Glossary entry

Spanish term or phrase:

leucoplásico

English translation:

leukoplasic

Added to glossary by rhandler
May 29, 2004 21:37
20 yrs ago
Spanish term

leucoplásico

Spanish to English Medical Medical (general)
Aparece con mayor frecuencia en mujeres post-menopáusicas, tiende a ser unifocal, leucoplásico y no se asocia con otras NIE del tracto genital inferior
Proposed translations (English)
5 +1 leukoplasic
4 leukoplakic/leucoplakic

Proposed translations

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Spanish term (edited): leucopl�sico
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leukoplasic

Vea estos ejemplos:

[Clinical and histopathological picture of leukoplasic metaplasia ...
[Clinical and histopathological picture of leukoplasic metaplasia on mucosa with melanotic pigmentation] [Article in Italian] Vallardi E. MeSH Terms: ...
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/ entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=5227617&dopt=Citation

B (Nutraceuticals)
... Beta Carotene. 60 mg daily improves leukoplasic lesions in subjects suffering from oral leukoplasia. Reduce the risk of colon cancer ...
www.wellnessinternational.com/new_page_48.htm

Oral carcinoma in a young man: a case of dyskeratosis congenita ...
... life. Our patient died from an aggressive oral squamous carcinoma,
which had developed on a leukoplasic area of the tongue. The ...
www.blackwell-synergy.com/links/doi/10.1046/ j.1468-3083.2000.00029.x/abs/


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Note added at 5 mins (2004-05-29 21:43:42 GMT)
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The noun (the name of the disease) is leukoplakia, so defined by Webster\'s:

leukoplakia (loko plake e, loke-)
n.
a disease, sometimes precancerous, characterized by thick, white patches covering the tongue, gums, etc.


(C)1995 Zane Publishing, Inc. (C)1994, 1991, 1988 Simon & Schuster, Inc.
Peer comment(s):

agree Muriel Vasconcellos
11 hrs
Thank you, Muriel
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4 mins
Spanish term (edited): leucopl�sico

leukoplakic/leucoplakic

Am and Br spellings.

HTH!

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Note added at 19 mins (2004-05-29 21:57:24 GMT)
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Merriam-Webster\'s Medical Dictionary

Click here to read Markers of proliferation in normal and leukoplakic
oral epithelia. Liu SC, Klein-Szanto AJ. Department of Pathology ...
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/ entrez/query.fcgi?holding=npg&cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=10745166&...

... Most cases of leukoplakia are a hyperkeratotic response to an irritant and are asymptomatic, but about 20% of leukoplakic lesions show evidence of dysplasia or ...
www.oralcancerfoundation.org/cdc/cdc_chapter4.htm - 38k

... Acute pseudomembranous candidiasis (thrush) is characterized by leukoplakic plaques that appear as white patches and that can be scraped away to expose an ...
www.merck.com/mrkshared/mm_geriatrics/sec13/ch104.jsp - 77k - 27 May 2004

... Several months following the excision, a smaller leukoplakic lesion was observed in the surgical site. Excision was again performed, followed by laser cautery. ...
www.medscape.com/viewarticle/416692_print - 18k - Resultado Suplementario

... Salivary Gland Dysfunction; Vesiculobullous and Ulcerative Lesions; Leukoplakic Lesions; Neoplasms; Pigmented Lesions; Conditions Affecting the Tongue. ...
www.aaom.com/index.php?id=18&monoID=1 - 10k
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