el anfiteatro del hospital

English translation: Hospital's morgue

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Spanish term or phrase:el anfiteatro del hospital (Mexico)
English translation:Hospital's morgue
Entered by: Veronica Terry

20:22 Sep 8, 2009
Spanish to English translations [PRO]
Medical: Health Care / Photography exhibit
Spanish term or phrase: el anfiteatro del hospital
No tengo nada de contexto, tan solo el título de una fotografía de México (DF) que se expondrá en una muestra en un museo de historia.

"Autopsia en el anfiteatro"

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teju
Local time: 03:17
Hospital's morgue
Explanation:
El anfiteatro en un hospital es la morgue, asi se les dice en Mexico, se prefiere anfiteatro a morgue.
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Veronica Terry
Local time: 05:17
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Gracias por tu ayuda, ya encontré referencias.
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Summary of answers provided
4 +2amphitheatre (of the hospital)
Maria Mastruzzo
5Hospital's morgue
Veronica Terry


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amphitheatre (of the hospital)


Explanation:
It would be: Autopsy in the amphitheatre.

•amphitheater: a sloping gallery with seats for spectators (as in an operating room or theater
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Maria Mastruzzo
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Local time: 20:17
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agree  David Shield: yes, historically "surgical amphitheatres" were used as teaching tools for surgeries and autopsies.
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  -> Thank you very much David :))

agree  liz askew
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  -> Thank you very much liz :)
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1 day 15 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
Hospital's morgue


Explanation:
El anfiteatro en un hospital es la morgue, asi se les dice en Mexico, se prefiere anfiteatro a morgue.

Veronica Terry
Local time: 05:17
Native speaker of: Native in SpanishSpanish
PRO pts in category: 4
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Gracias por tu ayuda, ya encontré referencias.
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