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Dutch to English Medical (general) Translation Glossary

Dutch term	English translation
vreemdlichaamtype	foreign body-type / foreign body type (non-adjectival)	Barend van Zadelhoff
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vrijmaken	to dissect free

Vrijzinnige vrijbuiters	freethinking mavericks

vv --> vw	predicted value	Barend van Zadelhoff
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waakinfuus	precautionary intravenous line placement

weegzetel	chair scale(s)

weghoestbare	cleared by coughing (or with, after, on etc. coughing)	Textpertise
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WERVELSLUITPLATEN	Vertebral endplates

wisselende tympanie	normal tympanic sound	Barend van Zadelhoff
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wisselhouding	Pressure Relief-positioning

wisselsnede	McBurney's incision / gridiron incision

witte bloedlichaampjes	white blood cells / leukocytes

wondranden wijken	wound edges gap; wound gaps	Barend van Zadelhoff
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WTG	(Wet tarieven gezondheidszorg) Health Care Charges Act

wv	for which

wwsp	wegwerpspuit (disposable syringe)

zetmeelpolysacharide	starch polysaccharide

ziektewet	health legislation

Zonder verdenking	without suspicion of malignancy

zorgvrager	care recipient	Kitty Brussaard
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zr	nurse

zuchtige	cravings