Glossary entry

English term or phrase:

flex in / flex out

French translation:

se rétracter / bomber

Added to glossary by Jean-Michel Gillion
Nov 16, 2004 09:28
19 yrs ago
English term

flex in / flex out

English to French Other Medical: Health Care free diving
when the pressure builds, your eardrums start to flex in. In holding your nose and blowing gently against them you flex them out and relieve the pain which is involved with the pressure.

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se rétracter/bomber

La rétraction du tympan est douloureuse. Certaines manoeuvres ouvrent la trompe d'Eustache et favorisent le remplissage d'air de la caisse du tympan : déglutition, bâillements, mâchonnement d'un chewing gum, manoeuvre de Valsalva (expiration forcée en se bouchant le nez).
http://www.doctissimo.fr/html/sante/encyclopedie/sa_1440_avi...

... Cette différence de pression fait en sorte que le tympan se rétracte provoquant
un léger raidissement du système de l'oreille moyenne, ce qui occasionne ...
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incurver / bomber

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