Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Italian term or phrase:
grossolano - in this context
English translation:
swollen, coarse, enlarged
Added to glossary by
achisholm
May 17, 2005 08:10
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Italian term
grossolano - in this context
Italian to English
Medical
Acromegalic patients:-
"Nella maggior parte dei pazienti si verifica un aumento di dimensioni delle mani, dei piedi e della testa, l’allargamento della mascella, la lingua aumenta di volume e i lineamenti del viso diventano grossolani."
Do they really mean, course, rough, gross here, or can it also mean simply enlarged, i.e. the facial features become enlarged.
"Nella maggior parte dei pazienti si verifica un aumento di dimensioni delle mani, dei piedi e della testa, l’allargamento della mascella, la lingua aumenta di volume e i lineamenti del viso diventano grossolani."
Do they really mean, course, rough, gross here, or can it also mean simply enlarged, i.e. the facial features become enlarged.
Proposed translations
(English)
| 3 +3 | swollen |
Marcello Greco
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| 4 +1 | shapeless/disfigured |
esoft
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| 4 | coarse |
Rachel Fell
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Proposed translations
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Marcello Greco
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swollen
I think they mean they are swollen, and therefore even course.
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Note added at 2 hrs 4 mins (2005-05-17 10:14:49 GMT)
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I meant coarse of course...
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Note added at 2 hrs 4 mins (2005-05-17 10:14:49 GMT)
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I meant coarse of course...
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Comment: "Difficult one, the disease causes swelling of all bones (including craniofacial features) and so its difficult to choose. Many thanks to all answerers."
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coarse
I think there may well be swelling but they're just saying the features become coarse here.
What are the symptoms of acromegaly?
Symptoms of acromegaly vary depending on how long the patient has had the disease. The following are the most common symptoms. However, each individual may experience symptoms differently:
* swelling of the hands and feet
* facial features become coarse as bones grow
* body hair becomes coarse as the skin thickens and/or darkens
* increased perspiration accompanied with body odor
* protruding jaw
What are the symptoms of acromegaly?
Symptoms of acromegaly vary depending on how long the patient has had the disease. The following are the most common symptoms. However, each individual may experience symptoms differently:
* swelling of the hands and feet
* facial features become coarse as bones grow
* body hair becomes coarse as the skin thickens and/or darkens
* increased perspiration accompanied with body odor
* protruding jaw
Reference:
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shapeless/disfigured
grossolano from Garzanti
1. "non raffinato, poco fine" as in the case of food preparation, or material. In the case of a person, it means uncultured.
2. "approssimativo, non preciso" - I think this is the meaning in your context. When the features enlarge they do not retain the "sculpted look" - I think this could be translated as "disfigured" or "shapeless" to mean that it has lost its figure....not in the sense of
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Note added at 5 hrs 3 mins (2005-05-17 13:14:37 GMT)
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not in the sense of unsightly.
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Note added at 1 day 5 hrs 56 mins (2005-05-18 14:07:02 GMT)
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Check out these links that refer to enlarged features of Acromegalic patients; they seem to have specific terminology for each type of feature, ie frontal bossing etc., but also seem to talk about \"coarse features\" as Rachel and Marcello suggested....
http://vivisimo.com/search?tb=homepage&query=enlarged featur...
1. "non raffinato, poco fine" as in the case of food preparation, or material. In the case of a person, it means uncultured.
2. "approssimativo, non preciso" - I think this is the meaning in your context. When the features enlarge they do not retain the "sculpted look" - I think this could be translated as "disfigured" or "shapeless" to mean that it has lost its figure....not in the sense of
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Note added at 5 hrs 3 mins (2005-05-17 13:14:37 GMT)
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not in the sense of unsightly.
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Note added at 1 day 5 hrs 56 mins (2005-05-18 14:07:02 GMT)
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Check out these links that refer to enlarged features of Acromegalic patients; they seem to have specific terminology for each type of feature, ie frontal bossing etc., but also seem to talk about \"coarse features\" as Rachel and Marcello suggested....
http://vivisimo.com/search?tb=homepage&query=enlarged featur...
Peer comment(s):
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Ilaria A. Feltre
: I'd go for "disfigured"... It goes well with "facial features"... :)
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thanks :)
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