cámara de hendidura

English translation: Slit lamp

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Spanish term or phrase:cámara de hendidura
English translation:Slit lamp
Entered by: Muriel Vasconcellos

10:32 Jul 11, 2015
Spanish to English translations [PRO]
Medical - Medical: Health Care / onchocerciasis elimination
Spanish term or phrase: cámara de hendidura
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Se mantienen fotografías que muestran lesiones por oncocercosis, secuencias de la extirpación de los nódulos, morfología de los simúlidos e imágenes del trabajo de campo de los brigadistas. También se observaron las dependencias y aparatos donde se efectuaban las lecturas de las biopsias de piel, disección de los simúlidos, **cámara de hendidura**.
Muriel Vasconcellos
United States
Local time: 22:28
Slit lamp
Explanation:
Slit lamp is a device to focus a high-intensity light into the eye and either examine it with a microscope or take pictures to be examined by a specialist.
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Z Hann Cifuentes
United States
Local time: 01:28
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Thank you! Very helpful.
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Slit lamp


Explanation:
Slit lamp is a device to focus a high-intensity light into the eye and either examine it with a microscope or take pictures to be examined by a specialist.

Z Hann Cifuentes
United States
Local time: 01:28
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in SpanishSpanish
PRO pts in category: 4
Grading comment
Thank you! Very helpful.
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Asker: Thanks so much, Hann!


Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Otto Albers (X): CDC - Onchocerciasis - Resources for Health Professionals http://www.cdc.gov/parasites/onchocerciasis/health_professio... Feb 19, 2014 ... Slit lamp eye exam can be used to visualize microfilariae in individuals with eye disease. There are antibody test
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agree  Dr. Jason Faulkner
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