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pith

Italian translation: enervare

19:05 Jan 8, 2019
English to Italian translations [PRO]
Medical - Medical: Cardiology / esperimenti sulle rane
English term or phrase: pith
When I was fifteen, I had to do a research project for my high
school biology class. I decided to measure
the electrical signal
from the heart of a live frog. To do the experiment, I was going
to have to PITH the animal—sever
its spinal cord while it was still
alive, thus paralyzing it—before
cutting it open. I borrowed an
oscilloscope to measure
current, a voltage amplifier, and some
red and black electrodes. My science teacher, Mr. Crandall, said
it was an impressive project for a high school junior
budu
Local time: 18:01
Italian translation:enervare
Explanation:
«enervazione» lacerazione del tessuto nervoso centrale e del midollo spinale per mezzo di uno stilo inserito nella cavità cranica.

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Note added at 42 mins (2019-01-08 19:48:05 GMT)
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Il verbo inglese è pithing tradotto enervare

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Note added at 4 hrs (2019-01-08 23:16:34 GMT)
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https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/enervazione
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Bijan Khezri
United States
Local time: 12:01
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Summary of answers provided
5 +1enervare
Bijan Khezri
Summary of reference entries provided
Ucidere tagliando il midolo spinale
José Patrício

  

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enervare


Explanation:
«enervazione» lacerazione del tessuto nervoso centrale e del midollo spinale per mezzo di uno stilo inserito nella cavità cranica.

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Note added at 42 mins (2019-01-08 19:48:05 GMT)
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Il verbo inglese è pithing tradotto enervare

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Note added at 4 hrs (2019-01-08 23:16:34 GMT)
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https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/enervazione


Bijan Khezri
United States
Local time: 12:01
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in ItalianItalian
PRO pts in category: 4

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4 hrs
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Reference comments


1 hr
Reference: Ucidere tagliando il midolo spinale

Reference information:
Pith:
to kill (an animal) by piercing or severing the spinal cord - https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/pith
He leaves my OR a quadriplegic. I might as well cut the cord. - https://context.reverso.net/translation/italian-english/tagl...
Dopo avere ucciso un gatto e tagliato il midollo spinale, - https://books.google.pt/books?id=r85fi1QEtgEC&pg=PA643&lpg=P...

José Patrício
Portugal
Native speaker of: Native in PortuguesePortuguese
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