"ptisis bulbi"

English translation: phthisis bulbi

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Spanish term or phrase:ptisis bulbi
English translation:phthisis bulbi
Entered by: Karina Pelech

22:25 May 18, 2002
Spanish to English translations [Non-PRO]
Medical
Spanish term or phrase: "ptisis bulbi"
ophthalmology
phthisis bulbi
Explanation:
Causes: Causes of secondary enophthalmos include the following:
(bulbis atrofica)

Postnatal, inadequate, orbital cavity development
Bone growth arrest (eg, ionizing radiation for retinoblastoma)
Inadequate local tissue stimulation of orbital bone growth

Intraorbital (eg, phthisis bulbi, anophthalmos, fat atrophy in childhood)
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5 +2phthisis bulbi
Karina Pelech
4optic atrophy
Klaus Dorn (X)
4phthisis bulbi
Barbara Østergaard


  

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optic atrophy


Explanation:
it's Spanish and in English it means "optic atrophy"

Klaus Dorn (X)
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phthisis bulbi


Explanation:
Causes: Causes of secondary enophthalmos include the following:
(bulbis atrofica)

Postnatal, inadequate, orbital cavity development
Bone growth arrest (eg, ionizing radiation for retinoblastoma)
Inadequate local tissue stimulation of orbital bone growth

Intraorbital (eg, phthisis bulbi, anophthalmos, fat atrophy in childhood)


    Reference: http://www.emedicine.com/oph/topic617.htm
Karina Pelech
Native speaker of: Native in SpanishSpanish
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phthisis bulbi


Explanation:
Shrinkage of the eyeball after uveitis or other inflammatory disease.

That's how "The Online Medical Dicionary" defines it.

I hope this helps you!


    Reference: http://cancerweb.ncl.ac.uk/omd/
Barbara Østergaard
Denmark
Local time: 14:52
Native speaker of: Danish
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