Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Norwegian term or phrase:
anfallslidelse
English translation:
episodic disease
Added to glossary by
Michele Fauble
Oct 2, 2005 16:13
18 yrs ago
Norwegian term
anfallslidelse
Norwegian to English
Medical
Medical: Health Care
Context: medical text about head ache/migraine
Sentence: Migrene er en anfallslidelse.
Sentence: Migrene er en anfallslidelse.
Proposed translations
(English)
| 5 +1 | episodic disease |
Michele Fauble
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| 5 -1 | (Migraine is) a condition characterised by frequent attacks |
reliablewriters
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| 3 -1 | seizure disorder |
Vedis Bjørndal
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Proposed translations
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episodic disease
Migraine is an episodic disease, like epilepsy, and is not caused by stress. ...
www.migraines.org/commfaqs/commfaqs.htm
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Note added at 5 hrs 8 mins (2005-10-02 21:21:42 GMT)
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also 'episodic disorder', 'episodic syndrome'
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Note added at 5 hrs 9 mins (2005-10-02 21:23:11 GMT)
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Migraine is an episodic disorder (<15 days per month) characterized by attacks of headache and associated symptoms. Association between migraine and a ...
www.psychiatrictimes.com/p041146.html
Migraine is an episodic syndrome consisting of a variety of clinical
features that result from dysfunction of the sympathetic nervous system. ...
www.medscape.com/viewarticle/466937
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Note added at 5 hrs 24 mins (2005-10-02 21:37:37 GMT)
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Migrene er en anfallslidelse. Anfallene kan komme fra et par ganger i året til flere ganger i måneden.
www.helsenytt.no/artikler/hodepine.htm
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Note added at 7 hrs 2 mins (2005-10-02 23:16:16 GMT)
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another option would be 'characterized by episodic attacks'
"Migraine is a disorder characterized by episodic attacks"
Migraine is a common, often incapacitating headache disorder characterized by episodic attacks of moderate to severe headaches and various combinations of ...
www.postgradmed.com/issues/2004/04_04/gladstone.htm
... migraine headaches--a condition that is characterized by episodic attacks---
www.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m3225/is_n2_v58/ai_21038... -
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Note added at 7 hrs 6 mins (2005-10-02 23:20:10 GMT)
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Migraine. genetic neurological disease characterized by attacks or episodes with many symptoms including head pain. Must have at least four of the ...
headaches.about.com/library/glossary/bl-migraine.htm
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Note added at 7 hrs 12 mins (2005-10-02 23:26:00 GMT)
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"Migraine is a disorder characterized by attacks" is a possible translation, but in English this is usually followed by a characterization of the attacks ('characterized by attacks of ...').
www.migraines.org/commfaqs/commfaqs.htm
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Note added at 5 hrs 8 mins (2005-10-02 21:21:42 GMT)
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also 'episodic disorder', 'episodic syndrome'
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Note added at 5 hrs 9 mins (2005-10-02 21:23:11 GMT)
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Migraine is an episodic disorder (<15 days per month) characterized by attacks of headache and associated symptoms. Association between migraine and a ...
www.psychiatrictimes.com/p041146.html
Migraine is an episodic syndrome consisting of a variety of clinical
features that result from dysfunction of the sympathetic nervous system. ...
www.medscape.com/viewarticle/466937
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Note added at 5 hrs 24 mins (2005-10-02 21:37:37 GMT)
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Migrene er en anfallslidelse. Anfallene kan komme fra et par ganger i året til flere ganger i måneden.
www.helsenytt.no/artikler/hodepine.htm
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Note added at 7 hrs 2 mins (2005-10-02 23:16:16 GMT)
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another option would be 'characterized by episodic attacks'
"Migraine is a disorder characterized by episodic attacks"
Migraine is a common, often incapacitating headache disorder characterized by episodic attacks of moderate to severe headaches and various combinations of ...
www.postgradmed.com/issues/2004/04_04/gladstone.htm
... migraine headaches--a condition that is characterized by episodic attacks---
www.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m3225/is_n2_v58/ai_21038... -
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Note added at 7 hrs 6 mins (2005-10-02 23:20:10 GMT)
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Migraine. genetic neurological disease characterized by attacks or episodes with many symptoms including head pain. Must have at least four of the ...
headaches.about.com/library/glossary/bl-migraine.htm
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Note added at 7 hrs 12 mins (2005-10-02 23:26:00 GMT)
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"Migraine is a disorder characterized by attacks" is a possible translation, but in English this is usually followed by a characterization of the attacks ('characterized by attacks of ...').
Peer comment(s):
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Vedis Bjørndal
: 'anfallslidelse' is an 'umbrella' term for a disease or disorder characterized by 'attacks=anfall' or 'seizures': 'Epileptisk anfall' og 'migreneanfall'. I believe the term has little to do with frequency
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anfallslidelse = disorder characterized by episodic attacks = episodic disorder//'attacks' like in 'episodes', not like in 'seizures' not frequency, but episodic nature - characterized by attacks = not ongoing, but occurs in episodes
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Christine Andersen
: not necesary frequent, but periodic. Causes may or may not be known, but are factors like hormone cycles, certain foods or many other things. The patient is healthy between episodes.
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Thanks. I'm having a bit of trouble explaining that attacks and episodes really mean the same thing here, but we don't say 'attack disorder'.
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reliablewriters
: Episodic disease may be an accurate description but is not a recognised expression, at least in British English.
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A survey of British rheumatologists' ... A postal survey of consultant rheumatologists working in the UK was undertaken in May 2002. Episodic disease was regarded as having a good prognosis ... rheumatology.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/content/full/43/2/206
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Vedis Bjørndal
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seizure disorder
I first thought of 'seizure disease'. I suppose that is OK too.
'Attack'would be another option.
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Note added at 5 hrs 42 mins (2005-10-02 21:56:04 GMT)
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I agree that my suggestion has more to do with epilepsy than with migraine. Sometimes, though, epilepsy is often misdiagnosed as 'migraine with aura'-
see http://www.worldhistory.com/wiki/E/Epilepsy.htm
'Attack'would be another option.
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Note added at 5 hrs 42 mins (2005-10-02 21:56:04 GMT)
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I agree that my suggestion has more to do with epilepsy than with migraine. Sometimes, though, epilepsy is often misdiagnosed as 'migraine with aura'-
see http://www.worldhistory.com/wiki/E/Epilepsy.htm
Peer comment(s):
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Michele Fauble
: anfallslidelse = disorder characterized by episodic attacks = episodic disorder - my understanding
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(Migraine is) a condition characterised by frequent attacks
Lidelse = condition/illness/sickdom. Anfall = (plutselig og kortvarig) utbrudd av sykdom eller sinnsbevegelse (sudden and transitory) onset of sickness or mental agitation, eg. gallesteinsanfall - attack of biliary colic; epilepsianfall - epileptic fit/seizure
http://decentius.hit.uib.no/lexin.html?dict=nbo-eng-maxi&ui-...
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I accept that 'frequent' here is incorrect, although many sufferers of conditions characterised by attacks do suffer frequent attacks. Vedis is right in emphasising the translation of the umbrella term rather than pinpointing the nature of migraines; I stand by "a condition characterised/characterized by attacks"
http://decentius.hit.uib.no/lexin.html?dict=nbo-eng-maxi&ui-...
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Note added at 18 hrs 9 mins (2005-10-03 10:22:45 GMT)
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I accept that 'frequent' here is incorrect, although many sufferers of conditions characterised by attacks do suffer frequent attacks. Vedis is right in emphasising the translation of the umbrella term rather than pinpointing the nature of migraines; I stand by "a condition characterised/characterized by attacks"
Peer comment(s):
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Michele Fauble
: Attacks are not necessarily frequent.//Migraine. ... characterized by attacks or episodes ... headaches.about.com/library/glossary/bl-migraine.htm 'Episodes' ARE 'attacks' , hence 'episodic disorder'.
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