Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Portuguese term or phrase:
expurgado
English translation:
purged
Added to glossary by
Claudio Mazotti
May 15, 2005 02:45
19 yrs ago
Portuguese term
United States
Each translation a gem!
Native in: English (Variant: US) 
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expurgado
Portuguese to English
Medical
Medical: Health Care
cardiology
In the context of open-heart surgery. Emptied? Purged? (If you answer this, please give me references.)
... e foram entretanto expurgadas as cavidades esquerdas.
... e foram entretanto expurgadas as cavidades esquerdas.
Proposed translations
(English)
| 5 +4 | purged |
Claudio Mazotti
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| 3 | drained |
Sormane Fitzgerald
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Proposed translations
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Claudio Mazotti
Brazil
Brazil
Native in Portuguese
Brazil
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Native in: Portuguese (Variant: Brazilian)
Works in: English to Portuguese, Portuguese to English
Related KudoZ points
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52
Selected
purged
... The left cavities are cleared so as to prevent their distension, ... during the
closing of the arteriotomy, the cardiac cavities were purged, ...
www.thorax.org/teap.htm
... 5/ The patient is re-perfused during the closing of the arteriotomy, the
cardiac cavities were purged, the aorta was unclamped and the patient is ...
www.thorax.org/teap.htm
closing of the arteriotomy, the cardiac cavities were purged, ...
www.thorax.org/teap.htm
... 5/ The patient is re-perfused during the closing of the arteriotomy, the
cardiac cavities were purged, the aorta was unclamped and the patient is ...
www.thorax.org/teap.htm
4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "Both answers are good, but I found more examples of "purged," which may be more specific in this context."
18 mins
Sormane Fitzgerald
United States
United States
Native in Portuguese
&
English
Specializes in field
United States
Fully bilingual; pharm/med, among others
Native in: English (Variant: US) 
, Portuguese (Variant: Brazilian)
Works in: Portuguese to English, English to Portuguese
Related KudoZ points
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28
drained
[New technique for drainage of left cavities in heart surgery under extracorporeal circulation] [Article in French] Guilmet D, Dubost C. MeSH Terms ...
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve& db=PubMed&list_uids=5785762&dopt=Abstract
ASAIO Journal - Fulltext: Volume 47(3) May/June 2001 p 261-265 ...
... The objective of the present study was to analyze the effect of the cannulation site on blood drainage from the left heart cavities, in an attempt to ...
www.asaiojournal.com/pt/re/asaio/ fulltext.00002480-200105000-00021.htm
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve& db=PubMed&list_uids=5785762&dopt=Abstract
ASAIO Journal - Fulltext: Volume 47(3) May/June 2001 p 261-265 ...
... The objective of the present study was to analyze the effect of the cannulation site on blood drainage from the left heart cavities, in an attempt to ...
www.asaiojournal.com/pt/re/asaio/ fulltext.00002480-200105000-00021.htm
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