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English translation: ooze/weep

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Swedish term or phrase:	siva [incorrect word in patient notes]
English translation:	ooze/weep
Entered by:	Helen Johnson

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11:15 Jun 15, 2011

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Medical - Medical (general) / patient notes

Swedish term or phrase: siva

Instick: börjar siva efter mobilisering.
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Helen Johnson KudoZ activity Questions: 1771 (2 open) (20 without valid answers) (101 closed without grading) Answers: 328 United Kingdom
Local time: 04:14

ooze/weep

Explanation:
Understand this to be a wound that starts to ooze or weep when moved. (Could only find sive in Danish or Norwegian though!)

Selected response from:

Cetra Hastings
Local time: 04:14

Grading comment

Thanks - I'll go with this. I'll also enter it into the glossary in case such a word is seen again (e.g. written by same people).
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Summary of answers provided

exude

lena helson

sleep

Anna Herbst

ooze/weep

Cetra Hastings

leak

Åsa Schoening

Discussion entries: 2

Answers

24 mins confidence:

ooze/weep

Explanation:
Understand this to be a wound that starts to ooze or weep when moved. (Could only find sive in Danish or Norwegian though!)

Cetra Hastings
Local time: 04:14
Meets criteria
Specializes in field
Native speaker of:

English
PRO pts in category: 33

Grading comment

Thanks - I'll go with this. I'll also enter it into the glossary in case such a word is seen again (e.g. written by same people).

1 day1 hr confidence:

sleep

Explanation:
Could "siva" it perhaps be a typo for "sova"? I and o are commonly mixed up when typing.
Might well fit the context as sleeplessness can be connected to many medical conditions, so the fact that the patient has started sleeping again may be well worth noting.

Anna Herbst
Australia
Local time: 13:14
Meets criteria
Works in field
Native speaker of:

Swedish,

English
PRO pts in category: 42

1 day7 hrs confidence:

exude

Explanation:
maybe

Reference: http://www.merriam-webster.com/medlineplus/exude

lena helson
Local time: 04:14
Meets criteria
Specializes in field
Native speaker of:

Swedish,

English
PRO pts in category: 31

3 days15 hrs confidence:

leak

Explanation:
Along the lines of Lena Helson I spontaneously think of "leak," although I have no support for it other than my spontaneous association with the English term "sieve," which is obviously something that leaks. Unless it is clear that the patient suffers from an infection, I would opt for "leak" as opposed to "ooze" or similar terms, simply because "leak" is more neutral. I think it may be more of a "home-made" term as opposed to a typo.

From link below:
Insticksstället ska inte ömma. Vid tecken på läckage eller infektion kontaktas narkosläkare eller smärtsköterska

Reference: http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&cd=10&ved=0CGUQFjA...

Åsa Schoening
United States
Local time: 23:14
Meets criteria
Specializes in field
Native speaker of:

Swedish
PRO pts in category: 4

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