Glossary entry

Spanish term or phrase:

acianógeno

English translation:

non-cyanotic, acyanotic

Added to glossary by Joseph Tein
Nov 13, 2019 02:00
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Spanish term

acianógeno

Spanish to English Medical Medical (general) heart disease
This is in a patient's medical history. I'm proofreading the translation and the translator used "acyanogenic" -- which makes perfect sense, but when I check online, the first few hits I get are from translated documents (Spain, Ecuador, Brazil) which makes me a little suspicious.

Text: "Se hace diagnóstico de cardiopatía congénita acianógena de flujo pulmonar aumentado."

Acyanogenic = a + cyan + genic -- this translates to "not causing cyanosis" as far as I can tell from analyzing the word components. Is "acyanogenic" a valid term, or is there something more standard in English medical writing?


Thanks again.
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Discussion

Chema Nieto Castañón Nov 13, 2019:
Específicamente en contexto médico y referido a cardiopatías, el término habitual parece ser acyanotic (que sería equivalente en este caso a acianógeno). Por ejemplo,

Acyanotic heart defects are congenital cardiac malformations that affect the atrial or ventricular walls, heart valves, or large blood vessels
https://www.amboss.com/us/knowledge/Acyanotic_congenital_hea...

En tu caso concreto;

acyanotic cardiac defects with increased pulmonary blood flow
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/m/pubmed/9155358/

El sentido de cianógeno aquí ("que produce cianosis", coloración azulada de piel y mucosas) es equivalente a cianótica (cardiopatía cianótica, que produce cianosis) -versus acianógenas / no cianóticas, que no producen cianosis.

¡Saludos, Joseph!
Y lamento estos comentarios deslabazados; acatarrado, saliendo de guardia y cuidando de mis peques... por si sirve de disculpa ;)
Joseph Tein (asker) Nov 13, 2019:
Hi Chema, thank you for your response (I was hoping to hear from you). These references are still about plants, so even though the terms non-cyanogenic and acyanogenic appear to be used by native English-speaking authors, I'm waiting for something that shows the term(s) used in English-language medical texts.

Pero muchísimas gracias como siempre por tu aporte.
Chema Nieto Castañón Nov 13, 2019:
Pej.
Several non-cyanogenic fungi that are pathogens of cyanogenic plants are known to degrade cyanide...
Knowles C.J. Biological Laboratory, University of Kent, Canterbury, UK.
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/m/pubmed/3073060/

on cyanogenic and acyanogenic seedlings of the white clover...
J. C. HorriII and A. J. Richards
Department of Plant Biology, University of Newcastle Upon Tyne NEI 7RU U.K.
https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&url=https:/...

Proposed translations

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non-cyanotic, acyanotic

More commonly used than cyanogenic, IMO.
Note from asker:
Hi Anne, it's nice to "see" you. Thanks as always.
Peer comment(s):

agree Michele Fauble
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agree Chema Nieto Castañón : Efectivamente; referido a cardiopatías congénitas, sí, acyanotic parece la denominación (equivalente aunque no literal) de acianógeno. ¡Saludos!
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agree EleoE : Acyanotic.
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agree raptisi : Yes!
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agree liz askew
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non-cyanogenic

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Note from asker:
Thank you, Pavel. However, I still only find your term in journal articles that were published in other languages or other countries and I'm not convinced that non-cyanogenic is a term that is commonly used in English writing (writing by English-speaking authors).
thank you also, for your suggestion
Peer comment(s):

agree Ingrid Schulz : Joseph, in a search in Google Academic with non-cyanogenic I found 719 articles from different authors and published in diverse media
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agree Chema Nieto Castañón
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Reference comments

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Reference:

acyanogenic /non-cyanogenic

In a quick search for "acyanogencic", I found it appearing in scientific articles in bio fields like botany published by authors with names like Jones and Burgess... And ditto for "non-cyanogenic".
If the terms are acceptable in these field, I'd tend to assume they will be valid for medicine too.

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Note from asker:
Hi Neil, thanks. I saw some botanical references also, but I'm waiting to see convincing evidence that the term is actually used in medicine by native English-speaking authors. Gracias por tu ayuda.
Peer comments on this reference comment:

agree Chema Nieto Castañón
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Reference:

non-cyanotic (heart disease)

Just a few seeming originally English references...


CHD is often divided into two types: cyanotic (blue skin color caused by a lack of oxygen) and non-cyanotic
https://medlineplus.gov/ency/article/001114.htm

children admitted to The Lucile Packard Children's Hospital for treatment of cyanotic or non-cyanotic heart disease requiring surgical intervention
https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT04158024

Non-cyanotic and cyanotic congenital heart disease
https://patient.info/heart-health/heart-disease/congenital-h...

leading cause of death, either in non-cyanotic patients as a whole, or in a specific subgroup of patients. This is in contrast to a population-based US study, reporting AMI as the leading cause of death in elderly non-cyanotic ACHD patients
https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&url=https:/...

Congenital heart defect,
Cyanotic: (...)
Non-cyanotic: (...)
https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&url=https:/...

It is argued that oxygen delivery in cyanotic heart disease is reduced and to compensate for this such children require a higher Hb than children with non-cyanotic heart disease
https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&url=https:/...
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