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pérdida de grado de consciencia

English translation: decreased level of consciousness

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Spanish term or phrase:pérdida de grado de consciencia
English translation:decreased level of consciousness
Entered by: Joseph Tein

03:39 Dec 23, 2009
Spanish to English translations [PRO]
Medical - Medical: Pharmaceuticals / seizure symptoms
Spanish term or phrase: pérdida de grado de consciencia
This is in an article describing a seizure related to a patient's medication.

The description says: "[patient] presentó crisis clónica generalizada ... con ... *pérdida de grado de consciencia* después de un cuadro de decaimiento ..."

I'm thinking that I should translate this as 'partial loss of consciousness' ... but I'm not sure that this is the correct meaning of the phrase. Is my idea right, or do you have any other suggestions?

TIA
Joseph Tein
United States
Local time: 16:09
decreased level of consciousness
Explanation:

Good luck!
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Laura T.
United States
Local time: 19:09
Grading comment
Thank you Laura. This one makes the most sense to me. I think that 'diminished' would also have worked here, but I found 'decreased' much more often in this context.
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Summary of answers provided
4 +2decreased level of consciousness
Laura T.
4 +1loss in degree of consciousness
Eileen Banks
4loss of consciousness
MarinaM
4Temporary loss of consciousness
Marzia Nicole Bucca
4impairment of consciousness
Michelle Temple
4semi loss of consciousness
Lisa McCarthy


Discussion entries: 5





  

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8 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
loss of consciousness


Explanation:
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no diría"partial"

MarinaM
Argentina
Local time: 20:09
Native speaker of: Spanish
PRO pts in category: 25
Notes to answerer
Asker: Pero entonces ¿por qué dicen 'grado' de consciencia? Me podrías explicar esta frase 'grado de consciencia' - en otras palabras, en castellano, por favor.

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10 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
Temporary loss of consciousness


Explanation:
Temporary loss of consciousness: A partial or complete loss of consciousness with interruption of awareness of oneself and ones surroundings

It's awful, it happens to me so often!

Example sentence(s):
  • http://www.medterms.com/script/main/art.asp?articlekey=7661

    Reference: http://www.medterms.com/script/main/art.asp?articlekey=7662
Marzia Nicole Bucca
Australia
Local time: 09:09
Native speaker of: Italian
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3 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
impairment of consciousness


Explanation:
the term is not very specific so this could be an option.

complex partial seizure: a type of partial seizure characterized by varying degrees of impairment of consciousness; (Dorlands medical dictionary)

levels of consciousness: clinically differentiable degrees of awareness and alertness such as alert wakefulness, lethargy, clouding of consciousness, stupor, and coma. (Dorlands medical dictionary)

Michelle Temple
Canada
Local time: 17:09
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: English
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4 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
semi loss of consciousness


Explanation:
Found about 528 hits for this:

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THE PHYSIOLOGY OF DEEP-SEA DIVING*
by WAR Thomson - Cited by 11 - Related articles - All 3 versions
semi-loss of consciousness. These sensations oc,curred at depths beyond 200 feet, and one of the disconcerting features of them was that the diver continued ...
www.bmj.com/cgi/reprint/2/3891/208.pdf
# [DOC]
Inert Gas Narcosis:
File Format: Microsoft Word - View as HTML
Divers failed to carry out instructions, displayed mental impairment, and in a number of cases exhibited a ***semi-loss of consciousness. ***...
www.ultimatedivelog.com/articles/37.doc


Unverricht-Lundborg Disease -- GeneReviews -- NCBI Bookshelf
by AE Lehesjoki
18 Jun 2009 ... to a series of myoclonic seizures or even status myoclonicus (continuous myoclonic jerks involving a ****semi-loss of consciousness). ...****
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/bookshelf/br.fcgi?book=gene&part... - Cached
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Probing the Limits of Human Deep Diving [and Discussion]
by PB Bennett - 1984 - Cited by 18 - Related articles
in assimilating facts and making rapid decisions, including ***'semi-loss of consciousness'***, and amnaesia on return to the surface; the severity of which, ...
www.jstor.org/stable/2396158

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Note added at 4 horas (2009-12-23 08:23:44 GMT)
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November « 2009 « Internal Marketing
30 Nov 2009 ... Tiger Woods was in a car accident while pulling out of his driveway, resulting in facial lacerations and ***semi-loss of consciousness***. ...
internalmarket.wordpress.com/2009/11/ - Cached

Lisa McCarthy
Spain
Local time: 01:09
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 59
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6 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +2
decreased level of consciousness


Explanation:

Good luck!

Laura T.
United States
Local time: 19:09
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in SpanishSpanish, Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 12
Grading comment
Thank you Laura. This one makes the most sense to me. I think that 'diminished' would also have worked here, but I found 'decreased' much more often in this context.

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  ARS54: ...IMO, the best solution
1 hr
  -> Thank you!
agree  Anne Schulz: or just "decreased consciousness"
7 hrs
  -> Thank you!
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23 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
loss in degree of consciousness


Explanation:
Professor Wirth on the Experimental Analysis of Consciousness
by LR Geissler - 1910
ment of the degree of consciousness of simultaneous processes.1 .... other characteristics did not suffer much loss in degree of conscious- ..

Coma Aberration Overcoming
Consequently, the use of term "state of coma" is widely approved with no dependence on the degree of loss of consciousness. The state of coma can be ...
www.cvprsa.org/

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Note added at 13 hrs (2009-12-23 17:22:38 GMT)
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Jump to Degrees of Consciousness...‎: Degrees of Consciousness Represented by the "Dreamy State" ... was a degree of loss of consciousness (realities ...
ajp.psychiatryonline.org/cgi/content/full/160/10/1740 -

Eileen Banks
Argentina
Local time: 20:09
Native speaker of: Spanish
PRO pts in category: 12

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Muriel Vasconcellos: It's awkward, and I'm not convinced by your examples, but I think this is the best solution.
1 hr
  -> Thank you nevertheless Muriel :)!
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