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ecstoscopia

22:14 Sep 28, 2007
Portuguese to English translations [PRO]
Medical - Medical (general) / ophthalmology/retina disease
Portuguese term or phrase: ecstoscopia
...Através da ectoscopia, ele monstrou uma distribuição ginecóide do tecido adiposo subcutâneo...
Sweet Lu
Local time: 14:02


Summary of answers provided
4 +1ectoscopy
rhandler
4 +1external examination
Dr Sue Levy (X)
5General Examination or On Examination
liciniocraveiro
4ectoscopy
R. Alex Jenkins


  

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4 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
ectoscopy


Explanation:
Just literal, no fuss :)

HOWEVER, the original text should be 'ectoscopia', not 'ecStocopia'.

R. Alex Jenkins
Brazil
Local time: 14:02
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 52
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7 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
ectoscopy


Explanation:
There must be a typo, and the term is "ectoscopia".

First, a definition:

Definition: ectoscopy from Online Medical Dictionary
ectoscopy. An obsolete method of diagnosis of disease of any of the internal organs by a study of movements of the abdominal wall or thorax caused by ...
http://cancerweb.ncl.ac.uk/cgi-bin/omd?ectoscopy

ectoscopy - Medical Dictionary Definition for Term 'ectoscopy'ectoscopy. Type: Term Pronunciation: ek-tos′kŏ-pē. Definitions: 1. Historic, obsolete method of diagnosis of disease of any of the internal organs by a ...
www.medilexicon.com/medicaldictionary.php?t=27854


Other examples:

[PDF] spae2305 830..831By coining a new concept, “obstetric ectoscopy”, attention is drawn to the fact that ... concept: obstetric ectoscopy. I ventured to put this new ...
www.blackwell-synergy.com/doi/pdf/10.1111/j.1651-2227.2005....

ectoscopy Information from Drugs.com
ectoscopy medical information. ... ectoscopy Drug Information and side effects. Or click the first letter of a drug name: A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q ...
www.drugs.com/dict/ectoscopy.html





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Note added at 8 mins (2007-09-28 22:22:51 GMT)
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Examples and definitions take time! Hope it is recognized as useful to the asker.

rhandler
Local time: 14:02
Native speaker of: Portuguese
PRO pts in category: 230

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
neutral  liz askew: "Ectoscopy" is an obsolete word, too! And this is about the eyes.//Oh! Well, take a look at my second reference..
6 mins
  -> Never heard of endoscopy connected to eyes, but many times the asker selects a wrong field.
agree  Humberto Ribas
2 hrs
  -> Obrigado, Humberto, bom fim-de-semana!
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2 days 22 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
external examination


Explanation:
in other words, looking at the patient from outside!

On external examination,... gynecoid distribution of subcutaneous adipose tissue

See gynecoid body fat distribution

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Note added at 3 days9 hrs (2007-10-02 07:35:46 GMT)
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http://www.medstudents.com.br/diagnostico.asp?regid=50

EXAME FÍSICO

Sinais Vitais: Temperatura: 37.2o.C; Pulso: 74 bmp; FR: 20 irpm. Pressão: 184 x 78 mmHG; Peso: 52 kg. Altura: 1,57.

Ectoscopia: Paciente com febrícula, orientada no tempo e no espaço, corada, hidratada, eupnéica, anictérica, acianótica. Marcha atípica. Perfusão capilar periférica normal.

"Ectoscopia" just means the (external) appearance of the patient, what the examiner first notes ina clinical examination.

Dr Sue Levy (X)
Local time: 19:02
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 72

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  liz askew: I've got to agree with this. I was definitely barking up the wrong tree, but then again wasn't the only one! and I don't know much Portuguese - apologies!
11 hrs
  -> thanks Liz :-)
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17 days   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
General Examination or On Examination


Explanation:
Ectoscopy is definitely an obsolete word both in Portuguese and English medical languages. It refers to the first part of the physical examination that encompasses a set of observations (physical appearance, temperature, weight, height, nutritional state, skin conditions, etc.) and precedes the systematic examination, i.e. examination of the different systems (cardiovascular, respiratory, neurological, GI, musculoskeletal, urinary tract, etc.).
You can consider it as an "external" examination but measurements like temperature, weight or height aren't properly "external". The right terminology is therefore "GENERAL EXAMINATION"

liciniocraveiro
Local time: 18:02
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in PortuguesePortuguese
PRO pts in category: 8
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