Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Spanish term or phrase:
zonas ecolúcidas
English translation:
echo-translucent areas
Added to glossary by
Jacob Lagnado
Jun 23, 2003 20:30
21 yrs ago
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Spanish term
zonas ecolúcidas
Spanish to English
Medical
"Ambos anexos mostraron zonas ecolúcidas" is the sentence that has been doing my head in! It is from an ultrasound pelvic scan report. Thanks in advance....
Proposed translations
(English)
| 4 | echo-translucent areas |
RJFrances
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| 5 +2 | echolucent regions (zones) |
Henrique Serra
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| 3 | echo-free areas |
JuneBarb
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| 3 | hypoechoic / hypodense |
Gillian Hargreaves (X)
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Proposed translations
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echo-translucent areas
It means that these areas (Eustachian tubes or ovaries)let the echo beam go through them (the patient probably has cyst, for instance).
4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "Thanks: although I should have given more context it was in fact related to cysts."
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34 mins
Henrique Serra
United States
United States
United States
Go with the Pro (also an Agronomist)
Native in: Portuguese (Variant: Brazilian) 
Works in: English to Portuguese, Portuguese to English, Spanish to Portuguese
Related KudoZ points
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406
echolucent regions (zones)
plenty of references on Google:
... Area of the plaque cavity in group A (4.1 ± 3.2 mm2) was significantly larger than the echolucent zone in group B (1.32 ± 0.79 mm2) (p < 0.001). ...
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http://www.google.com/search?num=30&hl=en&lr=&ie=ISO-8859-1&...
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http://www.google.com/search?num=30&hl=en&lr=&ie=ISO-8859-1&...
... Area of the plaque cavity in group A (4.1 ± 3.2 mm2) was significantly larger than the echolucent zone in group B (1.32 ± 0.79 mm2) (p < 0.001). ...
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Note added at 2003-06-23 21:06:18 (GMT)
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http://www.google.com/search?num=30&hl=en&lr=&ie=ISO-8859-1&...
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Note added at 2003-06-23 21:06:48 (GMT)
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http://www.google.com/search?num=30&hl=en&lr=&ie=ISO-8859-1&...
51 mins
echo-free areas
One would need the context of your document to be able to say for certain.
>>The ultrasonographic finding of nuchal translucency (an echo-free area at the back of the fetal neck) in the first trimester of pregnancy reportedly has been associated with fetal chromosome abnormalities (2-4).
(http://www.medem.com/MedLB/article_detaillb.cfm?article_ID=Z...
>>The ultrasonographic finding of nuchal translucency (an echo-free area at the back of the fetal neck) in the first trimester of pregnancy reportedly has been associated with fetal chromosome abnormalities (2-4).
(http://www.medem.com/MedLB/article_detaillb.cfm?article_ID=Z...
Reference:
http://http://www.medem.com/MedLB/article_detaillb.cfm?article_ID=ZZZ6ULSZFJC&sub_cat=205
11 hrs
hypoechoic / hypodense
One of these could fit
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