Glossary entry

English term or phrase:

spinous process (vertebra)

German translation:

Dornfortsatz (Wirbel)

Added to glossary by Roland Grefer
Sep 8, 2001 18:59
22 yrs ago
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English term

spinous processes

English to German Medical
Would "Wirbelfortsätze" be a sufficient translation of this term, or is there a more appropriate expression/term for these?

"The spinous processes and origin of the ribs should be visible."

Proposed translations

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Dornfortsätze

You are compeletly on the right track; Dornfortsatz is given by Thieme Leximed.
Peer comment(s):

agree Uschi (Ursula) Walke : confirmed by Unseld Medical Dictionary
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agree Sven Petersson
6 hrs
agree Gitta Schlemme : fachsprachlich: Processus spinosus, Dornfortsatz wird auch vom Roche Lexikon Medizin bestätigt
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Dornfortsatz

Latin :Processus spinosus
English : Spinal process
German: Dornforsatz
http://www.uni-mainz.de/FB/Medizin/Anatomie/workshop/EM/EMVo...

Good page for medical translation
Hope this is a help
Good luck
Carmela

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