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celulite discreta

English translation: mild cellulitis

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Portuguese term or phrase:celulite discreta
English translation:mild cellulitis
Entered by: Victor Hart

21:57 Feb 1, 2004
Portuguese to English translations [PRO]
Medical - Medical (general)
Portuguese term or phrase: celulite discreta
"Alta Hospitalar com antibiótico por celulite discreta em feridas, com orientações para retorno se qualquer intercorrência (sem referência sistêmica)"
Victor Hart
Local time: 19:39
mild cellulitis
Explanation:
This is it.
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HTH.
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Valeria Verona
Chile
Local time: 19:39
Grading comment
thank you! this was very helpful.
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Summary of answers provided
5 +7mild cellulitis
Valeria Verona
5 +1minor cellulite/s
hookmv
4discrete cellulite
António Ribeiro
4Yes people can take antibiotics for cellulitis
sktrans


Discussion entries: 3





  

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9 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
discrete cellulite


Explanation:
Cellulite, ou cellulitis

Le Magazine, March 2003 - In The News: Cla In Combination With ...
Cellulite is the body's way of storing fat in women to ensure enough calories for ... lay
between deposits of soft tissue work to gather fat into discrete pockets.
www.lef.org/magazine/mag2003/mar2003_itn.html

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Note added at 2004-02-01 23:06:19 (GMT)
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\"Why does one take antibiotics for cellulite?\"

O antibiótico e as feridas, fazem sentido. Agora a celulite, não sei. No entanto, é aquilo que voc6e pede.

António Ribeiro
Local time: 09:39
Native speaker of: Native in PortuguesePortuguese
PRO pts in category: 86
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19 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +7
mild cellulitis


Explanation:
This is it.
See examples clicking the link below.
HTH.


    Reference: http://www.google.com.ar/search?hl=es&ie=ISO-8859-1&q=wound+...
Valeria Verona
Chile
Local time: 19:39
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in SpanishSpanish
PRO pts in category: 12
Grading comment
thank you! this was very helpful.

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  José Serodio
1 hr
  -> Tnx!
agree  rhandler
3 hrs
  -> Tnx
agree  Carla Selyer
8 hrs
  -> Tnx
agree  Muriel Vasconcellos: Re antibiotics, cellulitis is "an acute, spreading, edmatous, suppurative inflammation of the deep subcutaneous tissues .. which may be associated with abscess formation" (Dorland). The other use is not a medical term.
8 hrs
  -> Excellent! :-)
agree  Henrique Serra: mild is a perfect translation for discreta in this context
13 hrs
  -> Thank you, Henrique
agree  Claudio Mazotti
16 hrs
agree  Kathleen Goldsmith-Killing
19 hrs
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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +1
minor cellulite/s


Explanation:
A bit more formal.
"For minor cellulites (< 2 cm erythema), Mupiricin cream has also been demonstrated to be of comparable efficacy to oral cephalexin in the treatment of minor"
"However, for some people with minor cellulite, satisfying results can be achieved after only a few treatments with the Dermasonic™ method."







    Reference: http://www.nursingceu.com/NCEU/courses/antibiotic/
    Reference: http://www.zmedspa.com/art_endermology.asp
hookmv
Sweden
Local time: 01:39
Works in field
Native speaker of: Swedish

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agree  José Serodio
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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
Yes people can take antibiotics for cellulitis


Explanation:
THE MERCK MANUAL--SECOND HOME EDITION,
Check this link.
Cellulitis in Ch. 211 ...
... People with mild cellulitis may take antibiotics by mouth; those with rapidly spreading
cellulitis, high fever, or other evidence of serious infection often ...
www.merck.com/mrkshared/mmanual_home2/sec18/ch211/ch211b.js... - 34k - Cached - More pages from this site



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sktrans
Local time: 19:39
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in ArabicArabic, Native in FrenchFrench
PRO pts in category: 8
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