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cubito dorsal

English translation: supine position

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Spanish term or phrase:cubito dorsal
English translation:supine position

18:39 Jan 21, 2003
Spanish to English translations [PRO]
Law/Patents / Autopsy, police report
Spanish term or phrase: cubito dorsal
el cadaver se encontro de cubito dorsal ( the position of the body) - Does this mean laying on its back to one side?
Ellen Donohue
United States
Local time: 10:39
in a supine position
Explanation:
HTH


Sheila


decúbito m (frml) position; en decúbito prono/dorsal/lateral in a prone/supine/lateral position


Surgical position where patient's body is placed face up on the operating room table.
The patient's head can be placed on a "donut'.

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Note added at 2003-01-21 18:45:50 (GMT)
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supine
 
SYLLABICATION: su·pine
PRONUNCIATION:   s-pn, spn
ADJECTIVE: 1. Lying on the back or having the face upward. 2. Having the palm upward. Used of the hand. 3. Marked by or showing lethargy, passivity, or blameworthy indifference. See synonyms at inactive. 4. Inclined; sloping.
NOUN: Grammar A defective Latin verbal noun of the fourth declension, having very limited syntax and only two cases, an accusative in -tum or -sum and an ablative in -t or -s. The accusative form is sometimes considered to be the fourth principal part of the Latin verb.
ETYMOLOGY: Middle English supin, Latin verbal noun, from Late Latin supnum (verbum), (verb) lying on its back, (verb) going back, neuter of Latin supnus. See upo in Appendix I.
OTHER FORMS: su·pinely —ADVERB
su·pineness —NOUN


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Sheila Hardie
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Local time: 16:39
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5Dorsal decubitus / Supine decubitus
marta.mg
4in a supine position
Sheila Hardie


  

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in a supine position


Explanation:
HTH


Sheila


decúbito m (frml) position; en decúbito prono/dorsal/lateral in a prone/supine/lateral position


Surgical position where patient's body is placed face up on the operating room table.
The patient's head can be placed on a "donut'.

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Note added at 2003-01-21 18:45:50 (GMT)
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supine
 
SYLLABICATION: su·pine
PRONUNCIATION:   s-pn, spn
ADJECTIVE: 1. Lying on the back or having the face upward. 2. Having the palm upward. Used of the hand. 3. Marked by or showing lethargy, passivity, or blameworthy indifference. See synonyms at inactive. 4. Inclined; sloping.
NOUN: Grammar A defective Latin verbal noun of the fourth declension, having very limited syntax and only two cases, an accusative in -tum or -sum and an ablative in -t or -s. The accusative form is sometimes considered to be the fourth principal part of the Latin verb.
ETYMOLOGY: Middle English supin, Latin verbal noun, from Late Latin supnum (verbum), (verb) lying on its back, (verb) going back, neuter of Latin supnus. See upo in Appendix I.
OTHER FORMS: su·pinely —ADVERB
su·pineness —NOUN


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    Reference: http://uscneurosurgery.com/glossary/s/supine%20position.htm
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Sheila Hardie
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Local time: 16:39
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Dorsal decubitus / Supine decubitus


Explanation:
That is what my medical dictionary says. Dorsal decubitus refers to supine decubitus, so I would use supine decubitus.

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Marta

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