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spinkel

English translation: thin


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Norwegian term or phrase:spinkel
English translation:thin
Entered by: sschill
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14:23 Nov 1, 2011
Norwegian to English translations [PRO]
Medical - Medical (general)
Norwegian term or phrase: spinkel
MR-scanning af cerebrum inklusive arteriografi har vist en lidt spinkel højresidig a. Vertebralis
sschill
Local time: 12:32
thin
Explanation:
Thin is rather verbatim, and not even very accuurate; applied to a person in general, it would mean thin and weak. Consider weak or fragile as alternatives.
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Per Bergvall
Local time: 12:32
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4fragileeodd
2 +1thin
Per Bergvall


  

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8 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 2/5Answerer confidence 2/5 peer agreement (net): +1
thin


Explanation:
Thin is rather verbatim, and not even very accuurate; applied to a person in general, it would mean thin and weak. Consider weak or fragile as alternatives.

Per Bergvall
Local time: 12:32
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agree  Gfarley: thin seems best - weak or fragile go further than what we see in the context
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11 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
fragile


Explanation:
a fragile right-sided vertebral artery


    Reference: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20667203
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