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Brechampullen

English translation: break ampoules


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German term or phrase:Brechampullen
English translation:break ampoules
Entered by: Evert DELOOF-SYS
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Medical - unspecified
German term or phrase: Brechampullen
Medical context (Brechampullen 4ml). It is in the context of emergency measures against an allergic reaction.
Richard Carter
United Kingdom
Local time: 18:28
break ampoules
Explanation:
or 'easy-break' ampoules

"... ampoule à anneau d'émail, color break ampoule (US), conditionnement, packaging.
ampoule à col bombé, closed ampoule, conditionnement, packaging. ..."

www.aventispasteur.com/french/function/a.html

HTH
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Evert DELOOF-SYS
Belgium
Local time: 19:28
Grading comment
Many thanks - easy when you think about it!!

4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
4 +4break ampoules
Evert DELOOF-SYS
5disposable glass ampulesGeoffrey Steinherz
4breakable ampoulesxxxAbu Amaal
4emetic pill
Dr. Fred Thomson
4pre-scored ampules
Hans-Henning Judek
4 -1friable ampoule
Dr. Fred Thomson


  

Answers

8 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +4
break ampoules


Explanation:
or 'easy-break' ampoules

"... ampoule à anneau d'émail, color break ampoule (US), conditionnement, packaging.
ampoule à col bombé, closed ampoule, conditionnement, packaging. ..."

www.aventispasteur.com/french/function/a.html

HTH

Evert DELOOF-SYS
Belgium
Local time: 19:28
Native speaker of: Native in DutchDutch, Native in FlemishFlemish
PRO pts in pair: 148
Grading comment
Many thanks - easy when you think about it!!

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  PaLa: Google gives five hits for "easy-break ampoule".
5 mins
agree  Alison Riddell: I'd go with "easy break"
7 mins
agree  GreenTara: "easy-break" sounds good; "ampule" is more English-type spelling
11 hrs
agree  Jzsefrpd Bende
5 days
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15 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
pre-scored ampules


Explanation:
The reference gives you a lot of choice to find the rgiht one for your translation

HTH


    Reference: http://www.wheatonsci.com/html/fm/PrdAmples-8_c.html
Hans-Henning Judek
Japan
Local time: 02:28
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26 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
disposable glass ampules


Explanation:
if their glass, they break, if they break, you dispose of them. I had the same word for a pharmaceutical firm,

G. Steinherz

Geoffrey Steinherz
Germany
Local time: 19:28
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26 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
emetic pill


Explanation:
This pill will cause you to vomit.

Dr. Fred Thomson
United States
Local time: 11:28
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33 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): -1
friable ampoule


Explanation:
I got this term from my Woerterbuch der Medizin u. Pharmazeutik, Bunjes.
It means easily crumbled or pulverized.
I still like the "emetic pill or ampoule" because it speaks to the medical situation, i.e., it might be an emergency measure.
Moreover, who would know from the German what the contents of the "friable ampoule" are?
I guess "ampoule" is better than "pill" because the two forms are different.

Dr. Fred Thomson
United States
Local time: 11:28
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in pair: 5857

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
disagree  xxxAbu Amaal: swallowing crushed glass is counterindicated
13 hrs
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13 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
breakable ampoules


Explanation:
This seems to me the normal term.

I would confine "easy break" to a marketing context.




xxxAbu Amaal
United States
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