SPI: sensibilidad periférica a la insulina - What is the English translation? English translators help medical English translators with the translation of SPI: sensibilidad periférica a la insulina

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205 months ago

JENN64 asked this question:

Language pair:	Spanish > English
Subject:	Medical
Level of diffculty:	Easy / medium
Word or term in question:	SPI: sensibilidad periférica a la insulina
Context:	I need the acronym in ENGLISH....Is there an acronym....
Keywords:	Peripheral Sensitivity to Insulin

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203 months ago

wrote:

IGT (Impaired glucose intolerance) or IS (Insulin Sensitivity)

My comment:

I searched several sites and did't find any specific acronym for peripheral insulin sensitivity, but there was IS or Insulin Sensivity, I suppose you could say PIS or Peripheral Insulin Sensitivity

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205 months ago

wrote:

Insulin Peripheral sensitivity (IPS)

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205 months ago

wrote:

no acronym for peripheral insulin sensitivity

My comment:

the term "peripheral insulin sensitivity" is used in full in multiple references (health journals), therefore we can assume there is no acronym as in Spanish.

My references:

http://diabetes.diabetesjournals.org/cgi/reprint/51/4/937.pdf

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205 months ago

Heather Phillips M.I.T.I. wrote:

peripheral insulin sensitivity PIS

My comment:

As it sounds in fact. Sometimes these look almost too obvious to be possible don't they?

My references:

There are lots of hits for this on the Internet. Just put it into the search bar and you will get confirmation.

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