Aug 23, 2007 12:19
16 yrs ago
Arabic term
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الحماية
Arabic to English
Medical
Medical: Health Care
alternative/pre-modern health care
passage on pre-modern health cures Eastern Province saudi Arabia - was there a practice which involved heating the patient??
Proposed translations
(English)
| 5 +1 | Prevention/ protection |
Shog Imas
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| 5 | thermotherapy |
AhmedAMS
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| 4 +1 | cauterization |
Yasser El Helw
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Proposed translations
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14 hrs
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Prevention/ protection
We can avoid diseases, or help an individual by ***preventing*** getting the diseases. There is an entire science about that.
it's means taking prophylactic measures about the disease, like washing hands, avoiding contacts, using masks or other devices.
http://marabe7.com/dictionary/trans.html
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Note added at 14 hrs (2007-08-24 02:41:03 GMT)
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Thank you for reading "it means" on my 4th line.
الحماية means taking precautionary measures to avoid illness or diseases.
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Note added at 14 hrs (2007-08-24 02:55:34 GMT)
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It also means: ***Defensibleness***: Capability of being defended;
Being defended means strenghten the body with vitamins, supplements, healthy food, sometimes vaccines.
it's means taking prophylactic measures about the disease, like washing hands, avoiding contacts, using masks or other devices.
http://marabe7.com/dictionary/trans.html
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Note added at 14 hrs (2007-08-24 02:41:03 GMT)
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Thank you for reading "it means" on my 4th line.
الحماية means taking precautionary measures to avoid illness or diseases.
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Note added at 14 hrs (2007-08-24 02:55:34 GMT)
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It also means: ***Defensibleness***: Capability of being defended;
Being defended means strenghten the body with vitamins, supplements, healthy food, sometimes vaccines.
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Comment: "Thanks to everyone who offered suggestions."
18 mins
thermotherapy
However, the given Arabic term is inaccurate.
http://www.answers.com/thermotherapy?cat=health
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Note added at 43 mins (2007-08-23 13:02:37 GMT)
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As stated by Zkt, (التحمية) is more appropriate.
http://www.answers.com/thermotherapy?cat=health
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Note added at 43 mins (2007-08-23 13:02:37 GMT)
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As stated by Zkt, (التحمية) is more appropriate.
Note from asker:
| the term appears in a list which includes cauterisation, cupping and herbal remedies |
| العلاج بالكي و الحماية و الحجامة This is part of the list. Hope it provides better context. |
+1
1 hr
Yasser El Helw
Egypt
Egypt
Native in Arabic
&
English
Specializes in field
Egypt
NATIVE SPEAKER OF MEDICINE
Native in: Arabic , English
Works in: Arabic to English, English to Arabic, Spanish to English, and 1 more.
cauterization
Ancient Legends, Mystic Charms, and Superstitions of Ireland ...Medical Superstitions and Ancient Charms. THE healing art in all the early stages of a nation's ... Then Fioneen set to work, and having cauterized the wounds with red hot irons, the poisonous ...
www.sacred-texts.com/neu/celt/ali/ali107.htm - 9k - Cached - Similar pages
Ancient Greek MedicineTick, Edward, "Practice of Dream Healing : Bringing Ancient Greek Mysteries into Modern Medicine", Quest Books (IL), ..... Cauterization was useful because it reduced the chance of infection. ...
www.fjkluth.com/gmed.html - 53k - Cached - Similar pages
ProductsAfter the fall of Rome, approximately 200 AD, ancient medical records were found in Persia where the medical treatment for sciatic pain was cauterization of the ear. ...
www.warrenking.com/natural.htm - 29k - Cached - Similar pages
Ancient Egyptian SurgeryWhen metal instruments were finally used to an extent, the act of cauterizing came with it. ... The Healing Hand: Man and Wound in the Ancient World. Harvard University Press, Cambridge, 1982. pp. ...
www.mnsu.edu/emuseum/prehistory/ancienttech/ancient_egyptia... - 8k - Cached - Similar pages
www.sacred-texts.com/neu/celt/ali/ali107.htm - 9k - Cached - Similar pages
Ancient Greek MedicineTick, Edward, "Practice of Dream Healing : Bringing Ancient Greek Mysteries into Modern Medicine", Quest Books (IL), ..... Cauterization was useful because it reduced the chance of infection. ...
www.fjkluth.com/gmed.html - 53k - Cached - Similar pages
ProductsAfter the fall of Rome, approximately 200 AD, ancient medical records were found in Persia where the medical treatment for sciatic pain was cauterization of the ear. ...
www.warrenking.com/natural.htm - 29k - Cached - Similar pages
Ancient Egyptian SurgeryWhen metal instruments were finally used to an extent, the act of cauterizing came with it. ... The Healing Hand: Man and Wound in the Ancient World. Harvard University Press, Cambridge, 1982. pp. ...
www.mnsu.edu/emuseum/prehistory/ancienttech/ancient_egyptia... - 8k - Cached - Similar pages
Peer comment(s):
| neutral |
AhmedAMS
: http://www.proz.com/kudoz/2100253
2 mins
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| agree |
Amira Abdallah
8 hrs
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Thank you Amira
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