escasa capilla

English translation: thin layer

18:28 Feb 26, 2007
Spanish to English translations [PRO]
Medical - Medical (general) / Puerto Rico - autopsy
Spanish term or phrase: escasa capilla
El contenido gástrico consiste de una ***escasa capilla*** verde-gris y se identifica una úlcera por “stress” pequeña.

Not sure what the correct term for "capilla" is here. Thanks in advance for suggestions.
Heather Oland
United States
Local time: 18:59
English translation:thin layer
Explanation:
Imagino que se refiere al diminutivo de "capa", lenguaje que se debe evitar en redacción científica, pero "en todas partes se cuecen habas".

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Note added at 28 minutos (2007-02-26 18:56:38 GMT)
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¡PERDÓN! Leí mal. Puede referirse a "papilla".
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rodriguma (X)
Local time: 17:59
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Thanks to everyone for your comments and suggestions! I'm now certain that the term is "escasa papilla" and I translated it as "small amount of a gray-green pap-like substance" based on these references (fyi)
había en el estómago una papilla, o. sea, un contenido gástrico casi completamente digerido, por. lo que concluyó una sobre vida de 2
www.emol.com/noticias/documentos/pdfs/sentencia_homicidio_mattar.pdf

escasa papilla semilíquida, sin observarse restos de pastillas. ... En la muestra de contenido gástrico se detectó diclorometano, 1,1,1- ...
www.gencat.cat/justicia/doc/doc_97523300_1.pdf –

Autopsy showed the stomach full or containing a bloody,. greenish pap like substance; the large intestine almost always ...
www.defra.gov.uk/ENVIRONMENT/chemicals/achs/050906/achs0516a.pdf

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4small/slight nodule
Edward Tully
3thin layer
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thin layer


Explanation:
Imagino que se refiere al diminutivo de "capa", lenguaje que se debe evitar en redacción científica, pero "en todas partes se cuecen habas".

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Note added at 28 minutos (2007-02-26 18:56:38 GMT)
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¡PERDÓN! Leí mal. Puede referirse a "papilla".

rodriguma (X)
Local time: 17:59
Native speaker of: Native in SpanishSpanish
PRO pts in category: 9
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Thanks to everyone for your comments and suggestions! I'm now certain that the term is "escasa papilla" and I translated it as "small amount of a gray-green pap-like substance" based on these references (fyi)
había en el estómago una papilla, o. sea, un contenido gástrico casi completamente digerido, por. lo que concluyó una sobre vida de 2
www.emol.com/noticias/documentos/pdfs/sentencia_homicidio_mattar.pdf

escasa papilla semilíquida, sin observarse restos de pastillas. ... En la muestra de contenido gástrico se detectó diclorometano, 1,1,1- ...
www.gencat.cat/justicia/doc/doc_97523300_1.pdf –

Autopsy showed the stomach full or containing a bloody,. greenish pap like substance; the large intestine almost always ...
www.defra.gov.uk/ENVIRONMENT/chemicals/achs/050906/achs0516a.pdf
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small/slight nodule


Explanation:
especially in this context...

Edward Tully
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