Glossary entry (derived from question below)
May 11, 2013 01:41
11 yrs ago
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Arabic term
الاخراجات
Arabic to English
Medical
Medical (general)
Questionnaire for a patient - ulcerative colitis
قم بتسجيل المعلومات عن عدد الاخراجات وكمية الدم في إخراجاتك
I wonder if "bowel movement" is the correct translation here...
I wonder if "bowel movement" is the correct translation here...
Proposed translations
(English)
| 4 +3 | excretions |
Muhammad Said
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| 4 +4 | You are right: Bowel movements |
Yasser El Helw
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| 5 | bowel motions |
sabbar
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Change log
May 14, 2013 04:39: Muhammad Said Created KOG entry
Proposed translations
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2 mins
Muhammad Said
Egypt
Egypt
Native in Arabic
Specializes in field
Egypt
Arabic Translation & L10n Professional
Native in: Arabic 
Works in: English to Arabic, Arabic to English
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32
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excretions
excretions
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http://www.popline.org/taxonomy/term/54828?page=126
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Note added at 4 mins (2013-05-11 01:46:47 GMT)
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number of excretions
http://labmed.ascpjournals.org/content/43/1/10.full
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Note added at 3 mins (2013-05-11 01:45:32 GMT)
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http://www.popline.org/taxonomy/term/54828?page=126
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Note added at 4 mins (2013-05-11 01:46:47 GMT)
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number of excretions
http://labmed.ascpjournals.org/content/43/1/10.full
Peer comment(s):
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Lamis Maalouf
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Thank you
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Awad Balaish
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Thank you
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AlanAL (X)
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Thank you
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "Thank you, Mr. Said... given that this is a back translation.. and should be more on the literal side..."
+4
2 hrs
Yasser El Helw
Egypt
Egypt
Native in Arabic
&
English
Specializes in field
Egypt
NATIVE SPEAKER OF MEDICINE
Native in: Arabic 
, English
Works in: Arabic to English, English to Arabic, Spanish to English, and 1 more.
Related KudoZ points
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46
You are right: Bowel movements
There is nothing called "excretions" in medicine.
If they meant urine, they would have said urine!
KR
If they meant urine, they would have said urine!
KR
Peer comment(s):
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Lucinda Wills
: I would go with "bowel movements" because it would be more understandable to a patient answering a questionnaire than "excretions" or even "defecation".
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Thank you, Lucinda :-)
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Shereen Whiten, BA.
: or passing stool
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Thank you, Shereen :-)
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Lina Shehabi Murad (Mourant)
: It looks to me that it was meant to be (عدد مرات الخروج / التبرز)
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Even nicer :-) عدد مرات التبرز is lovely. Is مخرجات in Syria for stools only?
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Lamis Maalouf
: This is a back translation, most likely it was BM but I agreed with the first as to the meaning. You are right, Yasser, this is what is normally used. For next time, please don't put: "You are right" as part of your answer :)
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I haven't participated in Kudoz for quite some time. Thank you for reminding me :-) It is just that I don't want to take credit for a answer already suggested by the asker. Purely altruistic :-)
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21 hrs
bowel motions
The word used in the medical context is: "motion(s)", i.e. bowel motion(s).
Discussion
It is the final act of digestion, by which organisms eliminate solid, semisolid, or liquid waste material (feces) from the digestive tract via the anus.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Defecation