Glossary entry

Spanish term or phrase:

piocitos

English translation:

pus cells

Added to glossary by Mónica Guzmán
Aug 30, 2007 02:47
17 yrs ago
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Spanish term

piocitos

Spanish to English Medical Medical (general) Exámenes
Componente de un análisis de orina, disculpen que no tengo en este momento diccionario de términos médicos.
Muchas gracias.
Proposed translations (English)
4 +5 pus cells
Change log

Aug 30, 2007 04:09: Monika Jakacka Márquez changed "Language pair" from "English to Spanish" to "Spanish to English"

Proposed translations

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pus cells

That's how they are commonly called in English.
The other word is pyocytes, but is rarely used.

Results 1 - 10 of about 97 English pages for pyocytes
Results 1 - 10 of about 37 English pages for pyocites
Results 1 - 10 of about 1,860,000 for pus cells

Normally Two to three pus cells are present in HPF. (high power field of microscope). If more than 5 it indicates urinary tract infection or non infectious ...
www.aarogya.com/Conditions/diagnostictests/routineurine2.as...

Threads are fished out for examination under the microscope, as the presence of pus cells or bacteria can help with the diagnosis. ...
www.tiscali.co.uk/lifestyle/healthfitness/menshealth/part1_... - 45k -

pus cell -->. pus corpuscle. One of the polymorphonuclear leukocytes that comprise the chief portion of the formed elements in pus. Synonym: pus cell ...
cancerweb.ncl.ac.uk/cgi-bin/omd?pus+cell - 3k



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Note added at 49 mins (2007-08-30 03:36:22 GMT)
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Urinary tract infection (UTI) is the general term given to infection of the urinary system, with bacteria and pus cells being present in the urine. ...
hcd2.bupa.co.uk/fact_sheets/Mosby_factsheets/Urinary_tract_infection.html - 40k

Diccionario Mosby de medicina:
Piocito: (pus cell), leucocito polimorfonuclear necrótico.

Pyocyte or Pyocite do not appear in the Dorland's Medical Dictionary.
Peer comment(s):

agree Dr. Roy Bheekha : ...but if you wanna stick with pyocites, beware of the correct spelling --> pyocYtes
2 hrs
Thanks Dr. Bheekha.
agree Dr Sue Levy (X) : 100% correct
2 hrs
Thanks a lot Sue.
agree liz askew : Well, yes, of course!
4 hrs
Hi Liz. Thanks.
agree Rachel Fell
5 hrs
Thanks Rachel.
agree Patrick Weill
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