🇵🇹Portuguese Source WordCode: PT

seção nervosa

Pronunciation / Transliteration: seˈsɐ̃w neɾˈvɔzɐ

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Nerve-transection/nɜːv trænˈsɛk.ʃən/
nounCEFR C2 (Proficient)Top #45800 frequency
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🇵🇹 Example Sentence in Portuguese:

"O paciente sofreu uma seção nervosa grave no braço direito."

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    The complete cutting or severing of a nerve, either accidentally through trauma or intentionally as a surgical procedure.

    "The traumatic nerve-transection resulted in a complete loss of motor function and sensation in the distal limb."
  2. 2

    A precise experimental or surgical cut across a nerve fiber to study degeneration and regeneration processes.

    "Animal models involving targeted nerve-transection help neuroscientists understand axonal healing mechanisms."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

The term combines 'nerve', derived from Latin 'nervus' (meaning tendon, bowstring, or nerve) via Old French, and 'transection', formed from the Latin prefix 'trans-' (across) and 'secare' (to cut). Established in modern medical and anatomical nomenclature during the late 19th and early 20th centuries to describe surgical or traumatic division of neural tissue.

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🇫🇷French → English

section nerveuse

Transliteration: sɛk.sjɔ̃ nɛʁ.vøz

"La section nerveuse nécessite une microchirurgie complexe pour être réparée."

🇩🇪German → English

Nervendurchtrennung

Transliteration: ˈnɛʁvn̩ˌdʊʁçtʁɛnʊŋ

"Eine Nervendurchtrennung führt zum sofortigen Verlust der Reizweiterleitung."

🇮🇹Italian → English

sezione dei nervi

Transliteration: sɛtˈtsjoːne dei ˈnɛr.vi

"La sezione dei nervi periferici causa deficit sensoriali permanenti se non trattata."

🇪🇸Spanish → English

sección nerviosa

Transliteration: sekˈsjon neɾˈβjosa

"La sección nerviosa traumática requiere una intervención quirúrgica inmediata."

🇵🇹Portuguese → English

seção nervosa

Transliteration: seˈsɐ̃w neɾˈvɔzɐ

"O paciente sofreu uma seção nervosa grave no braço direito."

🇮🇳Hindi → English

तंत्रिका छेदन

Transliteration: tantrikā chhedan

"दुर्घटना के कारण उसे गंभीर तंत्रिका छेदन का सामना करना पड़ा।"

🇨🇳Chinese → English

神经横断

Transliteration: shén jīng héng duàn

"臂丛神经横断需要进行显微血管神经吻合术。"

🇰🇷Korean → English

신경절단

Transliteration: singyeong-jeoldan

"외상으로 인한 신경절단은 즉각적인 수술이 필요합니다."

🇯🇵Japanese → English

神経断裂

Transliteration: shinkei danretsu

"事故により重度な神経断裂を引き起こしました。"

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