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natürliche Körperöffnungen

English translation: body's natural orifices

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German term or phrase:natürliche Körperöffnungen
English translation:body's natural orifices
Entered by: Rowan Morrell

11:14 May 4, 2004
German to English translations [PRO]
Medical - Medical (general) / minimal-invasive Chirurgie
German term or phrase: natürliche Körperöffnungen
Um krankhafte Veränderungen im Bauchraum und anderen Körperregionen aufzuspüren und zu behandeln, ist heute in vielen Fällen keine große Operation mehr erforderlich. Stattdessen setzen neben Internisten auch Chirurgen mittlerweile immer häufiger auf die Endoskopie. Durch natürliche Körperöffnungen oder durch einen winzigen Einschnitt werden bei diesem schonenden Diagnose- und Therapieverfahren schlauchartige oder starre optische Instrumente eingeführt, mit denen die Organe von innen her detailliert betrachtet und häufig gleichzeitig auch chirurgisch behandelt werden können.
Yuu Andou
Local time: 00:02
natural orifices (of the body)
Explanation:
What they mean here is that instead of making an incision with a knife, an instrument is inserted into one of the body's natural orifices (e.g. the mouth or the anus) in order to perform the surgery. Collins translates "Körperöffnung" as "orifice of the body".

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Note added at 3 mins (2004-05-04 11:18:12 GMT)
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You could in fact say \"body\'s natural orifices\".
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Rowan Morrell
New Zealand
Local time: 03:02
Grading comment
Danke schoen!
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
4 +6natural orifices (of the body)
Rowan Morrell
5 +2natural body openings
Narasimhan Raghavan
4 +1body orifices
Melanie Nassar
4orifices
Birgit Wahl-Peters


  

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2 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +6
natürliche Körperöffnungen
natural orifices (of the body)


Explanation:
What they mean here is that instead of making an incision with a knife, an instrument is inserted into one of the body's natural orifices (e.g. the mouth or the anus) in order to perform the surgery. Collins translates "Körperöffnung" as "orifice of the body".

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Note added at 3 mins (2004-05-04 11:18:12 GMT)
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You could in fact say \"body\'s natural orifices\".

Rowan Morrell
New Zealand
Local time: 03:02
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 58
Grading comment
Danke schoen!

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agree  Siegfried Armbruster
5 mins
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agree  Robert Schlarb
16 mins
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57 mins
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3 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
natürliche Körperöffnungen
body orifices


Explanation:
natural openings

Melanie Nassar
United States
Local time: 18:02
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 637

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agree  Siegfried Armbruster
4 mins
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4 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +2
natürliche Körperöffnungen
natural body openings


Explanation:
See: Forensic Entomology | ENTOMOLOGY AT DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE ...
... Blowflies usually select natural body openings for oviposition (eyes, nostrils, ears,
mouth, and less so at anus and genitals) but will preferentially lay eggs ...
agspsrv34.agric.wa.gov.au/ento/forensic.htm - 23k - Cached - Similar pages



Narasimhan Raghavan
Local time: 20:32
Native speaker of: Tamil
PRO pts in category: 27

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agree  Mario Marcolin
4 hrs
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agree  Fantutti (X)
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46 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
natürliche Körperöffnungen
orifices


Explanation:
see Langenscheidt Wörterbuch Medizin D-E/E-D (Nöring): "Körperöffnung: natürliche Körperöffnung f = orifice"


Birgit Wahl-Peters
Germany
Local time: 17:02
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in GermanGerman
PRO pts in category: 16
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