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French: acte de biologie médicale

English translation: clinical laboratory services







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French term or phrase:acte de biologie médicale
English translation:clinical laboratory services
Entered by:Michael Lotz
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Medical - Medical: Health Care / medical insurance
French term or phrase: acte de biologie médicale
La participation forfaitaire s’applique pour ..... tout acte de biologie médicale.

I was thinking about "tests", but they also talk about "examens biologiques" which are certainly tests.
Alexandra Speirs
Italy
clinical laboratory services
Explanation:
for the purposes and in the context of medical insurance coverage terminiology, this would be the inclusive translation of "acte de biologie médicale".....
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Michael Lotz
United States
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Thanks again, this is the one that suits the context best!
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Summary of answers provided
5 +6clinical laboratory services
Michael Lotz
4medical lab workCherryPie
4bio-assay Dr Jones
4biological tests or biological sampling procedures for diagnostic purposes
Drmanu49


  

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3 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
biological tests or biological sampling procedures for diagnostic purposes

Explanation:
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Note added at 4 mins (2007-10-07 11:33:04 GMT)
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Motivations: Classification of biological samples for diagnostic purposes is a difficult task. because of the many decisions involved on the number, type, ...
bioinformatics.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/reprint/bth015v1.pdf

or for analytical and diagnostic purposes.

(EN) A system for performing molecular biological diagnosis, analysis and ... denaturation is detailed and analyzed for analytical and diagnostic purposes. ...
www.wipo.org/pctdb/en/wo.jsp?wo=1997012030 - 39k -

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Note added at 9 mins (2007-10-07 11:37:35 GMT)
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I would probably translate the sentence by:

this rate applies to any biological procedure for analytical and diagnostic purposes

[Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] · Biological Procedures Online: an electronic techniques journal serving biochemists and biologists ...
www.biologicalprocedures.com/bpo/arts/1/contents.htm - 97k

Drmanu49
France
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PRO pts in category: 314
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30 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
bio-assay

Explanation:
français
anglais

test biologique n. m.
bio-assay




Dr Jones
France
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PRO pts in category: 32
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37 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
medical lab work

Explanation:
All-encompassing term, which allows you to speak of specific tests later on without being redundant.

CherryPie
France
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49 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +6
clinical laboratory services

Explanation:
for the purposes and in the context of medical insurance coverage terminiology, this would be the inclusive translation of "acte de biologie médicale".....

Michael Lotz
United States
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 111
Note from asker to answerer
Thanks again, this is the one that suits the context best!
Notes to answerer
Asker: Thanks!


Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree Isabelle Berquin
6 mins
  -> thanks Isabelle

agree liz askew: .1.6.Medical analysis laboratory The Nomenclature des Actes de Biologie Médicale – NABM was created by the law of 3 April 1985. It has the same functioning and the same role as the NGAP but only concerns laboratorytests
49 mins
  -> thanks Liz

agree Dr Sue Levy
1 hr
  -> thanks Sue

agree Tony M
4 hrs
  -> thanks Tony

agree sktrans
12 hrs
  -> thanks sktrans

agree Assimina Vavoula
17 hrs
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