach, however, revealed no evidence of peristaltic emptying of the gastric content after death.
Key words Estimation of the time since death - Postmortem peristaltic gastric emptying - Gastric contents
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"Chyme" might be the appropriate term for the stomach contents also in the muscular stomach of birds:
"The digestive process is as follows:- The food taken into the mouth is swallowed and passes through the oesophagus into the stomach, assisted in its descent by the secretions of the salivary and mucous glands. When there is a Crop, it is therein mixed with saliva and water, and assisted by the heat of the body is softened aud acted upon in a preliminary way.
It then enters the stomach, where it meets with the secretions of the proventricular or gastric glands. But beside being acted upon chemically it is crushed and triturated in the gizzard, especially in graminivorous and granivorous birds, which possess a strong muscular stomach. Thus comminuted it is known as "chyme," and passes through the pylorus into the small intestine, in the first loop of which, the "duodenum," it is mixed with the bile and pancreatic juice, these two fluids being the secretions of the liver and the pancreas. Their principal action is to convert its soluble parts into "peptones", which are to be conveyed into the Lymphatic System, and so into the Blood. Their absorption as chyle is effected by numerous "villi" or projections which line the walls of the whole Canal from the pylorus to the cloaca." http://www.thewonderofbirds.com/biology/digestive-system/
Good point. And in this case it may not actually be correct to describe it as chewed at all, since I'm dealing with birds that swallow stones to grind the food in the stomach, presumably because they don't actually chew it as mammals do.
-------------------------------------------------- Note added at 15 mins (2008-09-10 08:36:32 GMT) --------------------------------------------------
Hier ist noch ein Link, in dem "Speisebrei", "Mageninhalt" und "gastric contents" als Übersetzung dafür vorkommt, das klingt aber wieder eher wissenschafltich
"B. Madea1 Contact Information, M. Oehmichen1 und C. Henßge1
(1) Institut für Rechtsmedizin der Universität Köln, Melatengürtel 60-62, D-5000 Köln 30, Bundesrepublik Deutschland
Eingegangen: 5. Juni 1986
Zusammenfassung Für die Todeszeitbestimmung kann der *Speisebrei*verteilung im Magendarmtrakt zentrale Bedeutung zukommen. Dabei würde die Zeitschätzung durch eine postmortale Magenentleerung zusätzlich erschwert. Auch anhand radiologischer Kontrolle unmittelbar postmortal in den Magen applizierten Röntgenkontrastbreies fand sich kein Anhalt für eine postmortale peristaltische Entleerung des *Mageninhaltes* im Tierexperiment.
Does postmortem transport of the gastric content occur?
Summary For the determination of the time since death, the distribution of the last meal in the stomach and small bowel may be of great importance. It may be even more difficult to estimate the time if there is a possibility that postmortem peristaltic emptying of the *gastric content* occurs, as has been claimed. Radiological control immediately after death by means of applying barium sulfate to the stomach, however, revealed no evidence of peristaltic emptying of the gastric content after death.
Key words Estimation of the time since death - Postmortem peristaltic gastric emptying - Gastric contents
-------------------------------------------------- Note added at 1 hr (2008-09-10 09:57:45 GMT) --------------------------------------------------
"Chyme" might be the appropriate term for the stomach contents also in the muscular stomach of birds:
"The digestive process is as follows:- The food taken into the mouth is swallowed and passes through the oesophagus into the stomach, assisted in its descent by the secretions of the salivary and mucous glands. When there is a Crop, it is therein mixed with saliva and water, and assisted by the heat of the body is softened aud acted upon in a preliminary way.
It then enters the stomach, where it meets with the secretions of the proventricular or gastric glands. But beside being acted upon chemically it is crushed and triturated in the gizzard, especially in graminivorous and granivorous birds, which possess a strong muscular stomach. Thus comminuted it is known as "chyme," and passes through the pylorus into the small intestine, in the first loop of which, the "duodenum," it is mixed with the bile and pancreatic juice, these two fluids being the secretions of the liver and the pancreas. Their principal action is to convert its soluble parts into "peptones", which are to be conveyed into the Lymphatic System, and so into the Blood. Their absorption as chyle is effected by numerous "villi" or projections which line the walls of the whole Canal from the pylorus to the cloaca." http://www.thewonderofbirds.com/biology/digestive-system/
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