dorsal cubitus

Chinese translation: 仰卧

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English term or phrase:dorsal decubitus
Chinese translation:仰卧
Entered by: ysun

07:58 Feb 3, 2006
English to Chinese translations [PRO]
Medical - Biology (-tech,-chem,micro-)
English term or phrase: dorsal cubitus
请问,"dorsal cubitus"是什么意思?多谢!
Text:
The corpses are buried in dorsal cubitus position.
ysun
United States
Local time: 01:04
两种可能
Explanation:
一种是双臂向后背,就象中国小学生上课一样.
另外一种可能是dorsal decubitus position; 仰卧位
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Lu Zou
Australia
Local time: 16:04
Grading comment
I think this scientific guess is very reasonable. "Dorsal cubitus" might have been a typo since Google results show that the phrase is being used by very few people only. Thank you, Lu Zou, and thank you, everybody! By the way, 现在中国小学生上课仍然是双臂向后背吗?
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Summary of answers provided
3 +3两种可能
Lu Zou
4不懂装懂法:根据英文知道:这些尸体以啥啥啥姿势埋葬
Last Hermit
3呈两臂屈曲状
Naikei Wong


  

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26 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
呈两臂屈曲状


Explanation:
The entire Yahoo and Google search engines couldn’t generate good matches on this term except the original source. I suspect the writer just made it up:


http://www.welcomeargentina.com/paseos/museo_arqueologico_mu...

If the picture showing the corpses indicates how that position is like, then maybe you can put it metaphorically (as would be the case in the original text).


Definitions of cubitus:
http://www.thefreedictionary.com/cubitus

cubitus - hinge joint between the forearm and upper arm and the corresponding joint in the forelimb of a quadruped

cubitus - the arm from the elbow to the fingertips

“dorsal” just means “back” or “back side” in anatomy… Cheers


    Reference: http://www.welcomeargentina.com/paseos/museo_arqueologico_mu...
    Reference: http://www.thefreedictionary.com/cubitus
Naikei Wong
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不懂装懂法:根据英文知道:这些尸体以啥啥啥姿势埋葬


Explanation:
1)“dorsal”为解剖学的“背”
2)“cubitus”有两义:其一为,[解]前臂;尺骨。其二为,(昆虫的)肘脉。

故,原义似为:
1)尸体埋葬时肘脉背向 或
2)尸体埋葬时前臂背向

外行,瞎说,聊博一粲。

Last Hermit
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53 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +3
两种可能


Explanation:
一种是双臂向后背,就象中国小学生上课一样.
另外一种可能是dorsal decubitus position; 仰卧位


    Reference: http://www.alrf.asso.fr/site_uk/techniques/mbrinfplexuslomb1...
Lu Zou
Australia
Local time: 16:04
Native speaker of: Native in ChineseChinese
PRO pts in category: 24
Grading comment
I think this scientific guess is very reasonable. "Dorsal cubitus" might have been a typo since Google results show that the phrase is being used by very few people only. Thank you, Lu Zou, and thank you, everybody! By the way, 现在中国小学生上课仍然是双臂向后背吗?

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Naikei Wong: Agree on the possibility of "dorsal decubitus position" but better check with client (for an image)...
24 mins

agree  Xiaoping Fu: 仰卧位
56 mins

agree  Ray Luo: 有照片的,see:http://www.welcomeargentina.com/paseos/museo_arqueologico_mu...
1 hr
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