Glossary entry

Spanish term or phrase:

L x T x AP

English translation:

L x T x AP

Added to glossary by Noem_Sport
Dec 3, 2010 21:13
13 yrs ago
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Spanish term

L x T x AP

Spanish to English Medical Medical (general) CT scans
From CT scan report from Spain, related to dimensions so equivalent, I assume to some sort of "length x width x height", but what is the (American) English equivalent and where do the T and AP come from?

"En el suelo pélvico por detrás de la pared posterior del recto y en contacto con ésta, por encima de los músculos elevadores del ano llama la atención la existencia de una lesión de partes blandas con centro hipodenso de aspecto quístico, de 4 x 3,8 x 3,6 cm (L x T x AP), ..."
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Proposed translations

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Longitudinal x Transverse x Anteroposterior

longitudinal x transversal x anteroposterior

http://html.rincondelvago.com/perfiles-longitudinales-y-tran...

" For brevity, the term anteroposterior is often abbreviated to read AP (or A-P) axis."
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anatomical_terms_of_location

In English the equivalent would be:

Longitudinal axis x transverse axis x anteroposterior axis

They are referring to different anatomical planes and axes
Peer comment(s):

agree philgoddard : I think that if three people post the same answer, the second and third should delete theirs, but that's just me!
14 mins
Thanks :)
agree Charles Davis : Fair point, Phil. I've hidden mine (no 2). When I wrote my answer nobody had posted yet, but Noem_Sport got in just before me. I would say, though, that the initials (L x T x AP) should be used in a translation.
58 mins
duly noted! I will post the abbreviation next time
agree Dr. Jason Faulkner
1 hr
agree Emma Goldsmith
10 hrs
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer. Comment: "Selected automatically based on peer agreement."
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L x T x AP

L = longitud = Longitude
T = transversal = transverse
AP= anterior posterior = anterior posterior
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