de peça intermediária e de cauda

English translation: abnormalities in the intermediate segment and tail of the sperm

05:13 Feb 17, 2011
Portuguese to English translations [PRO]
Science (general)
Portuguese term or phrase: de peça intermediária e de cauda
A alta incidência de anormalidades espermáticas de peça intermediária e de cauda foi apontada como responsável pela baixa motilidade espermática.
Andre Damasceno
Brazil
Local time: 20:00
English translation:abnormalities in the intermediate segment and tail of the sperm
Explanation:
I think it needs a little restructuring. Plus, it should be 'segment'.

See: http://www.proz.com/kudoz/portuguese_to_english/other/402884...

Examples of ["intermediate segment" + sperm]:

The head and intermediate segment of the spermatozoid. Sexual immorality,abortion clinic,syphilis symptoms ... V., the prominence and spermatozoon have met. ...
www.pixelconsumpton.com/the-sexual-instinct/the-head.html

The percentage of spermatozoa with normal morphology was only slightly improved, due to the absence of improvement of flagellar and intermediate segment ...
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/10555224

In all of them, fluorescence was observed in the intermediate segment of the spermatozoa. Sperm viability. An aliquot of the sperm suspension from different ...
www.scielo.org.ar/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid
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Muriel Vasconcellos
United States
Local time: 16:00
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Summary of answers provided
5 +3abnormalities in the intermediate segment and tail of the sperm
Muriel Vasconcellos
4of the intermediate piece, and of the tail
TechLawDC
3of the middle and end piece
Mark Robertson


  

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of the intermediate piece, and of the tail


Explanation:
(of the spermatozoon)

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Note added at 28 mins (2011-02-17 05:42:52 GMT)
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Alternatively, peça intermediária = mid-piece (see Wikipedia)

TechLawDC
United States
Local time: 19:00
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
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anormalidades espermáticas de peça intermediária e de cauda
abnormalities in the intermediate segment and tail of the sperm


Explanation:
I think it needs a little restructuring. Plus, it should be 'segment'.

See: http://www.proz.com/kudoz/portuguese_to_english/other/402884...

Examples of ["intermediate segment" + sperm]:

The head and intermediate segment of the spermatozoid. Sexual immorality,abortion clinic,syphilis symptoms ... V., the prominence and spermatozoon have met. ...
www.pixelconsumpton.com/the-sexual-instinct/the-head.html

The percentage of spermatozoa with normal morphology was only slightly improved, due to the absence of improvement of flagellar and intermediate segment ...
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/10555224

In all of them, fluorescence was observed in the intermediate segment of the spermatozoa. Sperm viability. An aliquot of the sperm suspension from different ...
www.scielo.org.ar/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid

Muriel Vasconcellos
United States
Local time: 16:00
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Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 32

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Claudio Mazotti
2 hrs
  -> Thanks, Claudio!

agree  connie leite
3 hrs
  -> Thanks, Connie!

agree  Marlene Curtis
5 hrs
  -> Thanks, Marlene!
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of the middle and end piece


Explanation:
http://bioeducate.ascb.org/images/FawcettTheCellPDFs/Fawcett...

Mark Robertson
Local time: 00:00
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
neutral  Muriel Vasconcellos: Your reference is almost 100 years old.
1 hr
  -> Pecavi. So am I.
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