English translation of "bâillement" - "[here] gap"

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21 months ago

Rosa (a guest user) asked this question:

Language pair:	French > English
Subject:	Medical
Level of diffculty:	Easy / medium
Word or term in question:	bâillement
Context:	Imagerie diagnostique Main droite : Changements dégénératifs de la première articulation métacarpo-phalangienne, avec un bâillement de l’espace articulaire du cote cubital, suggestif d’une atteinte traumatique ancienne, possiblement de la capsule articulaire ou du ligament collatéral cubital. Does this really mean "yawn", in this context?

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21 months ago

CMD wrote:

[here] gap

My comment:

ad bâillement de l'espace interarticulaire
i.e. "existence d'un phénomène de vide sur un cliché radiographique de profil" --> cf https://kinedoc.org/work/kinedoc/65c9f7dc-db91-44db-b55b-505b0df6bf9a.pdf[ibid p.2,3]
https://www.revmed.ch/revue-medicale-suisse/2017/revue-medicale-suisse-563/entorse-de-l-articulation-metacarpo-phalangienne-du-pouce-avec-lesion-du-ligament-collateral-ulnaire

ad gap
--> cf https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6260449/
[NB ibid images etc]

My references:

cf déf. LR "bâillement" par ext. petite ouverture, une sorte de "vide"

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