more than (в контексте)

Russian translation: больше чем

21:38 Nov 21, 2009
English to Russian translations [PRO]
Medical - Journalism
English term or phrase: more than (в контексте)
Эпиграф к н/п медицинской статье. Помогите, плз, разобраться:
"...we may account for his pissing more than he drank."

Весь контекст - "James Crook of Long Acre, had dropsy, jaundice, palsy, rheumatism, and an inveterate pain in his back. In three immersions, the swelling of his legs sunk, so did the pain of his back, as did the jaundice, blowing from his nose a great quantity of bilious yellow matter. From the rigidity and the pressure of the fluid we may account for his pissing more than he drank." _ A. Sutherland, 1764
Svetlana Touloub
Local time: 18:01
Russian translation:больше чем
Explanation:
he urinated a larger volume than he ingested
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Local time: 18:01
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4 +6больше чем
Maria Fokin
3скорее чем/нежели
nadinka


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больше чем


Explanation:
he urinated a larger volume than he ingested

Maria Fokin
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20 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
скорее чем/нежели


Explanation:
The translation should reflect the year of writing. My variant sounds more old-fashioned.


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