Glossary entry

Italian term or phrase:

gravativo

English translation:

oppressive

Added to glossary by jajetta
Jun 2, 2021 10:46
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Italian term

gravativo

Italian to English Medical Medical: Health Care general medicine
"Algie scrotali gravative da tre mesi, non associate a disturbi minzionali"

Does anyone know how to render Gravativo in English?
Any help highly appreciated.

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oppressive

It's not severe, just uncomfortable:

gravativo
MEDICINA detto di fenomeno morboso, caratterizzato da un senso di peso doloroso
https://www.dizionario-italiano.it

È caratterizzata da dolore di qualità **gravativo-costrittiva** al capo, soventemente associato all'aumento del tono dei muscoli del capo e/o della nuca.
It is characterized by an **oppressive-constrictive** type of pain in the head, often associated with an increased toning up of the head muscles and/ or the neck muscles.
http://dictionary.reverso.net/italian-english/Gravativo
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agree Luigi Argentino
40 mins
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Italian term (edited): Algie scrotali gravative

Chronic

Chronic scrotal pain
Peer comment(s):

neutral philgoddard : That's cronico.
47 mins
"Chronic pain is classified as pain that lasts longer than three to six month" https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chronic_pain
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severe

Severe as in severe pain.
Peer comment(s):

neutral philgoddard : That's 'grave' or ''acuto'.
49 mins
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pressing

dolore gravativo = pressing pain

Treccani
gravativo agg. [der. di gravare]. – Nel linguaggio medico, riferito a fenomeno morboso (cefalea, nevralgia, ecc.) caratterizzato da un senso di peso doloroso

The most common forms of headache reported were hemicranial (46.0%), holocranial (42.5%), and occipital (17.7%) with pressing pain presenting in 80.4% of cases.
https://www.clinicalpainadvisor.com/home/topics/migraine-hea...

neuropathic pain: spontaneous superficial pain burning, deep spontaneous pressing pain, paroxysmal pain, and evoked pain
https://www.hindawi.com/journals/prt/2014/849623/fig3/

indicated when a woman has cramping or pressing pain in the pelvic or abdominal region
https://www.peacehealth.org/medical-topics/id/hn-2220009

symptoms that include referral pain patterns in other regions with dull ache, deep, pressing pain, burning or a sensation of numbness and fatigue
https://www.hamptonpt.com/painful-muscle-knots-trigger-point...


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agree martini
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Grazie!
agree Rachel Fell
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Grazie Rachel!
agree JudyC
4 days
Thank you Judy
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feeling of heaviness in the scrotum


Scrotal masses - Symptoms and causes - Mayo Clinichttps://www.mayoclinic.org › syc-20352604
30 May 2020 — A dull aching pain or feeling of heaviness in the scrotum; Pain that radiates throughout the groin, abdomen or lower back; Tender, swollen or ...

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https://forum.wordreference.com/threads/gravativo.82374/

or

pain characterized by a feeling of heaviness in the scrotum


the latter
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Reference comments

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Reference:

types of pain (w/ useful list of adjectives)

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