Glossary entry

French term or phrase:

hypovif

English translation:

hypoactive

Added to glossary by Drmanu49
Apr 29, 2008 00:05
16 yrs ago
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French term

hypovif

French to English Medical Medical (general) Medical report
Réflexes ostéo-tendineux hypovifs. Quel est le terme consacré? Merci.
Change log

May 8, 2008 20:57: Drmanu49 changed "Edited KOG entry" from "<a href="/profile/73969">Sophie Raimondo's</a> old entry - "hypovif"" to ""hypoactive ""

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hypoactive osteotendinous reflexes

The patient became hyporeactive, began to open his. eyes, but without fixation of light. Muscolar tone was. reduced and the osteo-tendinous reflexes were ...
www.ijp.it/articoli/2003/vol-1-03/16alloni.pdf -

His muscle tone was severely diminished and the osteotendinous reflexes were hypo-. active to absent. Babinsky reflexes and clonus were not present. ...
doi.wiley.com/10.1002/ajmg.1320030112 -

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Reflex is not elicited. Grade 1. Hypoactive reflex or one that is present only with reinforcing. maneuvers. Grade 2. Normal reflex ...
assets.cambridge.org/97805210/09805/excerpt/9780521009805_excerpt.pdf -
Peer comment(s):

agree Jean-Claude Aciman
24 mins
Thank you Jean-Claude.
agree Gina W
2 hrs
Thank you.
disagree Janet Ratziu : Sorry Drmanu, but this is not a real English term but a direct translation. I never heard of it in Eng. and can't find a single native English reference.//True for the target word, but the overall term is misleading.
3 hrs
The target term is hypoactive Janet.
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer. Comment: "Merci"
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hypoactive deep tendon reflexes


a common clinical term. DTRs are graded on a scale from 0-4.
see the following links (plus videos)

http://www.utoronto.ca/neuronotes/NeuroExam/motor_6.htm
http://www.dartmouth.edu/~dons/part_1/chapter_8.html
http://www.neuroexam.com/content.php?p=31
Peer comment(s):

agree Angela Dickson (X)
5 hrs
Thank you Angela
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