Glossary entry

Arabic term or phrase:

غير البادي الأعراض

English translation:

asymptomatic

Added to glossary by AhmedAMS
Feb 28, 2008 20:46
16 yrs ago
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Arabic term

غير البادي الأعراض

Arabic to English Medical Medical (general)
ارتفاع معدل انتشار الكساح ونقص فيتامين د غير البادي الأعراض عند الأمهات والرضـّع ـ
Medically speaking, is (latent) a good choice?
Is it better to use (non-symptomatic) instead?
Thank you very much for not guessing.
Proposed translations (English)
4 +17 asymptomatic

Discussion

Nesrin Mar 4, 2008:
Hah - no way! My points are mine! All mine!!
:-p

Proposed translations

+17
2 mins
Selected

asymptomatic

That's the word I believe.
Neither causing nor exhibiting symptoms of disease. http://www.answers.com/asymptomatic&r=67

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Note added at 13 mins (2008-02-28 21:00:41 GMT)
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Hi Ahmed - there you have it:

Population screening has revealed surprisingly high levels of asymptomatic vitamin D deficiency in the general population ...
www.medscape.com/viewarticle/550266

and 122 other hits.
Note from asker:
Considering the fact that we are talking about (vitamin D deficiency) rather than a specific disease, can we still use the proposed term?
Peer comment(s):

agree Hugh Lester : Well done.
0 min
merci :-) I'm a hypochondriac so I know all about asymptomatic diseases which I'm sure I have.
agree Aljobury : well done
0 min
merci :-)
agree Assem Mazloum :
1 min
agree Alaa AHMED
29 mins
agree randam
51 mins
agree Maureen Millington-Brodie
1 hr
agree sktrans
2 hrs
agree Stephen Franke
2 hrs
agree Saleh Dardeer : I think we should say "thanks"
2 hrs
agree Mohsin Alabdali
3 hrs
agree Mohamed Ghazal
3 hrs
agree Mariam Osmann
3 hrs
agree Neamaat Shehatah
3 hrs
agree Mohamed Salaheldin
12 hrs
agree Salam Alrawi
13 hrs
agree Amira Mansour
23 hrs
agree Dr. Hamzeh Thaljeh : Sure right!
3 days 6 hrs
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer. Comment: "Thank you very much. Since the chosen answer is not that far from my original choice, can I split the points with you?"
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