English: brain medicineGerman translation: Neurologie / Neurochirurgie KudoZ The KudoZ network provides a framework for translators ... More |
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English to German translations [PRO] Medical - Medical (general) | | English term or phrase: brain medicine | What is the official term for the branch of medicine covering brain surgery, strokes, haemorraghes, physical diseases of the brain, etc.
It is not "otolaryngology", which only covers ear, nose and throat.
I cannot find either the English or the German equivalent.
Who can help?
Thanks
Alexander |
|  Alexander SchleberKudoZ activityQuestions: 600 (all closed) ( 15 without valid answers) ( 4 closed without grading) Answers: 4083 Belgium
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| Clarification request(s) and responseMMUlr: 04:15 Apr 11, 2005: @Alexander, can you pls give us an original text section where "brain medicine" is used in context, or - even better - where it is explained what the author of the text includes under this term? - Alexander Schleber (asker): 07:28 Apr 11, 2005: Sorry, there is no context.
It is a list of different branches of medicine, which for instance includes "otolaryngology", which is typically HNO-Heilkunde in German, but does not include diseases and treatments of the brain. MMUlr: 08:29 Apr 11, 2005: Thank you, Alexander: as entry in a list, the correct German phrase is IMO "medizinische Fachgebiete bei Hirnerkrankungen". Below I added 'organische', as you mentioned "physical", so psychiatric diseases are not meant here. -
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Steffen Walter Germany Local time: 06:48
| Note from asker to answererThanks for all the input.
"brain medicine" was obviously a bad source term, which I had chosen out of desperation. "Neurology" was defined by Webster's as "The science of the nervous system in health and disease". WHile the brain is a part of the nervous system, I had always considered it as separate, like the heart and the veinous system are distinct. But there apparently is no other term in medical science for this, so "neurology" it is. 4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer |
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