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German term or phrase:	Erbmaterial
English translation:	genetic material
Entered by:	Rowan Morrell

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11:51 Jan 20, 2006

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German term or phrase: Erbmaterial

"• Es wird eine Blutprobe entnommen, um Ihren HBV-DNA-Spiegel, das heißt die Menge des ***Erbmaterials*** des Hepatitis B Virus in Ihrem Blut, zu untersuchen."

From a clinical drug investigation text. I can't find "Erbmaterial" in any dictionary. There is a discussion on LEO that suggests (not absolutely conclusively) that it might be "genetic material", and I guess that's a reasonable possibility. Or what about "hereditary material"? Or is it just a synonym of DNA and thus redundant? TIA for your help.

Rowan Morrell KudoZ activity Questions: 2192 (none open) (39 closed without grading) Answers: 2745 New Zealand
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genetic material

Explanation:
seems to me the best thing to use in this context.

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Or as you suggest, you could just leave it out..."a blood sample will be taken to measure the amount of HBV DNA..."

"hereditary material" is fine literally but not appropriate in context.

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Ford Prefect
Germany
Local time: 10:56

Grading comment

I love it when a clearcut solution emerges. Genetic material it is, then! Many thanks James and all the peer graders. But thanks also to the others who contributed, and commiserations to Ingo, to whom I would also give points if it were possible. Appreciate everyone's help.
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4 +14

genetic material

Ford Prefect

4 +3

genetic material

Ingo Dierkschnieder

genome

Brie Vernier

hereditary material

franglish

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peer agreement (net): +14

genetic material

Ford Prefect
Germany
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Nicole Schnell

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rainerc: yes, that's it

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Ingo Dierkschnieder: Yep.

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Stephen Sadie

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Deborah Curtis: not just the best thing to use - 100 % correct!

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Mihaela Boteva

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AnjaR

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Georg Schweigart (Dr.)

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Julia Lipeles

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Sabine Griebler

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John Speese: I too would say genetic material (which with most viruses is DNA , although for some it's RNA).

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franglish

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Siegfried Armbruster

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tolketjenesten: in this context 'genetic material', see: Hepatitis B Virus Test: The tests detect antigens, proteins (antibodies), or genetic material (DNA or RNA) of the viruses that cause hepatitis. http://www.webmd.com/hw/hepatitis/hw201572.asp

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genetic material

Explanation:
I would use genetic material as, according to Wikipedia, "Genetic material is the material used to store genetic information for a living organism. For all currently known living organisms, the genetic material is almost exclusively DNA."

That they mean DNA is obvious from "HBV-*DNA*-Spiegel".

Or simply use "amount of Hepatitis B virus DNA".

Reference: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Genetic_material

Ingo Dierkschnieder
United Kingdom
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36 mins confidence:

hereditary material

Explanation:
thousands of google hits for this

franglish
Switzerland
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German
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genome

Explanation:
How does chronic hepatitis B virus cause liver cancer? In patients with both chronic hepatitis B virus and liver cancer, the genetic material of hepatitis B virus is frequently found to be part of the genetic material of the cancer cells. It is thought, therefore, that specific regions of the hepatitis B virus genome (genetic code) enter the genetic material of the liver cells. This hepatitis B virus genetic material may then disrupt the normal genetic material in the liver cells, thereby causing the liver cells to become cancerous.
http://www.medicinenet.com/liver_cancer/article.htm

Reference: http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erbmaterial
Reference: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Genome

Brie Vernier
Germany
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