Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Spanish term or phrase:
mayor a izquierda
English translation:
greater on the left
Spanish term
Australia
My experience, your advantage
Native in: Spanish (Variant: Latin American)
Works in: English to Spanish, Spanish to English
mayor a izquierda
Compromiso piramidal de extremidades inferiores, mayor a izquierda.
Diagnosis made by a Specialist in Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation from Chile.
| 5 +4 | greater on the left |
Joseph Tein
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Proposed translations
United States
Multilingual. Very careful & precise.
Native in: English 
Works in: Spanish to English, Italian to English
greater on the left
This is a very common description of a symptom.
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"There were bilateral infranuclear facial palsies, greater on the left and a right-sided abducens nerve palsy."
I tried to find parallel English-Spanish texts showing "greater on" alongside "mayor en" ... this is the best I could find (see the Results and Resultados sections)
http://www.elsevier.es/en-revista-cirugia-espanola-english-e...
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Just a few more examples, which should reassure you that this is a common, standard expression.
"MRI scan in October 1989 revealed atrophy greater on the left."
"Wasting in the lower extremities was confined to both extensor digitorum brevis muscles, greater on the left, which was associated with weakness of toe extension."
"There is severe dystonic posturing in her upper limbs and a bilateral resting tremor, greater on the left."
etc.
| Thank you very much, Joseph, very useful references |
| agree |
Muriel Vasconcellos
: I was thinking to say 'more marked on the left'
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Hi Muriel, thanks. I think "more marked" is equally correct; I always prefer the shortest version.
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lorenab23
: :-)
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Gracias querida.
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Andrea Shah
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Thank you, Andrea.
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philgoddard
: I actually think you don't need references for a question like this.
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Hi Phil, thanks. I include examples so that the asker can feel confident that the suggestion is standard language.
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Discussion
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