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vital

English translation: alive/healthy

23:06 Jul 29, 2012
Portuguese to English translations [PRO]
Biology (-tech,-chem,micro-)
Portuguese term or phrase: vital
As células do cortex radicular estavam vitais com organelas bem preservadas.
Andre Damasceno
Brazil
Local time: 07:35
English translation:alive/healthy
Explanation:
É a minha impressão que o adjetivo "vital" pode significar mais do que simplesmente vivo, pode significar vivo e saudável.
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Martin Riordan
Brazil
Local time: 07:35
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4 +2alive/healthy
Martin Riordan
4the cells had vital periodontical ligaments
Marlene Curtis


  

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alive/healthy


Explanation:
É a minha impressão que o adjetivo "vital" pode significar mais do que simplesmente vivo, pode significar vivo e saudável.

Martin Riordan
Brazil
Local time: 07:35
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 20
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agree  Sheryle Oliver
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agree  Daniel Tavares
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the cells had vital periodontical ligaments


Explanation:

I think your context refers to the vitality of the cells' periodontical ligaments

If the damaged area is placed next to a zone on the root surface with a vital periodontal ligament, a later resorptive process is established from this zone, whereby the ankylosis area is gradually resorbed. It is estimated that the extent of this process in this experiment amounted to possibly 1 -- 1.5 mm

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/6943904

Head, Face, and Neck Trauma: Comprehensive Management - Google Books Result
books.google.com/books?isbn=1588903087...
Michael G. Stewart - 2005 - Medical - 256 pages
If the extraalveolar dry period is greater than 2 hours, most of the vital periodontal ligament and pulp are assumed to have undergone necrosis. In this case

Determining periodontal ligament (PDL) cell vitality from exarticulated teeth stored in saline or milk using fluorescein diacetate. Patel S, Dumsha TC, Sydiskis R

Marlene Curtis
United States
Local time: 06:35
Native speaker of: Native in PortuguesePortuguese
PRO pts in category: 45
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