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207 months ago

Geea (a guest user) asked this question:

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207 months ago

   wrote:

sharp, strong

207 months ago

English -French - English medical, scientific ++   wrote:

sharp

My comment:

indicate the exaggeration of the peristalsis i.e. movements of the digestive tract which make it possible to advance inside this one, the bolus.

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207 months ago

Aharon303   wrote:

vivacious

207 months ago

Charles Ferguson   wrote:

markedly

My comment:

This phrase means that the patient "has markedly increased bowel sounds". UK practice probably wouldn't say "hyperperistalsis". OK, it would be understood but an eyebrow or two might be raised at the erudite tone of the word!

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207 months ago

Charles Ferguson   wrote:

I should have suggested "marked", not "markedLY" as you wanted the translation of an adjective. Sorry. The situation being described is of a doctor auscultating the patient's abdomen with a stethoscope so the word "sounds" is fundamental. An alternative rendering would be "with marked increase of bowel sounds". Something like this is what you would likely find in a UK discharge letter. I would suggest you avoid "hyperperistalsis" though; it is a bit over the top to an Anglo-Saxon ear!

207 months ago

Charles Ferguson   wrote:

rapid/vigorous

My comment:

I found these two possibilities on google to describe "hyperperistalsis," Seems to be corroborated by Larousse's Advanced French/English Dictionary's possible translations, among, many of "quick" and "strong." Also, the two suggestions I've offered seems to reflect the prefix "hyper."