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Feb 3, 2016 08:42
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Spanish term

arcanos

Spanish to English Medical Medical (general) Therapy
Este proceso de estimulación produce endorfinas y minimiza la generación de **arcanos**

Context: Text discussing the therapeutic benefits of horse-riding.

May be a misprint, as I find zero references in Google.
Proposed translations (English)
3 Arcanobacteria

Discussion

Peter Riccomini (asker) Feb 4, 2016:
@neilmac and phil I've used Neil's original proposal (alkanes), which the author agrees with.

I'd like to close this question now, but I think it would be more useful to others in the future if Neil would kindly change his answer back to the original, then I would close it.
neilmac Feb 4, 2016:
@phil Interesting. The text you found appears to have been copied and pasted a few times. I'd bet that "narcanos" was originally a typo, probably in the thesis, which then spread when lifted or cited in other works. I'm dying to know what the solution turns out to be.
philgoddard Feb 3, 2016:
In this near-identical text ... it's spelled "narcanos", though I haven't found a meaning for that either:
Este proceso de estimulación produce endorfinas (droga de la felicidad) y minimiza la generación de narcanos, lo que favorece la sinopsis neuronal, permite que el cerebro identifique: músculos, miembros, órganos, favoreciendo el proceso de habilitación neuro-muscular, e en el caso de daño neurológico la estimulación ecuestre propicia y fortalece la plasticidad cerebral.
http://www.polbographix.com/hipica/lagunita/Hipoterapia.html
neilmac Feb 3, 2016:
Well, it's probably one or the other, but I couldn't find enough references to back up my original offering. The rest of the text should provide more clues.
Peter Riccomini (asker) Feb 3, 2016:
@neilmac Thanks for your suggestion. I'm inclined to think your first idea is correct. Google throws up references linking endorphins, alkanes and synapses (mentioned a little further on in the sentence).
neilmac Feb 3, 2016:
Errant answer I now suspect "arcano" refers to Arcanobacteria.

Proposed translations

3 hrs
Selected

Arcanobacteria

As per my Discussion comment, I now think it means Arcanobacteria. The paper in the link below refers to Arcanobacterium haemolyticum strains obtained from infections in six horses.




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Note added at 3 hrs (2016-02-03 12:15:53 GMT)
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http://www.microregistrar.com/spotter-6/arcanobacteria-gram-...

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Note added at 3 hrs (2016-02-03 12:17:09 GMT)
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"Collins defined the genus Arcanobacterium in 1982, from 'arcane,' meaning mysterious or secret, and “bacterium.”
Reference:

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2620868/

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