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Krampfbereitschaft

English translation: seizure susceptibility

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German term or phrase:Krampfbereitschaft
English translation:seizure susceptibility
Entered by: Siegfried Armbruster

09:34 Oct 25, 2006
German to English translations [PRO]
Medical - Medical (general)
German term or phrase: Krampfbereitschaft
- Unter antikonvulsiver Therapie kann es zu einer Zunahme der Krampfbereitschaft kommen.
- Bei Gabe hoher Dosen kann nicht ausgeschlossen werden, dass sich Folsäure und gleichzeitig verabreichte Folsäureantagonisten, wie z. B. Chemotherapeutika und Zytostatika gegenseitig in ihrer Wirkung hemmen.
njbeckett
Germany
Local time: 20:02
seizure susceptibility
Explanation:
Laut Langenscheidt:
Krampfbereitschaft f spasmophilia; "convulsibility"; tetany

Aber ich würde "seizure susceptibility" vorziehen.

Most previous studies have examined the effects of acute antidepressant administration on seizure susceptibility, and the few that have used chronic ...
www.nature.com/npp/journal/v31/n4/full/1300847a.html
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Siegfried Armbruster
Germany
Local time: 20:02
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Summary of answers provided
4 +3susceptibility to cramps
Günther Toussaint
3 +3seizure susceptibility
Siegfried Armbruster
3spasmophilia
Jonathan MacKerron


Discussion entries: 1





  

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5 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +3
susceptibility to cramps


Explanation:
see links


    www.bupa.co.uk/health_information/html/healthy_living/lifestyle/exercise/running/cramps.html - 44k
    Reference: http://www.cifstate.org/Health%20&%20Safety/cramps.htm
Günther Toussaint
Local time: 20:02
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in GermanGerman
PRO pts in category: 14

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  M-A-Z: Krampfanfälligkeit wäre auch im Deutschen der treffendere Ausdruck (der Körper ist ja keine agierendes Wesen, das zu etwas bereit sein kann!)
6 mins
  -> thx, MAZ
agree  Ingeborg Gowans (X)
3 hrs
  -> thx, Inge
agree  Rita Bilancio
4 hrs
  -> thx, Rita
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13 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +3
seizure susceptibility


Explanation:
Laut Langenscheidt:
Krampfbereitschaft f spasmophilia; "convulsibility"; tetany

Aber ich würde "seizure susceptibility" vorziehen.

Most previous studies have examined the effects of acute antidepressant administration on seizure susceptibility, and the few that have used chronic ...
www.nature.com/npp/journal/v31/n4/full/1300847a.html

Siegfried Armbruster
Germany
Local time: 20:02
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: German
PRO pts in category: 766

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Anne Schulz: auch in http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/articlerender.fcgi?artid=32...
10 mins
  -> Danke
agree  MMUlr: Auf jeden Fall muss seizure für Krampf übersetzt werden.
3 days 5 hrs
  -> danke, würde ich aus dem Kontext "Unter antikonvulsiver Therapie...." auch so sehen
agree  Steffen Walter
5 days
  -> Danke
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52 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
spasmophilia


Explanation:
according to Real Lexikon der Medicine
Webster for spasmophilia " an abnormal tendency to convulsions, tetany, or spasms from even slight mechanical or electrical stimulation"

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Note added at 55 mins (2006-10-25 10:30:24 GMT)
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"predisposition to epilepsy" is another option I've found, by the same token "predisposition to convulsions"

Jonathan MacKerron
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 514
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