This site uses cookies. Some of these cookies are essential to the operation of the site, while others help to improve your experience by providing insights into how the site is being used. For more information, please see the ProZ.com privacy policy.
Cookie settings
  1. KudoZ™ Top
  2. English to Italian
  3. Medical (general)

hemoptysis

Italian translation: emottisi

For term searches and specialty glossaries, please try the new GBK glossaries
00:56 Apr 28, 2020
English to Italian translations [PRO]
COVID-19 - Medical - Medical (general)
Additional field(s): Medical (general), Science (general), Journalism
English term or phrase: hemoptysis
Definition from American Academic of Family Physicians:
Hemoptysis is defined as the spitting of blood derived from the lungs or bronchial tubes as a result of pulmonary or bronchial hemorrhage.

Example sentence(s):
  • Hemoptysis is the medical term for coughing up blood or having blood-stained mucus. Another rare symptom was conjunctival congestion. Express
  • Spreading mainly through the droplet route, the virus causes mild symptoms in the majority of cases, the most common being: fever (80%), dry cough (56%), fatigue (22%) and muscle pain (7%); less common symptoms include a sore throat, a runny nose, diarrhea, hemoptysis and chills. Physicians Weekly
  • In case of onset of danger signs like shortness of breath, hemoptysis, altered mental status, patient should immediately inform the nearest health centre or call 011-23978046, said the document. Outlook India
Glossary-building KudoZ




Question posted on behalf of translation team:
GBK medical and pharma specialistsGBK medical and pharma specialists


This question is closed

Italian translation:emottisi
Definition:
Emorragia bronco-polmonare, detta anche emoftoe. Avviene per rottura di vasi sanguigni dei bronchi o degli alveoli polmonari in seguito a processi morbosi di varia natura dell’apparato respiratorio o circolatorio.
Selected response from:

Maria Falvo
Italy
Grading comment
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of translations provided
5 +8emottisi
Maria Falvo


  

Translations offered


2 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +8
emottisi


Definition from Treccani:
Emorragia bronco-polmonare, detta anche emoftoe. Avviene per rottura di vasi sanguigni dei bronchi o degli alveoli polmonari in seguito a processi morbosi di varia natura dell’apparato respiratorio o circolatorio.

Example sentence(s):
  • L'emottisi è l'emissione con la tosse di sangue dal tratto respiratorio. L'emottisi massiva è l'emissione di ≥ 600 mL di sangue (circa una bacinella reniforme piena) nelle 24 h. - MSD manuals  
  • Che cos’è l’emottisi? L’emottisi è un fiotto di sangue, a volte misto a muco, che proviene dalle vie respiratorie e che è generato da un colpo di tosse. Quali sono le cause di emottisi? L’emottisi può essere causato da varie patologie, tra le quali ci sono: ascesso polmonare, broncopneumopatia cronica ostruttiva, embolia, embolia polmonare, enfisema, fibrosi cistica, infarto polmonare, polmonite, stenosi della valvola mitrale, tubercolosi, tumore al polmone. Quali sono i rimedi contro l’emottisi? Per curare l’emottisi è necessario individuarne le cause e intervenire su queste. - Ospedale Humanitas Gavazzeni  
Maria Falvo
Italy
Native speaker of: Italian
PRO pts in category: 8

Votes in favor of/against selecting this as the best translation of the term asked
Yes  Cristina Bufi Poecksteiner, M.A.: "emottisi corrisponde all’emissione, con la tosse, di sangue dalla bocca proveniente dalle vie aeree (trachea, bronchi e polmoni)" https://www.pneumologo-ballor.it/malattie/sintomi-diagnostic...
1 hr
  -> grazie :-)
Yes  Luigi Argentino
2 hrs
  -> grazie :-)
Yes  Nicoletta Aresca
2 hrs
  -> grazie :-)
Yes  daria fedele
3 hrs
  -> grazie :-)
Yes  Dunia Cusin
5 hrs
  -> grazie :-)
Yes  Sebina Zisa-Davies
5 hrs
  -> grazie :-)
Yes  Inter-Tra: Variante UK: hemoptysis. Attenzione alla pronuncia ITA, LAT e GR fanno sempre a cazzotti. Pronuncia “emottìsi”< gr. αἷμα, àima, "sangue” e πτύσις, ptýsis, “sputo” https://medicinaonline.co/2018/04/24/emottisi-cause-cosa-far...
7 hrs
  -> grazie :-)
Yes  EleoE
11 hrs
  -> grazie :-)
Login to enter a peer comment (or grade)



Login or register (free and only takes a few minutes) to participate in this question.

You will also have access to many other tools and opportunities designed for those who have language-related jobs (or are passionate about them). Participation is free and the site has a strict confidentiality policy.

Return to KudoZ list

KudoZ™ translation help

The KudoZ network provides a framework for translators and others to assist each other with translations or explanations of terms and short phrases.

See also:
ProZ.com term search
Search millions of term translations
Close search
Term search
  • All of ProZ.com
  • Term search
  • Jobs
  • Forums
  • Multiple search