Glossary entry (derived from question below)
English term or phrase:
primum & secundum
English answer:
primary & secondary
Added to glossary by
Rajan Chopra
May 6, 2004 09:00
20 yrs ago
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primum & secundum
English
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Medical: Cardiology
There are three types:the commonest is in the middle of the atrial septum (the SECUNDUM defect)
Primum has been used as heading:
PRIMUM atrial septal defect
I have tried to know its meaning but have been unsuccessful despite consulting a number of dictionaries. Surprisingly, these words don't even figure in most of the dictionaries.
Could you enlighten me about its meaning and concept in brief.
Thanks in anticipation.
Primum has been used as heading:
PRIMUM atrial septal defect
I have tried to know its meaning but have been unsuccessful despite consulting a number of dictionaries. Surprisingly, these words don't even figure in most of the dictionaries.
Could you enlighten me about its meaning and concept in brief.
Thanks in anticipation.
Responses
| 4 +1 | primary & secondary |
Rowan Morrell
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| 4 +2 | primum & secundum |
Gilberto Lacchia
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Responses
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20 mins
Rowan Morrell
New Zealand
New Zealand
Native in English
&
English
Works in field
New Zealand
Committed to the Customer
Native in: English (Variant: New Zealand)
Works in: French to English, German to English, Spanish to English
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primary & secondary
I think the terms just mean primary and secondary. Doctors and other medical people have a predilection for scattering Latin words and phrases through their writings. There are quite a number of Google hits to support my theory.
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Comment: "Thanks to both of you!"
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42 mins
Gilberto Lacchia
Italy
Italy
Specializes in field
Italy
Medical translations by a medical doc
Native in: Italian
Works in: English to Italian, German to Italian
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4
primum & secundum
The "ostium primum" and "ostium secundum" are two "holes" of the embryo heart. If they do not close as normal an atrial septal defect may persist. The name of the defect is the same of the unclosed ostium.
Peer comment(s):
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Vicky Papaprodromou
2 mins
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Elena Sgarbo (X)
: Yes :-)
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Grazie Elena!
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