Glossary entry

Norwegian term or phrase:

sette av

English translation:

disconnect

Added to glossary by bevwahl
Nov 11, 2008 10:26
15 yrs ago
Norwegian term

sette av

Norwegian to English Medical Medical: Cardiology Surgery
Surgeon's (dictated) description of re-operation of an unsuccessful bypass operation.

In context: 'Setter venen av fra aorta og syr den nye venen inn.'

I understand the first occurrence 'venen' to be the previous, unsuccessful graft.
Proposed translations (English)
3 disconnect
4 +1 removing//removes
Change log

Nov 17, 2008 17:33: Egil Presttun changed "Language pair" from "Norwegian (Bokmal) to English" to "Norwegian to English"

Proposed translations

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disconnect

Basically unhooking the vein from the aorta and replacing it by a new vein that is sewn in place.
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer. Comment: "Thanks - I preferred this answer as being a little more precise."
+1
6 days

removing//removes

The vein is removed from the aorta
Peer comment(s):

agree Anna Herbst
10 hrs
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