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Glossary entry

Swedish term or phrase:

cirkumferrent

English translation:

circumferential

Added to glossary by Helen Johnson
Sep 2, 2009 09:01
15 yrs ago
Swedish term

cirkumferrent

Swedish to English Medical Medical (general) patient notes
Tumören sitter cirkumferrent och kan inte passeras.
I assume it's the medical profession's love of Latin - I'm not sure whether it means the tumour is fully blocking the passage (colon) or whether it's meant to be lying around something.
TIA
Proposed translations (English)
5 +1 circumferential
5 circumferentially
1 carry around, disseminate

Discussion

Cetra Hastings Sep 2, 2009:
Difficult one this, but I would have felt that this referred more to the location of the tumour (circumference - around the colon, could be growing on the outside and constricting the passage, or located on the inside and constricting passage).
Helen Johnson (asker) Sep 2, 2009:
Possibly much more like it - I've found circumferential tumour on Google a few times, so does anyone know whether this could be correct? Otherwise I'll have to leave the Latin circumferrent in the text.
Helen Johnson (asker) Sep 2, 2009:
Seeing that the Latin is used in religious texts, where it seems to mean "omnipotent", I looked up omnipotent tumour on Google just in case and found omnipotent stem cell. Is it a long shot or can a tumour be omnipotent? Or is there a synonym that's used in medicine?

Proposed translations

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circumferential

Common term. See for example:

"Clinical and endorectal ultrasound staging of circumferential rectal cancers"
article in Journal of Medical Imaging and Radiation Oncology
Volume 52 Issue 2, Pages 161 - 163
Reference:

http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/journal/120090184/abstract?CRETRY=1&SRETRY=0

Peer comment(s):
agree amgt
2 hrs
Tack Ann-Marie!
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer. Comment: "Thanks for the confirmation."
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carry around, disseminate

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circumferentially

Definition: Adv. - so as to surround or encircle (See Free Dictionary site).
Example sentence:

The tumor is circumferentially situated (around the colon, etc.).

Reference:

http://www.thefreedictionary.com/Circumferentially

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