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17:39 Oct 20, 2007 |
Portuguese to English translations [PRO] Other / corpo humano | |||||||
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| Selected response from: jack_speak Local time: 12:28 | ||||||
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4 +4 | tingling sensation |
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4 +3 | pins and needles |
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4 | needdling sensation |
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pins and needles Explanation: formigueiro = pins and needles (medical term: Paresthesia) -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 15 mins (2007-10-20 17:55:00 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/pins and needles pins and needles –noun 1. a tingly, prickly sensation in a limb that is recovering from numbness. —Idiom2. on pins and needles, in a state of nervous anticipation: The father-to-be was on pins and needles. Portuguese (Brazil): formigamento Portuguese (Portugal): formigueiro Spanish: hormigueo French: fourmi(llement)s Italian: formicolio http://www.logos.it/pls/dictionary/new_dictionary.gdic.st?ph... -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 18 mins (2007-10-20 17:57:28 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- http://por.proz.com/kudoz/1495380 http://users.ugent.be/~rvdstich/eugloss/multi127.html Portuguese: Technical term: parestesia Popular term: sensação de formigueiro, picadelas http://www.backrack.co.uk/referred_index.shtml Paresthesia (or paraesthesia) is the medical term given to pins and needles. The term aesthesia comes from the Greek word aisthesis, meaning sensation; para means beside (or parallel) – hence, paresthesia refers to a sensation that is slightly different to a 'normal' sensation. The symptoms, which usually affect the arms and legs (especially the hands and feet), include some (or all) of the following: |
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