Oct 5, 2009 19:23
14 yrs ago
German term

Engramm

German to English Medical Medical (general)
Die Patienten messen ihren harten Ohren vermutlich nicht viel Bedeutung bei oder haben sich schon eigene Erklärungsmodelle zureichtgelegt. Wer jedoch einmal solche steinharten Ohren angefasst hat, wird dieses Engramm lange mit sich tragen.

(patient case history about undersubstituted adrenal insufficiency)
Proposed translations (English)
4 +5 engram
Change log

Oct 6, 2009 07:32: Astrid Elke Witte changed "Term asked" from "Engramm lange mit sich tragen" to "Engramm"

Discussion

philgoddard Oct 5, 2009:
I think the person who wrote this must have been a Scientologist!

Proposed translations

+5
47 mins
German term (edited): Engramm lange mit sich tragen
Selected

engram

...will bear this engram with them for a long while

engram = image, but in this case, it is tactile so image doesn't work as well.
However, engram is an English word.
And yes, the word is used in scientology...

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Note added at 50 mins (2009-10-05 20:13:57 GMT)
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http://www.thefreedictionary.com/engram
The first reference I posted was wrong - Above is the correct one. A google search will show neurology as well as the scientology connection.
Peer comment(s):

agree Armand C. : Indeed. Also, popularly referred to as "memory unit," and described by analogy to a hologram. (Not the first scientific concept/expression hijacked by various cultists, incidentally.)
1 hr
agree Rolf Keiser
13 hrs
agree MMUlr : But why scientology?? -> http://www.thieme-connect.com/ejournals/abstract/dmw/doi/10.... (just 2 specialists of internal medicine ...)
13 hrs
agree Harald Moelzer (medical-translator)
2 days 9 hrs
agree Susanne Schiewe
2 days 22 hrs
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer. Comment: "Selected automatically based on peer agreement."
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