Re: Uterus not tender/adnexia not tender
From: Efrain Ramirez (eramirezt@coqui.net)
Thu May 29 06:41:37 2008
Prompt recovery!
>Ef
At Wed, 28 May 2008, R. Daniel Braun wrote:
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>sorry that I brought it up.
>I had a Lap Sleeve Partial Gastectomy this afternoon. and here I am sitting
>up and already made 2 LAPS Around the floor. Feel pretty good.
>
>Dan
>
>On Tue, May 27, 2008 at 10:54 PM, Gerald P. Rodriguez <
>geraldpr@cybermesa.com> wrote:
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>> I will have to side with Steve Raymond. Dorland's Medical Dictionary
>> (c)1957 defines "adnexa" as "L. plural." "Adnexal" would be "pertaining to
>> adnexa, especially to adnexa uteri." Further search on an on-line Latin
>> dictionary defines "adnexa" as the neuter plural of "adnexus." The singular
>> is "adnexum." The incorrect plural is "adnexae."
>>
>> All of this and $15 will buy you 2 small Starbucks lattes.
>>
>> Gerald P. Rodríguez, M.D., FACOG
>> Santa Fe
>>
>>>> ----- Original Message -----
>> *From:* Raymond Stephen <Stephen.Raymond@dhhs.tas.gov.au>
>> *To:* Multiple recipients of list OB-GYN-L <ob-gyn-l@mail.obgyn.net>
>> *Sent:* Tuesday, May 27, 2008 4:51 PM
>> *Subject:* RE: Uterus not tender/adnexia not tender
>>
>> When I studied Latin the plural of the neutral words ending in "-um" was
>> "-a". Hence "stratum, strata" and "addendum, addenda".
>>
>> Steve
>>
>> Steve Raymond FRANZCOG FRCOG
>> HOD Obstetrics & Gynaecology
>> Royal Hobart Hospital
>> Tasmania 7001
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>> *From:* ob-gyn-l@obgyn.net [mailto:ob-gyn-l@obgyn.net] *On Behalf Of *R.
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>> Daniel Braun
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>> *Sent:* Tuesday, 27 May 2008 9:20 PM
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>> *To:* Multiple recipients of list OB-GYN-L
>> *Subject:* Re: Uterus not tender/adnexia not tender
>>
>> 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:
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>> 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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>> *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
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>R. Daniel Braun
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