Anne Schulz Oct 4, 2023:

@Daryo Thanks belatedly for your agree :-)) but in this case the meaning is different in my opinion. I think the report says, the densities at the right lung base are likely related to a recumbent position of the patient, which (position and effect) is evident from the elevated diaphragm.

Daryo Oct 2, 2023:

There was recently a very similar question:

https://www2.proz.com/kudoz/french-to-english/medical-genera...

you have there plenty of very relevant references.

The key element is that "déclivité" is defined as "down" in relation to Earth's gravity NOT in relation to anatomical positions, so in prone position "déclivité" is at the front of the body, in supine position "déclivité" is at the back of the body.

If you're doing a headstand, "déclivité" would be the **anatomical top** of the lungs, if you're laying on your left side, "déclivité" would be at the left side of each lung.

BTW the trade term is "dependant parts".

Persistance de petites surdensités en verre dépoli sous-pleurale postérobasale droite, liée très vraisemblablement à la déclivité sur surélévation de la coupole diaphragmatique droite

...la déclivité sur surélévation de la coupole diaphragmatique droite = elaborate way of saying that these "surdensités" were created by liquid flowing downwards by gravity around/from this "coupole diaphragmatique"