English term
Türkiye
Sworn Legal & Financial Translator
Native in: Turkish (Variant: Standard-İstanbul ) 
Works in: English to Turkish
Give way
"Knee pain (first presentation) intermittent pain for 6 months.
Sometimes gives way and swells up."
"Right knee pain.
2 month history of giving way and an inability to straighten."
What does "give way" mean exactly? Does it mean that the pain spreads to a particular area, is intensified in size, or pain turns into something else like wound (if such a thing is possible)? This is a medicolegal document, I'd like to be precise as much as I possibly can.
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United Kingdom
Medical translator, 9 years' experience
Native in: English (Variants: Scottish, UK, Wales / Welsh, British)
Works in: French to English, Italian to English, English
unable to support load/collapse
"his aching legs gave way, and he almost fell"
if something gives way, it breaks or falls down because there is too much weight or pressure on it
"The bridge threatened to give way as the flood waters rose."
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Note added at 10 mins (2022-01-07 10:31:57 GMT)
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"Knee buckling, often described as a knee "giving way," is a symptom of knee instability that frequently affects older individuals, in particular those with knee pain and knee osteoarthritis (OA), and may be caused by muscle weakness and balance difficulties." https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2016/02/160208083126.h...
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France
Medical and pharmaceutical translator
Native in: Romanian
Works in: English to Romanian, French to Romanian, Romanian to English, and 6 more.
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