Glossary entry (derived from question below)
May 13, 2005 02:25
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French term
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bosse
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Medical
Medical: Instruments
Les vertebres sacrees, elles, ont perdu leurs epineuses au fil de l'evolution, et ne conservent a la place qu'une bosse residuelle.
Residual bump?
Residual bump?
Proposed translations
(English)
| 5 +1 | bmp |
Alicia Casal
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| 4 +1 | protuberance |
Dr Sue Levy (X)
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| 4 | swelling |
Daran (X)
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Proposed translations
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40 mins
Selected
bmp
Also:
Principal Translations:
bosse (enflure (tête, cheville)) nf bump (swelling)
bosse (ralentisseur, dos-d'âne) nf hump (bump)
Additional Translations:
bosse (entaille) nf nick (dent)
bosse (front/route) nf bump (collision)
bosse (voiture) nf dent (impression)
Compound Forms
baleine à bosse (Zoologie) nf humpback whale (Zoology)
la bosse the hump
ronde-bosse (sculpture en relief) nf sculpture in the round
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Note added at 41 mins (2005-05-13 03:06:54 GMT)
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sorry: bump
Principal Translations:
bosse (enflure (tête, cheville)) nf bump (swelling)
bosse (ralentisseur, dos-d'âne) nf hump (bump)
Additional Translations:
bosse (entaille) nf nick (dent)
bosse (front/route) nf bump (collision)
bosse (voiture) nf dent (impression)
Compound Forms
baleine à bosse (Zoologie) nf humpback whale (Zoology)
la bosse the hump
ronde-bosse (sculpture en relief) nf sculpture in the round
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Note added at 41 mins (2005-05-13 03:06:54 GMT)
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sorry: bump
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Comment: "I'll go with that then (which I already did)"
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4 hrs
protuberance
Bump is just fine - protuberance is a more scientific/medical term.
5 hrs
swelling
I think swelling is more medical.
Discussion
Dorland refers to it as a nodule, or small eminence, such as a rough rounded eminence on a bone; called also tuberculum.