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Glossary entry

Portuguese term or phrase:

empurramento

English translation:

pressure, backpressure, pushing

Added to glossary by Neil Crockford
Jan 9, 2017 21:46
7 yrs ago
Portuguese term

empurramento

Portuguese to English Medical Medical (general)
In a medical report following an MRI scan.

"...observando-se empurramento posteriotr das raizes do canal lombar em relação com ancoragem."

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pressure, backpressure, pushing

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pushing

adjective
1.
that pushes.
2.
enterprising; energetic.
3.
tactlessly or officiously aggressive; forward; intrusive.

verb (used with object)
1.
to press upon or against (a thing) with force in order to move it away.
2.
to move (something) in a specified way by exerting force; shove; drive:
to push something aside; to push the door open.
3.
to effect or accomplish by thrusting obstacles aside:
to push one's way through the crowd.
4.
to cause to extend or project; thrust.
5.
to press or urge to some action or course:
His mother pushed him to get a job.
6.
to press (an action, proposal, etc.) with energy and insistence:
to push a bill through Congress.
7.
to carry (an action or thing) toward a conclusion or extreme:
She pushed the project to completion.
Example sentence:

complications from hydrocephalus, a condition in which excessive fluid fills the cranial cavity, pushing on the brain, which Marc had lived with since he was 25.

the Greek word for wisdom, stands in the vanguard of a global movement now pushing to revise drug policies set in the 1970s.

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