Glossary entry

Italian term or phrase:

Segmento accelerante

English translation:

segmentum accelerans (SA)

Added to glossary by Michele Fauble
Feb 7 16:59
3 mos ago
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Italian term

Segmento accelerante

Italian to English Science Zoology
Trattasi di una parte dell'apparato respiratorio degli avicoli.
Tra il bronco primario ed il rispettivo polmone vi è un restringimento, il segmento accelerante, che durante l’atto respiratorio svolge la funzione di determinare l’aumento o la riduzione della velocità dell’aria.
Proposed translations (English)
4 +2 segmentum accelerans (SA)
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Feb 21, 2024 18:03: Michele Fauble Created KOG entry

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segmentum accelerans (SA)

The Latin term is used in English.

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Note added at 1 hr (2024-02-07 18:38:43 GMT)
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“This constriction is called the segmentum accelerans, …”
https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-031-14852-1_...


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Note added at 1 hr (2024-02-07 18:42:15 GMT)
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… the narrowing of the airway at the segmentum accelerans, …
https://journals.plos.org/ploscompbiol/article?id=10.1371/jo...


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Note added at 1 hr (2024-02-07 18:48:49 GMT)
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Diagram showing convective acceleration of inspired air by a segmentum accelerans (SA), in a process termed inspiratory aerodynamic valving ...
https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fanim.2022.8515...
Peer comment(s):

agree philgoddard : As Liz points out, this appears to have been translated from Latin to Italian by mistake - the Italian doesn't get any hits.
42 mins
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agree liz askew : Oh!, nice one!
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Reference comments

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have you actually found references to this term in Italian?

I haven't.
Peer comments on this reference comment:

agree philgoddard
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