Oct 5, 2005 09:23
18 yrs ago
German term
United Kingdom
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Native in: English 
Works in: German to English, French to English, Italian to English
krebsartige Geschwür
German to English
Medical
Medical (general)
Is there such a thing as a "cancerous ulcer"? A search on Google does not prove to be very conclusive...
Proposed translations
(English)
| 4 +7 | cancerous ulcer |
James Johnson
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| 3 +1 | cancer-like ulcer |
Hilary Davies Shelby
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| 4 | pre-cancerous tumor |
gangels (X)
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| 3 | cancerous/malignant abscess |
Terence Ajbro
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Proposed translations
+7
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German term (edited):
krebsartige Geschw�r
Selected
cancerous ulcer
Yes there is. Nasty piece of work too!
Peer comment(s):
| agree |
Jacqueline van der Spek
1 min
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| agree |
TideTrans
: malignant as mentioned beneath might not be correct as there are no indications of its malignance
18 mins
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| agree |
Eckhard Boehle
24 mins
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| agree |
Sabine Odinga
: This is certainly the most medical translation but if you really want to stress the fact, that it is only LIKE cancer to a non-scientific audience you'd rather use cancer-like or cancerous-like
2 hrs
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| agree |
E Perret
2 hrs
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| agree |
John Speese
: I'd stick with cancerous ulcer; if they wanted to stress like, they'd probably say krebsaehnliches....
3 hrs
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| agree |
KARIN ISBELL
5 hrs
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "Decided to go with this. Thanks!"
+1
2 mins
Hilary Davies Shelby
United States
United States
Native in English
United States
German and "Geek" to English!
Native in: English
Works in: German to English, English
Related KudoZ points
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8
German term (edited):
krebsartige Geschw�r
cancer-like ulcer
I'm not an expert by any means, but I'd translate this as "cancer-like" rather than "cancerous". There are a few Googles for "cancer-like ulcers".
HTH.
HTH.
Peer comment(s):
| agree |
Siegfried Armbruster
28 mins
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thank you, S, it is always nice to have an Agree from a medical professional! ;-)
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3 mins
Terence Ajbro
Sweden
Sweden
Native in English
Sweden
A multilingual Englishman
Native in: English 
Works in: English to German, English to Danish, Danish to English, and 7 more.
Related KudoZ points
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20
German term (edited):
krebsartige Geschw�r
cancerous/malignant abscess
a possibility
7 hrs
pre-cancerous tumor
has all the makings of becoming fully cancerous, that's how its called in the US
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