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leżący

English translation: confined to bed

22:35 Sep 11, 2012
Polish to English translations [PRO]
Medical - Medical (general) / studium przypadku
Polish term or phrase: leżący
Pacjent jest w ciężkim stanie ogólnym, leżący.


PILNE
Karolina Cywka
Poland
Local time: 02:58
English translation:confined to bed
Explanation:

http://tinyurl.com/cln9bzr

http://tinyurl.com/bwfodga


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Note added at 13 days (2012-09-25 06:02:07 GMT) Post-grading
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An alternative is bed-bound:

http://tinyurl.com/d3mqqbw

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Peter Nicholson (X)
Poland
Local time: 02:58
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4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
4 +3confined to bed
Peter Nicholson (X)
4 -1recumbent
petkovw
2 -1bedridden
geopiet


  

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11 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 2/5Answerer confidence 2/5 peer agreement (net): -1
bedridden


Explanation:
Caring for an elderly, bedridden patient requires a special set of skills.

Read more: How to Care for Elderly Bedridden Patients | eHow.com http://www.ehow.com/how_7762149_care-elderly-bedridden-patie...

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Note added at 18 mins (2012-09-11 22:53:14 GMT)
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Dane ogólne: pacjent chodzący / leżący w stanie ogólnym - http://www.radomed.pl/dokumenty/skierowanie.pdf

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geopiet
Native speaker of: Native in PolishPolish
PRO pts in category: 679

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
disagree  Polangmar: Sens dobry, ale rejestr/styl nie ten: "bedridden" znaczy "przykuty do łóżka", "obłożnie chory".
1 hr
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8 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): -1
recumbent


Explanation:
… the psychiatrist's popular image remains that of a little bearded figure with a Central European accent, scribbling away in a notebook behind his recumbent patient. —Roland Littlewood, Times Literary Supplement, September 1984


    Reference: http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/recumbent
petkovw
Bulgaria
Local time: 03:58
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in BulgarianBulgarian
PRO pts in category: 30

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
disagree  Polangmar: W powyższym przykładzie chodzi o to, że pacjent w danym momencie był w pozycji leżącej ( http://tinyurl.com/9zlnous ) , a nie że nie mógł chodzić. "Recumbent patient" występuje w kontekstach weterynaryjnych lub nieanglosaskich: http://tinyurl.com/9pg84m5
17 hrs
  -> Nie jestem pewien, że w podanym wyżej tekście chodzi o to, że pacjent w danym momencie był w pozycji leżącej!
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8 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +3
confined to bed


Explanation:

http://tinyurl.com/cln9bzr

http://tinyurl.com/bwfodga


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Note added at 13 days (2012-09-25 06:02:07 GMT) Post-grading
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An alternative is bed-bound:

http://tinyurl.com/d3mqqbw



Peter Nicholson (X)
Poland
Local time: 02:58
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 475
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Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Allda
3 hrs
  -> Thank you.
agree  LilianNekipelov: Yes, I agree.
4 hrs
  -> Thank you.
agree  geopiet
16 hrs
  -> Thank you.
neutral  Polangmar: To też coś jak "przykuty do łóżka" - ale jak na razie chyba najlepsze.
17 hrs
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