Glossary entry

Deutsch term or phrase:

adominant

Englisch translation:

non-dominant

Added to glossary by Bettina Grieser Johns
May 7, 2014 16:55
10 yrs ago
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Deutsch term

adominant

Deutsch > Englisch Medizin Medizin (allgemein) Orthopedic surgery
This is the provisional report of a patient with a multiple distal humerus fracture in Switzerland. The "sentence" is as follows:

Diagnosen
Mehrfach fragmentierte, distale Humerusfraktur links (adominant)

I could not find 'adominant' anywhere - any ideas? The patient does not seem to have any other problems, so it doesn't seem to be the opposite of 'dominant'. Thanks for your help, as always!
Proposed translations (Englisch)
4 +6 non-dominant
3 +3 non-dominant

Proposed translations

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8 Min.
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non-dominant

This is the common term when speaking about hemispheric dominance at least.

I would suspect the patient is right-handed, hence, the left is his non-dominant arm.
Note from asker:
Of course! Thanks to everybody for their input - I was so fixated on the condition that this never occurred to me! Thanks so much and have a nice evening - or day - depending on where you are!
Peer comment(s):

agree uyuni : Seconds faster...;-)
2 Min.
agree philgoddard
2 Min.
agree Ivan Nieves
56 Min.
agree Sonja Poeltl
8 Stunden
agree David Tracey, PhD
10 Stunden
agree Harald Moelzer (medical-translator)
21 Stunden
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer. Comment: "Thanks to everybody for their inputs! Highly appreciated!"
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10 Min.

non-dominant

Does it mean that the patient is not left-handed, i.e. the fracture doesn't affect the dominant side of handedness...?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Handedness

Peer comment(s):

agree antoniakober (X)
2 Min.
THX, Antonia!
agree Sonja Poeltl
8 Stunden
Danke Dir, Sonja!
agree Harald Moelzer (medical-translator)
21 Stunden
Danke Dir, Harald!
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