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Glossary entry

Dutch term or phrase:

maskergelaat

English translation:

mask-like face

Added to glossary by Edirel Susanna
Jul 30, 2009 16:45
14 yrs ago
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Dutch term

maskergelaat

Dutch to English Other Medical (general)
lich maskergelaat (Neurological examination)
Proposed translations (English)
4 +1 mask-like face
4 "wooden" expression
4 facial rigidity

Discussion

Peter Moor Jul 30, 2009:
een star gelaat => rigid, stiff See this too: http://neurosurgery.ucla.edu/body.cfm?id=195
Peter Moor Jul 30, 2009:
Babylon describes it as... Maskergelaat
Een maskergelaat is een symptoom in de geneeskunde, en beschrijft de verminderde activiteit van de mimiekspieren bij de ziekte van Parkinson of parkinsonisme.
Edirel Susanna (asker) Jul 30, 2009:
or perhaps facial mask?
Edirel Susanna (asker) Jul 30, 2009:
I was also thinking of face mask
Edirel Susanna (asker) Jul 30, 2009:
It doesn't really specifiy the type of Neurological exam.
"Helder en adequaat, lich maskergelaat.
Dr Lofthouse Jul 30, 2009:
face mask - what sort of neurological exam is being conducted?

Proposed translations

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mask-like face

Example sentence:

Commonly associated features include the following: a fixed, mask-like face; bradykinesia...

Clinical features: mask-like face, indistinct speech, flexed posture

Peer comment(s):
agree SJLD : also mask-like facies in more doctorly language :-)
22 hrs
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"wooden" expression

I just translated this (DSM IV context - psychiatry) out of English "wooden" expression.

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Lees Parkinson - Promootio.nl
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... neemt men het maskergelaat waar, de merkwaardige blik met zeldzame ooglidslag; ..... If I appear to stare at you, or have a wooden expression that's ...
www.promootio.nl/floor/Parkins.txt - Cached - Similar -
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RICHTLIJN Cesar & de Ziekte van Parkinson
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meebewegen van arm(en) tijdens het lopen en het maskergelaat. ..... Wood BH, Bilclough JA, Bowron A, Walker RW. Incidence and prediction of falls in .... Variable expression of. Parkinson's disease: a base-line analysis of the DATATOP ...
www.vvocm.nl/admin/Portal/LinkClick.aspx?...
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facial rigidity

As suggested on website of IIDRSI:

Term facial rigidity
Definition Decrease in facial expression encountered among Parkinsonian subjects, giving them an immobile facial expression, like a mask.


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Note added at 3 hrs (2009-07-30 20:41:57 GMT)
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After consulting Cecil Textbook of Medicine other possibilities are:
-hypomimia
-masked facies
-parkinsonian facies

Links:
http://medical-dictionary.thefreedictionary.com/parkinsonian...
http://encyclopedia.thefreedictionary.com/Hypomimia
Reference:

http://www.med.univ-rennes1.fr/iidris/cache/an/47/4707

http://www.samefacts.com/archives/_/2004/07/treating_parkinsons.php

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