Zirkumferenz

English translation: circumduction

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German term or phrase:Zirkumferenz
English translation:circumduction
Entered by: Bettina Grieser Johns

15:20 Apr 15, 2019
German to English translations [PRO]
Medical - Medical: Health Care / MS
German term or phrase: Zirkumferenz
From the progress report of a patient with MS.

The whole sentence: Ausgeprägt spastisch-ataktisches Gangbild mit Zirkumferenz rechtes Bein und Streckspastik linkes Bein.

Completely at a loss here. The obvious translation, circumference, doesn't seem to make any sense here - at least none that I can see.

Thanks for your help, as always!
Bettina Grieser Johns
United Kingdom
Local time: 07:35
circumduction
Explanation:
Ich vermute, dass es sich um einen Fehler handelt und eigentlich Zirkumduktion des Beins beim Gehen gemeint ist.
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Anne Schulz
Germany
Local time: 08:35
Grading comment
Thanks to everybody for their input and especially to Anne, who once again rescued me from complete bafflement!
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Summary of answers provided
3 +1circumferential
Maja_K
3 +1circumduction
Anne Schulz
4commissure
Cillie Swart
3affecting the right leg
Michael Martin, MA


Discussion entries: 6





  

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24 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +1
circumferential


Explanation:
"... circumferential of the right leg ..."

https://www.researchgate.net/publication/282452435_Applying_...

" 5-year and 6-month-old girl with CMN that was nearly circumferential of the left hand and wrist ex-cept for a less than 1-cm strip on the ulnar aspect (11 × 6 cm) (Fig. 1A) ..."

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Note added at 27 mins (2019-04-15 15:47:54 GMT)
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... I added this particular example as to show how "circumferential of the left hand" would look like, so it might just also be the same in your case

Maja_K
Germany
Local time: 08:35
Native speaker of: Native in MacedonianMacedonian
PRO pts in category: 2

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  José Patrício: How to Measure Leg Circumference - https://www.amazon.com/How-to-Measure-Leg-Circumference/dp/B...
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29 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
affecting the right leg


Explanation:
..gait pattern affecting the right leg

Definition
Zirkumferenz bedeutet "Umfang" bzw. "Ausdehnung". Das zugehörige Adjektiv heißt zirkumferenziell und bedeutet "den gesamten Umfang einnehmend".
https://flexikon.doccheck.com/de/Zirkumferenz

Compare with this:
"The loss of knee extension can cause altered gait pattern affecting the ankle and hip, inability to attain the closed packed position of the knee, and difficulty running and jumping.2" https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2953321/


Michael Martin, MA
United States
Local time: 02:35
Native speaker of: Native in GermanGerman, Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 49
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17 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +1
Zirkumferenz = Zirkumduktion
circumduction


Explanation:
Ich vermute, dass es sich um einen Fehler handelt und eigentlich Zirkumduktion des Beins beim Gehen gemeint ist.

Anne Schulz
Germany
Local time: 08:35
Works in field
Native speaker of: German
PRO pts in category: 182
Grading comment
Thanks to everybody for their input and especially to Anne, who once again rescued me from complete bafflement!

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  raptisi: Quite on the mark!
3 hrs
  -> Thanks Ioannis :-))
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18 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
commissure


Explanation:
it is a medical condition because should correspond to the left one Streckspastik.


    Reference: http://www.linguee.com
Cillie Swart
South Africa
Local time: 08:35
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 16
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