Glossary entry

Hungarian term or phrase:

LS átm

English translation:

lumbosacral junction

Added to glossary by Jilt
Feb 6, 2014 13:39
10 yrs ago
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Hungarian term

LS átm

Hungarian to English Medical Medical (general)
Dear forum,

What does this mean? Does LS refer to the lumbosacral spine? What does atm mean then? Diameter of the lumbosacral spine?

Context:
Nyaki lordosis megtartott mozg. végponton kötöttek. Lumb. lordosis elsimult, a mozg. mk.
irányban pár fokkal szűkültek be.
[..]
LS átm jo SI ízület kissé nyom érz.

Jilt
Proposed translations (English)
5 lumbosacral junction

Discussion

Andras Mohay (X) Feb 6, 2014:
Andras Mohay (X) Feb 6, 2014:
átm. = átmenet Röntgen leleten: A lumbosacralis átmenet kisimult, a gerincen kismértékű scoliosis van. Ez mit jelent? Bizsereghet ettől a lábam? Mostanában ...

Proposed translations

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lumbosacral junction

LS átm = lumbosacralis átmenet
This is where lumbar spine and sacrum attach. It can be quite painful if diseased.
Sorry, we radiologists sometimes tend to use to many abbreviations. :)
You know, too many patients... :)
Example sentence:

Due to a wide range of normal disk space heights at lumbosacral (LS) junction, we conducted this study to evaluate...

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