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Saugkörper

English translation: absorbent layer (core)


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German term or phrase:Saugkörper
English translation:absorbent layer (core)
Entered by: Darko Kolega
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11:19 Jul 7, 2011
German to English translations [PRO]
Medical - Medical: Instruments / wound treatment
German term or phrase: Saugkörper
Die wundseitige Oberfläche besteht aus einem integrierten Wunddistanzgitter aus PE, der Saugkörper aus einem Zellstoffkern mit flüssigkeitsspeichernden Superabsorbern und die Rückseite aus atmungsaktivem und feuchtigkeitsundurchlässsigem BTBS.
Darko Kolega
Croatia
Local time: 10:48
absorbent layer
Explanation:
"the absorbent layer * dressing" x 78,000:
http://tinyurl.com/68ezt33
This dressing has three layers

absorbent layer
absorbent body
absorbent component etc

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Note added at 1 hr (2011-07-07 12:23:24 GMT)
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Clarification

This dressing has three *layers*:
1) wundseitige Oberfläche
2) Saugkörper
3) Rückseite


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Andrew Swift
United Kingdom
Local time: 09:48
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40 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +2
absorbent layer


Explanation:
"the absorbent layer * dressing" x 78,000:
http://tinyurl.com/68ezt33
This dressing has three layers

absorbent layer
absorbent body
absorbent component etc

--------------------------------------------------
Note added at 1 hr (2011-07-07 12:23:24 GMT)
--------------------------------------------------

Clarification

This dressing has three *layers*:
1) wundseitige Oberfläche
2) Saugkörper
3) Rückseite




Andrew Swift
United Kingdom
Local time: 09:48
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 39
Notes to answerer
Asker: thanks!


Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Dr Lofthouse
1 hr
agree  lirka: or even "absorbent core" since this is the middle layer. See here:http://www.acrison.com/pages/absorbent_hygienic_products.htm...
2 hrs
  -> Thanks, lirka. That occurred to me too, but 'core' then features later on in the clause: "...Saugkörper aus einem Zellstoffkern..."
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Changes made by editors
Jul 7, 2011 - Changes made by Steffen Walter:
Field (write-in)wounds-treatment => wound treatment


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