mayor a izquierda

English translation: greater on the left

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Spanish term or phrase:mayor a izquierda
English translation:greater on the left
Entered by: Maria Mastruzzo

23:48 Oct 8, 2018
Spanish to English translations [PRO]
Medical - Medical (general)
Spanish term or phrase: mayor a izquierda
This is a continuation to my previous question regarding a diagnosis for a young child:

Compromiso piramidal de extremidades inferiores, mayor a izquierda.

Diagnosis made by a Specialist in Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation from Chile.
Maria Mastruzzo
Australia
Local time: 13:38
greater on the left
Explanation:
" ... and she noted tenderness, pain, and swelling of the anterior compartments of both legs, greater on the left, and numbness of the dorsal surfaces of the feet."

This is a very common description of a symptom.

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"There were bilateral infranuclear facial palsies, greater on the left and a right-sided abducens nerve palsy."

I tried to find parallel English-Spanish texts showing "greater on" alongside "mayor en" ... this is the best I could find (see the Results and Resultados sections)

http://www.elsevier.es/en-revista-cirugia-espanola-english-e...



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Just a few more examples, which should reassure you that this is a common, standard expression.

"MRI scan in October 1989 revealed atrophy greater on the left."

"Wasting in the lower extremities was confined to both extensor digitorum brevis muscles, greater on the left, which was associated with weakness of toe extension."

"There is severe dystonic posturing in her upper limbs and a bilateral resting tremor, greater on the left."

etc.
Selected response from:

Joseph Tein
United States
Local time: 20:38
Grading comment
Thank you, Joseph, your help is much appreciated.
I actually believe the references are useful considering the context.
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5 +4greater on the left
Joseph Tein


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5 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +4
greater on the left


Explanation:
" ... and she noted tenderness, pain, and swelling of the anterior compartments of both legs, greater on the left, and numbness of the dorsal surfaces of the feet."

This is a very common description of a symptom.

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Note added at 31 mins (2018-10-09 00:19:40 GMT)
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"There were bilateral infranuclear facial palsies, greater on the left and a right-sided abducens nerve palsy."

I tried to find parallel English-Spanish texts showing "greater on" alongside "mayor en" ... this is the best I could find (see the Results and Resultados sections)

http://www.elsevier.es/en-revista-cirugia-espanola-english-e...



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Note added at 40 mins (2018-10-09 00:28:40 GMT)
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Just a few more examples, which should reassure you that this is a common, standard expression.

"MRI scan in October 1989 revealed atrophy greater on the left."

"Wasting in the lower extremities was confined to both extensor digitorum brevis muscles, greater on the left, which was associated with weakness of toe extension."

"There is severe dystonic posturing in her upper limbs and a bilateral resting tremor, greater on the left."

etc.

Joseph Tein
United States
Local time: 20:38
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 412
Grading comment
Thank you, Joseph, your help is much appreciated.
I actually believe the references are useful considering the context.
Notes to answerer
Asker: Thank you very much, Joseph, very useful references


Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Muriel Vasconcellos: I was thinking to say 'more marked on the left'
18 mins
  -> Hi Muriel, thanks. I think "more marked" is equally correct; I always prefer the shortest version.

agree  lorenab23: :-)
1 hr
  -> Gracias querida.

agree  Andrea Shah
2 hrs
  -> Thank you, Andrea.

agree  philgoddard: I actually think you don't need references for a question like this.
8 hrs
  -> Hi Phil, thanks. I include examples so that the asker can feel confident that the suggestion is standard language.
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