Glossary entry (derived from question below)
French term or phrase:
la voie fémorale est normalement perméable et compressible.
English translation:
The femoral vein shows normal patency and is compressible
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Claudia Robles
Jun 28, 2011 20:02
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la voie fémorale est normalement perméable et compressible.
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check up report
It is a patient check up report. It is a patient who suffered from deep vein thrombosis and pulmonary embolism, this describes the findings of a Doppler ultrasound.
The sentence reads: La voie fémorale est norlmalement permeable et compressible.
I found femoral canal for voie fémorale (but i am not 100% certain it is correct) however how can I translate permeable et compressible?
Thanks
The sentence reads: La voie fémorale est norlmalement permeable et compressible.
I found femoral canal for voie fémorale (but i am not 100% certain it is correct) however how can I translate permeable et compressible?
Thanks
Proposed translations
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| 3 +3 | The femoral vein shows normal patency and is compressible |
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| 4 -1 | the femoral vein is normally permeable and compressible |
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Change log
Jun 29, 2011 12:09: Stéphanie Soudais changed "Term asked" from "La voie fémorale est norlmalement permeable et compressible." to "la voie fémorale est normalement perméable et compressible."
Proposed translations
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French term (edited):
La voie fémorale est norlmalement permeable et compressible.
Selected
The femoral vein shows normal patency and is compressible
In this context, “perméable” is “patent” in English, and “voie” refers to the vein.
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French term (edited):
La voie fémorale est norlmalement permeable et compressible.
the femoral vein is normally permeable and compressible
.. I used Wendy's reference
Example sentence:
but despite this the femoral vein is not compressible
Reference comments
19 mins
Wendy Cummings
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Reference:
not sure enough to post an answer (and haven't got time this evening to check refs), but voie femoral =femoral vein, permeable = patent (i.e. no obstruction) and compressible = compressible. http://www.ultrasound-images.com/vascular.htm
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Note added at 2 hrs (2011-06-28 22:47:15 GMT)
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Huh, seems I was right after all. That'll teach me to have faith in my convictions!
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Note added at 2 hrs (2011-06-28 22:47:15 GMT)
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Huh, seems I was right after all. That'll teach me to have faith in my convictions!
Note from asker:
| Thank you so much Wendy! |
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