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rebaba

English translation: foreign body

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Spanish term or phrase:rebaba
English translation:foreign body
Entered by: liz askew

22:19 Sep 22, 2023
Spanish to English translations [PRO]
Medical - Medical (general) / Neurology
Spanish term or phrase: rebaba
A 27-year-old Mexican patient who suffered a traumatic brain injury.

Sintomas:
LE CAYO UNA REBABA EN EL OJO IZQUIERDO Y EL TINITUS HA MEJORADO.
spanruss
United States
Local time: 12:46
foreign body
Explanation:
https://oftalmoruiz.com/tratamientos/retiro-rebaba-monterrey...

¿Que son las rebabas en el ojo?

Una de las lesiones más comunes relacionadas al trabajo son la incrustación de cuerpo extraño en la cornea, comúnmente conocidas como "rebabas", que son pequeñas piezas de metal u otro material, que salen disparadas cuando los trabajadores utilizan soldadura, taladro, martillo, cincel, trabajadores automotrices, corte de placas.
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liz askew
United Kingdom
Local time: 18:46
Grading comment
Thanks Liz!
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
4 +7foreign body
liz askew
5 +1debris
Beth Farkas
4 +1burr
Wilsonn Perez Reyes
5Foreign body
Tiago Vieira
3mote
Muriel Vasconcellos


  

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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
burr


Explanation:
rebaba
1. f. Porción de materia sobrante que sobresale irregularmente en los bordes o en la superficie de un objeto cualquiera; como la argamasa que forma resalto en los ladrillos al sentarlos en obra.
https://dle.rae.es/rebaba

rebaba nf (materia sobrante)
leftovers npl
leftover material adj + n
burr n
https://www.wordreference.com/es/en/translation.asp?spen=reb...

Wilsonn Perez Reyes
El Salvador
Local time: 11:46
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in SpanishSpanish
PRO pts in category: 44

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
neutral  Muriel Vasconcellos: A burr is attached to something
1 hr
agree  Adrian MM.: can be a loose burr https://iate.europa.eu/search/result/1695500662046/1
21 hrs
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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +1
debris


Explanation:
In the context of a foreign body in the eye, debris is the usual term. Rebaba doesn't specify what kind of material it is, so the more literal "burr" is not commonly used in this context.

Beth Farkas
United States
Local time: 12:46
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 16

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  abe(L)solano: valid
21 hrs
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2 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
mote


Explanation:
mote
/mōt/
noun
a tiny piece of a substance.
"the tiniest mote of dust"

Wikipedia
https://en.wikipedia.org › wiki › The_Mote_and_the_...
The analogy used is of **a small object in another's eye** as compared with a large beam of wood in one's own. The original Greek word translated as "mote" (κάρφος

https://medium.com › the-1000-day-mfa › on-a-mote-...
**On a Mote of Dust Suspended in a Sunbeam**. Write about your world today. Envy ... a mote of dust suspended in a sunbeam.” — Carl Sagan. That's a longer quote ...

Bible, King James Version
University of Michigan
https://quod.lib.umich.edu › cgi › kjv › kjv-idx
[4] Or how wilt thou say to thy brother, Let me pull out **the mote out of thine eye**; and, behold, a beam is in thine own eye? [5] Thou hypocrite, first cast out




Muriel Vasconcellos
United States
Local time: 10:46
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 1508
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10 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +7
foreign body


Explanation:
https://oftalmoruiz.com/tratamientos/retiro-rebaba-monterrey...

¿Que son las rebabas en el ojo?

Una de las lesiones más comunes relacionadas al trabajo son la incrustación de cuerpo extraño en la cornea, comúnmente conocidas como "rebabas", que son pequeñas piezas de metal u otro material, que salen disparadas cuando los trabajadores utilizan soldadura, taladro, martillo, cincel, trabajadores automotrices, corte de placas.


liz askew
United Kingdom
Local time: 18:46
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 4558
Grading comment
Thanks Liz!

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Helena Chavarria: I don’t know whether or not it’s right but it’s the only term I’ve ever heard in this context.
39 mins
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agree  Elizabeth Joy Pitt de Morales
3 hrs
  -> Gracias!
agree  Thomas Walker
7 hrs
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agree  Chema Nieto Castañón
11 hrs
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agree  abe(L)solano
12 hrs
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agree  philgoddard
13 hrs
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agree  neilmac
1 day 1 min
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17 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
Foreign body


Explanation:



As we can see "rebaba" is a foreign body in the eye. In the following website there is also some questions about the treatment: https://litfl.com/something-in-my-eye-doc/

Example sentence(s):
  • What methods may be used for removing corneal foreign bodies?

    https://www.betterhealth.vic.gov.au/health/conditionsandtreatments/eye-injuries-foreign-body-in-the-eye
Tiago Vieira
Brazil
Local time: 14:46
Native speaker of: Native in PortuguesePortuguese

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
neutral  abe(L)solano: liz proposed the same... 7 hours before (??!!)
5 hrs
  -> Yes, I know I just wanted to contribute with images.
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