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by-pass and anti-pooling valves

Spanish translation: válvulas de derivación y válvulas de distribución

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English term or phrase:by-pass and anti-pooling valves
Spanish translation:válvulas de derivación y válvulas de distribución
Entered by: M. Ángeles López Rodríguez

11:47 Mar 20, 2009
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Science - Biology (-tech,-chem,micro-) / A religious book about the Creation/evolution debate
English term or phrase: by-pass and anti-pooling valves
Sometimes Dawkins side-steps major difficulties. When discussing the giraffe for instance, and its long neck, he assumes it is just a matter of adding vertebrae, rather like a stretched Airbus A340 airliner. The reality is much more complicated, for, as explained by Hofland, the giraffe requires a very large heart to deliver sufficient oxygen-rich blood three metres up to the brain and yet it must also have ***by-pass and anti-pooling valves*** to stop the brain flooding with blood when the head is drooped for drinking.
Ana Juliá
Spain
Local time: 13:47
válvulas de derivación y válvulas de distribución
Explanation:
Válvula de derivación o válvula de derivación (bypass).

Anti-pooling seria antiagrupación o antiacumulación, son valvulas que evitan que se acumule líquido, por ejemplo...

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De nada. Saludos.
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Summary of answers provided
4 +1válvulas de derivación y para impedir la acumulación de la sangre
David Russi
3valvulas bypass y anti-reflujo
Ruth Wöhlk
3válvulas de derivación y válvulas de distribución
M. Ángeles López Rodríguez


  

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valvulas bypass y anti-reflujo


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Ruth Wöhlk
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25 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
válvulas de derivación y para impedir la acumulación de la sangre


Explanation:
válvulas de derivación y para impedir la acumulación de la sangre

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Note added at 25 mins (2009-03-20 12:13:51 GMT)
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En castellano, bypass tiene un significado muy específico:

María Moliner:
bypass [baipás] (ingl.; pl. invar. o bypasses [baipáses]; var. by-pass o by pass)
m. Med. Intervención quirúrgica que tiene por objeto restablecer el flujo sanguíneo en una arteria dañada.

David Russi
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37 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
válvulas de derivación y válvulas de distribución


Explanation:
Válvula de derivación o válvula de derivación (bypass).

Anti-pooling seria antiagrupación o antiacumulación, son valvulas que evitan que se acumule líquido, por ejemplo...

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Note added at 2 días22 horas (2009-03-23 09:51:48 GMT) Post-grading
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De nada. Saludos.

M. Ángeles López Rodríguez
Local time: 13:47
Native speaker of: Native in SpanishSpanish
PRO pts in category: 4
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