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Italian term or phrase:	raggio
English translation:	ray
Entered by:	Sarah Gregg

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15:33 Nov 4, 2009

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Italian term or phrase: raggio

In an x-ray report following hand injury: "Al 2° **raggio** si evidenzia amputazione completa delle falangi", "Amputazione delle falangi e dei 2/3 distali dei metacarpi a livello del 3°,4° e 5° **raggio**." Any ideas on raggio here? Many thanks, Sarah.

Sarah Gregg KudoZ activity Questions: 254 (none open) (16 closed without grading) Answers: 2 Italy
Local time: 01:48

ray

Explanation:
See "rays of the hand"

http://books.google.lu/books?id=G1gWHR1_J9UC&pg=PA4&lpg=PA4&...

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Each ray consists of the metacarpal bone and the phalanges (2 for the thumb and 3 for the fingers).
The same terminology is used for the foot.

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SJLD

Grading comment

Perfect, thanks, Sarah.
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer

Summary of answers provided

5 +4

ray

SJLD

3 +1

radius

MisterBeppe

2 +1

X-ray

Yasutomo Kanazawa

Summary of reference entries provided
	liz askew

Answers

8 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +1

radius

Explanation:
It might be. But wait for confirmations.

MisterBeppe
Italy
Local time: 01:48
Native speaker of:

Italian
PRO pts in category: 16

10 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +1

X-ray

Explanation:
fare(farsi) i raggi= have one's X-ray taken

Yasutomo Kanazawa
Japan
Local time: 09:48
Native speaker of:

Japanese
PRO pts in category: 8

2 hrs confidence:

peer agreement (net): +4

ray

SJLD
Specializes in field
Native speaker of:

English
PRO pts in category: 412

Grading comment

Perfect, thanks, Sarah.

Reference comments

3 hrs

Reference

Reference information:
Here is the whole ref, which didn't post properly..

Atlas of genetic diagnosis and counseling - Google Books Result
by Harold Chen - 2005 - Medical - 1076 pages
Split hand/split foot syndrome: a causal relationship to ulnar-mammary syndrome ... Absent 4th finger ray d. Absent 4th-5th finger rays e. Absent 3rd-5th ...
books.google.co.uk/books?isbn=1588296814...

liz askew
United Kingdom
Specializes in field
Native speaker of:

English
PRO pts in category: 124

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