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Medical - Medical: Health Care | | Spanish term or phrase: canilla | nicaragua
a body part
can it mean both wrist, shin bone, lower leg? |
| | | wrist or shin | Explanation:
I hear patients use canilla for wrist far more often than shin, but it can definitely mean either. |
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Beth Farkas
Local time: 02:51
| Grading comment This is what I was looking for. Sometimes I have patients use "canilla" to mean wrist.
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4 hrs confidence: wrist or shin
Explanation:
I hear patients use canilla for wrist far more often than shin, but it can definitely mean either.
| Beth Farkas
Local time: 02:51
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Native speaker of:  English
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| | Grading comment | This is what I was looking for. Sometimes I have patients use "canilla" to mean wrist. |
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