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Spanish translation: epidural

05:15 Oct 11, 2004
English to Spanish translations [PRO]
Medical
English term or phrase: epidural
An epidural is given by an anesthesiologist during labor.
LCL
Spanish translation:epidural
Explanation:
It's the same in Spanish. El anestesista administra una inyección/anestesia epidural durante el parto /alumbramiento
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Dorritt
Local time: 03:52
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Summary of answers provided
5 +21epidural
Dorritt
5 +2anestesia epidural o anestesia peridural
Carolina Mendez
5 +1epidural
dilamas (X)
4raquídea
araquegra


  

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12 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +21
epidural


Explanation:
It's the same in Spanish. El anestesista administra una inyección/anestesia epidural durante el parto /alumbramiento

Dorritt
Local time: 03:52
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in SpanishSpanish
PRO pts in pair: 435
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Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Patsa: epidural - es la inyección de un anestésico local en el espacio epidural.
3 mins
  -> thanx
agree  angela vicent
1 hr
  -> thanx
agree  Cecilia Civetta
1 hr
  -> thanx
agree  Cristina Lazaro
2 hrs
  -> thanx
agree  colemh
2 hrs
  -> thanx
agree  Carolina Villegas
5 hrs
  -> THANX
agree  Marocas
6 hrs
  -> thanx
agree  Mapi
7 hrs
  -> thanx
agree  olv10siq
7 hrs
  -> thanx
agree  Stuart Allsop
7 hrs
  -> thanx
agree  Alejandro Pelaez
8 hrs
  -> thanx
agree  Cecilia Della Croce
9 hrs
  -> thanx
agree  MultiLang.Pro
10 hrs
  -> thanx
agree  masaho
11 hrs
  -> thanx
agree  badial
13 hrs
  -> thanx
agree  Maria Carla Di Giacinti
14 hrs
  -> thanx
agree  verbis
19 hrs
  -> thanx
agree  Adriana Adarve (X)
20 hrs
  -> thanx
agree  antonioaugusto
1 day 4 hrs
  -> thanx
agree  Elena Rodríguez
2 days 2 hrs
  -> thanx
agree  Karina Feliz
2 days 18 hrs
  -> thanx
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21 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +2
anestesia epidural o anestesia peridural


Explanation:
Oxford

Carolina Mendez
Local time: 21:52
Native speaker of: Spanish
PRO pts in pair: 43

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Adriana Torres
6 hrs
  -> Thank you
agree  Daiana Zagaglia: in Argentina this is the correct one
10 hrs
  -> so it is in Venezuela. Epidural alone means the area, anesteria epidural is the type of anesthesia applied to the area
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4 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +1
epidural


Explanation:
exactamente lo mismo!

dilamas (X)
Local time: 03:52
Native speaker of: Native in SpanishSpanish

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Pablo Pérez Benítez (X)
6 hrs
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8 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
raquídea


Explanation:
Es un tipo de anestesia llamada epidural o raquídea, que se aplica en la base de la columna vertebral, y sólo anestesia parcialmente, ya que el paciente permanece despierto.

araquegra
Native speaker of: Native in SpanishSpanish
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