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normosom

English translation: of normal nutritional status/state

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German term or phrase:normosom
English translation:of normal nutritional status/state
Entered by: Trudy Peters

01:29 Dec 11, 2002
German to English translations [PRO]
Medical - Medical (general)
German term or phrase: normosom
Patient's condition:
Normosomer Ernährungszustand
Trudy Peters
United States
Local time: 22:07
of normal nutritional status
Explanation:
Means litterally normal body (soma = body). A person of normal nutritional status is also of normal weight and body size.
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Dirgis (X)
United States
Local time: 22:07
Grading comment
Thanks to everybody who answered! Too bad I can't split points.

Trudy
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
5 +4Normal for size
Matthew Schlecht
5of normal nutritional status
Dirgis (X)
4normally nourished
jkjones


  

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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +4
Normal for size


Explanation:
Nutritional state normal for size, i.e. appropriate for a person of the patient's height and weight

normosom = von normalem Wuchs

see link below


    Reference: http://www.modernealtenpflege.de/Lexikon/N-P/body_n-p.html
Matthew Schlecht
United States
Local time: 22:07
Works in field
Native speaker of: English

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Teresa Reinhardt
8 mins
agree  Elisabeth Ghysels: well, it's a good effort for the translation, but let's not forget in the meantime, that this is one of the countless medical & paramedical terminologies, which make no sense at all: "normal nutritional state" says exactly the same (only clearer). Greetin
4 hrs
agree  Steffen Walter
8 hrs
agree  Daniel Bichis
16 hrs
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11 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
normally nourished


Explanation:
or normal nutritional state as someone else mentioned

jkjones
Local time: 03:07
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 16
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2 days 15 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
of normal nutritional status


Explanation:
Means litterally normal body (soma = body). A person of normal nutritional status is also of normal weight and body size.

Dirgis (X)
United States
Local time: 22:07
Works in field
Native speaker of: German
PRO pts in category: 36
Grading comment
Thanks to everybody who answered! Too bad I can't split points.

Trudy
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