Glossary entry

Spanish term or phrase:

de consistencia media

English translation:

of medium consistency

Added to glossary by Joseph Tein
Apr 18, 2019 00:09
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Spanish term

de consistencia media

Spanish to English Medical Medical (general) biopsy report
This is from a histopathology report for a patient with an esophageal ulcer:

"... son múltiples fragmentos, de color rojo pálido, *de consistencia media,* sólidos y homogéneos."

I would think this means of "average" or "medium" consistency, but I find very few online examples of these two versions.

Is there a better, more common translation of this description?

Thanks for your help :)

Proposed translations

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firm fragments [medium consistency]

I feel average might convey the idea of "normal", "common" consistency, which (if this were the case) might be misleading here. I'd stick to medium consistency, as for soft, medium (neither soft nor hard; sometimes refered to as medium soft vs. medium hard) & hard consistency. I.e. The consistency is either soft, medium soft, medium hard or hard. https://books.google.es/books?id=GfL9AQAAQBAJ&pg=PA16&lpg=PA...

Don’t say “soft tissue fragments” when you mean “soft fragments of tissue”.
https://www.google.es/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&url=http://p...

No obstante, revisando la literatura especializada, la descripción de soft vs. firm fragments (of tissue) parece, de hecho, la habitual. Los ejemplos en este sentido (soft/firm fragments of tissue) son muy numerosos en la red. La clasificación de firm como consistencia intermedia (media; ni blanda ni dura) se encuentra también descrita así, específicamente. I.e.
(tumor) consistency; hard, soft or firm.
https://books.google.es/books?id=s-XHC_UA-gEC&pg=PA100&lpg=P...

Así, de consistencia media (vs. blanda o -la nada habitual en este contexto- dura; soft and hard), sería el equivalente natural de firm. De hecho, en las traducciones inversas (eng>esp), firm consistency suele leerse, adecuadamente, como semidura (medium hard). Creo que la clasificación grosera de consistencia blanda, media y dura encuentra un equivalente natural en las descripciones habituales de soft, firm & hard en inglés, donde ocasionalmente esa consistencia media (firme, distinta de dura) puede encontrarse subdividida en medium soft y medium hard. En los reportes patológicos en inglés, no obstante, los descriptores que aparecen en relación a la consistencia son soft fragments & firm (fragments).

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Note added at 8 hrs (2019-04-18 08:20:28 GMT)
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Firm vs. Soft fragments (pathology):

A total of 62 gm. of beige firm fragments were reviewed.
https://www.auajournals.org/doi/pdf/10.1016/S0022-5347(17)57...

combined Alcian blue specimen consisted of multiple pale, firm fragments
https://www.academia.edu/19207456/Malignant_glandular_triton...

consisted of mottled yellow-gray, soft fragments of tissue from about 0.5 to 3 cm. in diameter,
https://thejns.org/view/journals/j-neurosurg/5/4/article-p40...

examination revealed red- brown, soft fragments of tissue (3.5 x 2.1 x1.5 cm)
https://www.google.es/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&url=https://...
Peer comment(s):

agree Amy Bell : https://oxfordmedicaleducation.com/clinical-examinations/lum... Consistency This clinical feature describes a spectrum between hard and soft and can be considered under three categories: hard, firm (rubbery or spongy) or soft Hard lumps
1360 days
Thanks Amy!
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer. Comment: "Gracias Chema, esta me pareció la mejor opción."
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average consistency

I think this is ok

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Note added at 15 mins (2019-04-18 00:25:03 GMT)
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por G Zada - ‎2013 - ‎Mencionado por 13 - ‎Artículos relacionados
OBJECT: Tumor consistency plays an important and underrecognized role in the ... resected with easily folded capsule; 3) average consistency, tumor cannot be ...
A proposed grading system for standardizing tumor consistency of ...
https://www.researchgate.net/.../259107048_A_proposed_gradin...
Tumor consistency grades and features are as follows: 1) extremely soft tumor, ... resected with easily folded capsule; 3) average consistency, tumor cannot be ...


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Note added at 26 mins (2019-04-18 00:35:28 GMT)
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as you are in between the 2 options, I would nudge you to "average"
Note from asker:
Hi David, thanks for your suggestion. I was actually not 100% convinced to use "average" (I used "medium") consistency, even though a good number of our colleagues liked it.
Peer comment(s):

agree Cecilia Gowar : https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24289117
30 mins
muchas gracias Cecilia
agree Ryan Becker
1 hr
many thanks Ryan
agree Muriel Vasconcellos
4 hrs
thanks Muriel
agree liz askew
10 hrs
thanks Liz
agree Katherine Coelho
21 hrs
gracias Katherine
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