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English translation: stair steps


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English term or phrase:steps
English translation:stair steps
Entered by: Tony M
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14:43 Jul 31, 2011
English to English translations [PRO]
Medical - Medical (general)
English term or phrase: step
G300504 and G300505 8 STEP STAIR CLIMB TEST
[what is ment by 'step', foot step or stair step?]
jmarcin2
stair steps
Explanation:
It refers to a staircase that consists of 8 steps: an 8-step stair; the use of the hyphen as in BE might have helped comprehension here!

I assume this is some kind of medical test?
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Tony M
France
Local time: 04:05
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4 +5stair steps
Tony M
4 +2stair step
Joshua Wolfe


  

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6 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +5
8-step stair
stair steps


Explanation:
It refers to a staircase that consists of 8 steps: an 8-step stair; the use of the hyphen as in BE might have helped comprehension here!

I assume this is some kind of medical test?

Tony M
France
Local time: 04:05
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 40
Grading comment
Selected automatically based on peer agreement.

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Jonathan MacKerron: test comprised of climbing eight stair steps?
31 mins
  -> Thanks, J! I think it actually means repeated climbing of a flight of 8 steps.
agree  Liz Broomfield
43 mins
  -> Thanks, Liz!
agree  lirka: absolutely; 8 foot steps would be no exercise and hence not conclusive :)
59 mins
  -> Thanks, Lirka! Indeed, yes!
agree  eski
3 hrs
  -> ¡Gracias, eski!
agree  Phong Le
1 day36 mins
  -> Thanks, Phong Le!
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8 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +2
stair step


Explanation:
Test done by patient climbing stairs (or using a Stair-Master type machine)


    Reference: http://stairmastersm916.com/
    Reference: http://tevami.com/gallery/nordic-track-mtn-740-stepper.jpg
Joshua Wolfe
Local time: 22:05
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Mohd shadab
17 hrs
  -> Thanks, Shadabsonia
agree  Thuy-PTT
3 days16 hrs
  -> Thank-you
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Changes made by editors
Aug 14, 2011 - Changes made by Tony M:
Created KOG entryKudoZ term => KOG term
Jul 31, 2011 - Changes made by Tony M:
FieldArt/Literary => Medical
Field (specific)Linguistics => Medical (general)


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