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Glossary entry

Bulgarian term or phrase:

мишница

English translation:

upper arm

Added to glossary by James McVay
Sep 28, 2023 19:29
8 mos ago
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Bulgarian term

мишница

Bulgarian to English Medical Medical (general) Questionaires
This term appears on a medical questionnaire about pain experienced in various parts of the body. I've found several translations for the word, from "upper arm," to "armpit." One source glossed it as "deltoid muscle."

Here's the specific context:

Зоната на дясната мишница отпред
Зона на лява мишница отзад

And also in:

Зона на дясна предмишница отпред

Where "предмишница" seems pretty clearly to mean "forearm." That inclines me toward "upper arm" for "мишница," but I'd like another opinion.
Proposed translations (English)
5 -1 upper arm
5 +3 underarm/ armpit
4 -2 arm

Proposed translations

-1
48 mins
Selected

upper arm

Arm is ръка - from the palm to the shoulder. Мишница is the upper part of the arm and that is how it is called - upper arm.
Peer comment(s):
disagree Daniela Panayotova : The upper arm is the part from the elbow to the shoulder
1 day 3 hrs
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer. Comment: "I have to say that I was surprised by the range of answers to this question from native speakers. But given the context, I think "upper arm" is clearly the proper choice here."
-2
26 mins

arm

"предмишница" is "forearm", so "мишница" is simply "arm". This term is ised as an anatomical part (from shoulder to elbow). It would be an "armpit" if it is referring to the place where you spray your deodorant. In this case the proper term in Bulgarian is "ПОДмишница", but also referred to as "мишница" in colloquial speech.

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Note added at 33 mins (2023-09-28 20:03:38 GMT)
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The arm proper (brachium), sometimes called the upper arm,[4] the region between the shoulder and the elbow, is composed of the humerus with the elbow joint at its distal end.

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Note added at 1 hr (2023-09-28 21:24:25 GMT)
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Noun 1. arm - a human limb; technically the part of the superior limb between the shoulder and the elbow but commonly used to refer to the whole superior limb
Reference:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arm

Peer comment(s):
disagree Elena Masseva : Arm is ръка. Мишница is part of the arm
16 mins
From thefreedictionary under arm: a. the upper limb of the human body. b. the upper limb from shoulder to elbow.
disagree Daniela Panayotova : arm - a human limb including the forearm and upper arm https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/arm
20 hrs
Where is this definition from? In the same dictionary: b : the part of the human upper limb between the shoulder and the wrist also : BRACHIUM; under BRACHIUM - the upper segment of the arm or forelimb extending from the shoulder to the elbow
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+3
20 hrs

underarm/ armpit

Your armpit is the area underneath your upper arm, where it connects to your shoulder. Armpits tend to be smelly, so we would advise to steer clear of an open armpit on a bus or subway. Another common word for armpit is "underarm," while the official anatomical term is axilla. (Mишницата е областта под горната част на ръката, където се свързва с рамото ви. Mишниците са склонни да миришат. Друга често срещана дума за мишница е "подмишници", докато официалният анатомичен термин е аксила.

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Note added at 1 day 3 hrs (2023-09-29 23:16:51 GMT)
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***Please note correct website addresses for the examples:

https://www.vocabulary.com/dictionary/armpit
https://sentencedict.com/underarm.html

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Note added at 1 day 3 hrs (2023-09-29 23:20:02 GMT)
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***Please also see here for picture with names of the parts of the arm: https://7esl.com/human-body-parts-names/

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Note added at 1 day 3 hrs (2023-09-29 23:25:05 GMT)
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Also here: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK507841
Example sentence:

Especially formulated with aloe vera for ultimate protection of fragile underarm skin.

Reference:

http://https://sentencedict.com/underarm.html#:~:text=1%20He%20bowled%20underarm%20for,deodorants%20leaching%20into%20the%20microclimate.

http://https://www.vocabulary.com/dictionary/armpit#:~:text=Your%20armpit%20is%20the%20area,official%20anatomical%20term%20is%20axilla.

Peer comment(s):
agree Mark Bossanyi
2 hrs
Many thanks, Mark
neutral Inna Ivanova : Both references do not work. Yes, you are quite right. My mistake. Neither of the references works.
2 hrs
Did you mean neither of the references works? Please try these: https://www.vocabulary.com/dictionary/armpit https://sentencedict.com/underarm.html
agree Elena Aleksandrova
1 day 43 mins
Many thanks, Elena.
agree Nelly Keavney
1 day 18 hrs
Thank you very much, Nelly.
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