Re: Uterus not tender/adnexia not tender
From: R. Daniel Braun (rd.braun@gmail.com)
Tue May 27 06:17:17 2008
Plural of Adnexa!!!!! I think NOT. Also Adnexum is masculine singular.
Adnexa is feminine singular. and Adnexae (if there were such a thing) would
be Feminine plural. See I paid attention in Latin class in High School. Mrs
Goerlich would be proud of me.
Dan
On Mon, May 26, 2008 at 7:17 PM, Raymond Stephen <
Stephen.Raymond@dhhs.tas.gov.au> wrote:
> In medical practice the word "tender" means "painful on palpation"...
> and it is "adnexa" (singular "adnexum") not "adnexia".
>
> Steve
>
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> *From:* ob-gyn-l@obgyn.net on behalf of Dr. Sergey Driamov
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> *Sent:* Tue 27/05/2008 5:49 AM
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> *To:* Multiple recipients of list OB-GYN-L
> *Subject:* Uterus not tender/adnexia not tender
>
> I am a medical translator translating from English into Russian. I have
> a following text to translate:
>
> Uterus: Position was normal. Not tender.
> Uterine adnexa was not tender on the right.
>
> Besides other less relevant versions dictionaries translate the word
> 'tender' as 'soft' and as 'painful'.
>
> I can imagine that at various patho-physiological states both uterus and
> uterine adnexia can be either soft or painful or the both and I can't
> make up my mind, which translation fits better.
>
> Before changing to translation I was specializing on cardiology. I live
> outside any English-speaking country, so a possibility co consult with
> anybody on the matter of translation is limited.
>
> Thanks a lot in advance for any answer.
>
> --
> Dr. Sergey Driamov
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R. Daniel Braun, MD FACOG(L) ABMP CMTh
Professor Emeritus
Dept. of Obstetrics and Gynecology
Indiana U. School of Medicine
R. Daniel Braun
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