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occhi spenti

English translation: dull eyes-eyes fixed

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Italian term or phrase:occhi spenti
English translation:dull eyes-eyes fixed
Entered by: Lorenza Marini

20:47 Dec 18, 2003
Italian to English translations [PRO]
Medical
Italian term or phrase: occhi spenti
i classici segni della morte: *occhi spenti*, mancanza del battito del
polso, seguiti da rigiditĂ  cadaverica (rigor mortis) e macchie cadaveriche ...



many thanks in advance
verbis
Local time: 23:48
dull eyes-eyes fixed
Explanation:
Lifeless,dead eyes. No pupil reaction to light.
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Lorenza Marini
Local time: 23:48
Grading comment
many thanks to ALL of you!!!!

ciao

laura
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Summary of answers provided
4 +2lifeless eyes
Susana Galilea
5dull eyes-eyes fixed
Lorenza Marini
5absent eyes
Vittorio Felaco
5listless eyes
Tizia
4lackluster / lusterless eyes
Ernesto Samper Nieto


  

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lifeless eyes


Explanation:
Might be a bit redundant in your context, but it is a common way to say it

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ANCHE:

\"glazed eyes\"
\"glazed over eyes\"

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... Her mouth and eyes are both gaping open, showing the shock that death brings. Looking
down into her empty glazed-over eyes, I reach for something more and so ...
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Susana Galilea
United States
Local time: 16:48
Native speaker of: Native in SpanishSpanish
PRO pts in pair: 278

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agree  olimpia martinelli
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agree  Federica Masante
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lackluster / lusterless eyes


Explanation:
or lacklustre / lustreless eyes (British English). A couple of ideas, but I don´t know if there is a "technical" name. Good luck!

Ernesto Samper Nieto
Colombia
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Native speaker of: Native in SpanishSpanish
PRO pts in pair: 122
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dull eyes-eyes fixed


Explanation:
Lifeless,dead eyes. No pupil reaction to light.


    Reference: http://www.navis.gr/medico/death.htm
Lorenza Marini
Local time: 23:48
Native speaker of: Native in ItalianItalian
PRO pts in pair: 4
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many thanks to ALL of you!!!!

ciao

laura
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absent eyes


Explanation:
Ho sentito anche questo, a volte pronunciato da medici. Mi sembra una buona opzione, specie se si tratta di morte imminente.

Vittorio Felaco
Local time: 17:48
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listless eyes


Explanation:
having no interested of what is going on about one as a result of illness

Tizia
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