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Glossary entry

Dutch term or phrase:

(long) aanliggen

English translation:

adjoining / touching

Added to glossary by ebell
Oct 19, 2006 11:12
17 yrs ago
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Dutch term

(long) aanliggen

Dutch to English Medical Medical (general)
In a report about a Chest X-ray:

"Geringe toename van pleuravocht met name basaal. De long lijkt aan te liggen. Normaal thoraxbeeld links."

The X-ray has been taken in "zittende voorachterwaartse bedopname" (sitting anterior posterior in bed, I think).

I am not sure what "aanliggen" could mean here.

Any help much appreciated.
Proposed translations (English)
2 adjoining / touching
4 lung is inflated

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adjoining / touching

It seems to say that the lung appears to be adjoining / touching - but it doesn't say what - presumably the pleural effusion, which seems a bit back to front! (i.e. the pleural fluid would normally "adjoin" the lungs, rather than vice versa).

But I'm not convinced there isn't a typo here.

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lung is inflated

A lung "ligt goed aan" when it is well inflated as opposed to when there is a pneumothorax which is the medical term for a collapsed lung
Reference:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pneumothorax

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