Glossary entry

German term or phrase:

normosom

English translation:

of normal nutritional status/state

Added to glossary by Trudy Peters
Dec 11, 2002 01:29
22 yrs ago
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German term

normosom

German to English Medical Medical (general)
Patient's condition:
Normosomer Ernährungszustand
Change log

Sep 22, 2006 08:34: Steffen Walter changed "Level" from "Non-PRO" to "PRO"

Sep 22, 2006 08:35: Steffen Walter changed "Field (specific)" from "(none)" to "Medical (general)"

Proposed translations

2 days 15 hrs
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of normal nutritional status

Means litterally normal body (soma = body). A person of normal nutritional status is also of normal weight and body size.
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer. Comment: "Thanks to everybody who answered! Too bad I can't split points. Trudy"
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Normal for size

Nutritional state normal for size, i.e. appropriate for a person of the patient's height and weight

normosom = von normalem Wuchs

see link below
Peer comment(s):

agree Teresa Reinhardt
8 mins
agree Elisabeth Ghysels : well, it's a good effort for the translation, but let's not forget in the meantime, that this is one of the countless medical & paramedical terminologies, which make no sense at all: "normal nutritional state" says exactly the same (only clearer). Greetin
4 hrs
agree Steffen Walter
8 hrs
agree Daniel Bichis
16 hrs
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11 hrs

normally nourished

or normal nutritional state as someone else mentioned
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