тянется за ножом

English translation: the knife drags

09:00 May 29, 2019
Russian to English translations [PRO]
Medical - Medical (general)
Russian term or phrase: тянется за ножом
Фраза встречается в предложении «Головной мозг дрябловатый, тянется за ножом.» из заключения о вскрытии.
Roman Shchadnov
Russian Federation
Local time: 06:05
English translation:the knife drags
Explanation:
brain tissue along with it

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Note added at 1 hr (2019-05-29 10:38:56 GMT)
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http://www.google.com/search?q="drags tissue along"
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4 +1the knife drags
rns
3is being pulled away by the knife
Vladyslav Golovaty


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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
the knife drags


Explanation:
brain tissue along with it

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Note added at 1 hr (2019-05-29 10:38:56 GMT)
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http://www.google.com/search?q="drags tissue along"

Example sentence(s):
  • A microelectrode or semi-microelectrode sometimes exerts a shearing force on adjacent brain tissue. Specifically, it drags tissue along with it as it advances.

    Reference: http://books.google.ru/books?id=OFnBAwAAQBAJ&pg=PA82&lpg=PA8...
rns
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in RussianRussian
PRO pts in category: 179

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Rachel Douglas: Sort of. But it might work better to keep "tissue" as the subject of a passive clause: "... is somewhat flabby and gets pulled along after the knife."
2 hrs
  -> Thank you. Good point, as always, meriting an separate answer, if you ask me.
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19 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
is being pulled away by the knife


Explanation:
brain matter gets pulled away by the knife

https://books.google.com.ua/books?id=Bhfk_U-lFIwC&pg=PA41&lp...

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Note added at 2 hrs (2019-05-29 11:04:34 GMT)
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the above link has some text: "brain matter ...was pulled away. ... the famed criminologist Carlos Roumagnac cited the blunt knife as the "weapon of ..." https://books.google.com.ua/books?id=Bhfk_U-lFIwC&pg=PA41&lp...

Vladyslav Golovaty
Ukraine
Local time: 06:05
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in RussianRussian
PRO pts in category: 104

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
neutral  rns: What a helluva link, even by your standards: (1) It has no text you're citing an (2) it's called ‘The Imagined Underworld: Sex, Crime, and Vice in Porfirian Mexico City’ by James Alex Garza, no less.//Nope, except that knives can't pull. Or so I think. :)
1 hr
  -> and the rest of the answer, irrespective of the link? is it also... crime-knife-autopsy?
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