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FLEXUOSA

English translation: curved


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11:44 Jan 9, 2012
Spanish to English translations [PRO]
Medical - Medical (general) / cardiology
Spanish term or phrase: FLEXUOSA
Hi. I have a coronary care discharge report. Under "Historia Actual", the notes read:

"ACD DOMINANTE, CON ORIGEN ALTO Y ANTERIOR, FLEXUOSA NO RPESENT [sic.) ESTENOSIS SIGNIFICATIVA."

Your help is much appreciated!
Claudia Vale
Local time: 08:56
English translation:curved
Explanation:
I read it as follows: "ACD dominante … [y] flexuosa, que no presenta estenosis significativa."

The RAE gives as a meaning of flexuoso 'Que forma ondas'.

The English equivalent of this is 'flexuous' (or flexuose), see for example
http://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english/flexuous

Nevertheless, it seems that the word 'curved' is used more commonly in this context.
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Ron Hartong PhD
Local time: 09:56
Grading comment
Thank you. The typos and lack of punctuation in the source text made it a bit confusing but your explanation sounds right!
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3 +1curved
Ron Hartong PhD
4rigidliz askew


  

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13 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
rigid


Explanation:
arteria coronaria derecha flexuosa no presente

this is how I read it

so

for
flexibility not present

I would put

rigid or non-flexible

http://www.google.com/search?q=right coronary artery flexibl...

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Note added at 13 mins (2012-01-09 11:58:01 GMT)
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Arterial Stiffness Index - New Line Medical
www.newlinemedical.com/images/...pdfs/ASI Explanation.PDF
File Format: PDF/Adobe Acrobat - Quick View
by JR Greenwood - Related articles
Arteries are responsible for moving the majority of the blood through the vascular tree. Consequently, non-flexible or hardened arteries cause the heart to work ...

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Note added at 15 mins (2012-01-09 11:59:23 GMT)
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to Luminal Narrowing During Coronary Arterial Constriction
circ.ahajournals.org/content/61/2/296.full.pdf
by RN MacAlpin - 1980 - Cited by 163 - Related articles
S: Exertional angina pectoris caused by coronary arterial spasm: effect .... human subjects, there is evidence of a significant. "tone" of the ... On the right is this same segment after .... because the artery is more rigid at the stenotic point, and the ...

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Note added at 16 mins (2012-01-09 12:00:43 GMT)
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Sit-and-reach test to gauge age-related arterial stiffness
www.news-medical.net/.../Sit-and-reach-test-to-gauge-age-re...
6 Oct 2009 – "This simple test might help to prevent age-related arterial stiffening." It is not known why arterial flexibility would be related to the flexibility of ...

it all depends how you want to parse your sentence

liz askew
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3 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +1
curved


Explanation:
I read it as follows: "ACD dominante … [y] flexuosa, que no presenta estenosis significativa."

The RAE gives as a meaning of flexuoso 'Que forma ondas'.

The English equivalent of this is 'flexuous' (or flexuose), see for example
http://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english/flexuous

Nevertheless, it seems that the word 'curved' is used more commonly in this context.


Example sentence(s):
  • ... however, details of the location and extent of intimal and medial thickness in the largely curved human RCA are not adequately documented.
  • Distribution of wall thickness of a curved human right coronary artery was such ...

    Reference: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/11500185
    Reference: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/10094183
Ron Hartong PhD
Local time: 09:56
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in DutchDutch, Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 68
Grading comment
Thank you. The typos and lack of punctuation in the source text made it a bit confusing but your explanation sounds right!

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  liz askew: oh yes.
2 days19 hrs
  -> Thank you Liz
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