Glossary entry

Italian term or phrase:

foglietto

English translation:

layer

Added to glossary by Amy Christie
May 4, 2005 12:56
19 yrs ago
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Italian term

foglietto

Italian to English Medical Medical (general) cosmetic breast surgery
Cosmetic breast surgery text.

Il grasso (in the breast) avvolge la superficie esterna della ghiandola, ma penetra anche fra i suoi lobuli e ritorna ad essere prevalente dietro alla sua parete posteriore fina ad appogiarsi al foglietto profondo della fascia superficiale.

Thanks, the nearest I can find is foglio.
Proposed translations (English)
4 +3 layer

Discussion

paolamonaco May 4, 2005:
I agree with Gilberto.
Dizionario di Medicina e Biologia Zanichelli
foglietto [lat. folium = foglio]
layer; leaflet
1 Struttura anatomica laminare.
2 Una met� di un doppio strato fosfolipidico.

Proposed translations

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layer

... the areola, the skin, the fascia superficialis, the Cooper's ligaments, ...
The deep layer of the superficial fascia lies between the fine hyperechoic ...
http://apollon.dokkyomed.ac.jp/ICUEB2003/abst1-3.html

... fat is divided into a superficial and a deep layer by the fascia superficialis.
http://www.co-endocrinology.com/pt/re/coendo/fulltext.000607...

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fascia (făsh\'ēə) , fibrous tissue network located between the skin and the underlying structure of muscle and bone. Fascia is composed of two layers, a superficial layer and a deep layer.
http://www.answers.com/topic/fascia

The deep layer of the superficial fascia is thicker than the subcutaneous ...
http://www.extenza-eps.com/extenza/loadHTML?objectIDValue=38...

... fascia covering pectoralis major and serratus anterior muscles, and with deep layer of superficial fascia separating breast parenchyma from deep fascia. ...
http://www.oncology.termedia.pl/showabstract.php?id=44

... There is no glandular breast tissue, that is, ducts or lobules, deep to the deep layer of the superficial fascia of the breast. Moreover, the deep layer ...
http://www.john-libbey-eurotext.fr/en/revues/medecine/bdc/e-...

retromammary bursa, a well-defined loose areolar tissue between the deep layer of superficial fascia on the posterior aspect of the breast, and the deep fascia covering the pectoralis major and other muscles of the chest wall.
http://www.merckmedicus.com/pp/us/hcp/thcp_dorlands_content....
Peer comment(s):

agree luskie
4 mins
Grazie!
agree paolamonaco
4 hrs
Grazie!
agree Veronica Cardella
2 days 3 hrs
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