"fallo secundario" - What is the English translation? English translators help medical English translators with the translation of "fallo secundario"

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190 months ago

JENN64 asked this question:

Language pair:	Spanish > English
Subject:	Medical
Level of diffculty:	Easy / medium
Word or term in question:	"fallo secundario"
Context:	a denominarse "fallo secundario", es decir, la necesidad de añadir un 2ndo fármaco para

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190 months ago

wrote:

secondary failure

My references:

www.mondofacto.com

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190 months ago

www.buero-garisch.de wrote:

second opinion

My comment:

more context??

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190 months ago

www.buero-garisch.de wrote:

complementary advice (given by some other expert)

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190 months ago

www.buero-garisch.de wrote:

secondary failure

My comment:

it means " failure of an item caused either directly or indirectly by the failure of another item " - can be in medicine, electronics, automatics etc.

My references:

http://scielo.isciii.es/scielo.php?pid=S0210-56912006000200008&script=sci_arttext - look at the title, it contains "fallo secundario", and it's translated in English as "secondary failure".

also here: http://www.mondofacto.com/facts/dictionary?secondary+failure

and here: http://www.electropedia.org/iev/iev.nsf/display?openform&ievref=603-05-13

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190 months ago

wrote:

you might also consider "secondary fault", check out here: http://books.google.ro/books?id=31cagl0wNzEC&pg=PA455&lpg=PA455&dq=fallo+secundario&source=bl&ots=5GH1plI-R6&sig=oD5z4h9CwroRU1fHIhXsoN_Jc0k&hl=ro&ei=8GF2S7PEBIjQ4gbPisSdCg&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=2&ved=0CAwQ6AEwAQ#v=onepage&q=fallo%20secundario&f=false

190 months ago

wrote:

'fallo' can mean 'failure' as in 'fallo tcnico' or 'decision' as in 'fallo legal' the context is insufficient to work out which one it is. it appears that the first drug didn't work (ie. failed) and a decision has been taken to prescribe a second drug possibly by a second doctor, in which case it would be a second opinion. however, more context is definitely needed

190 months ago

www.buero-garisch.de wrote:

second opinion

My comment:

Not really backed up by what little context has been provided, but sounds better than decision!

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190 months ago

wrote:

Sorry, but it isn't really an opinion, because it's necessary (see context).

190 months ago

www.buero-garisch.de wrote: