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Glossary entry

French term or phrase:

eau EEB

English translation:

water for BET (bacterial endotoxins test)

Added to glossary by Joan Berglund
Aug 3, 2010 13:59
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French term

eau EEB

French to English Science Chemistry; Chem Sci/Eng kinetic colorimetry
This is used for dilution in kinetic colorimetry, checking for the content of bacterial endotoxins in a pharmaceutical product by the limulus amebocytes lysate method
Proposed translations (English)
4 +5 water for BET (bacterial endotoxins test)

Discussion

Joan Berglund (asker) Aug 3, 2010:
Yes, the sentence is roughly "dilute the product with eau EEB. These are all just short SOP checklists, so not a lot of context. Actually, water for BET sounds very plausible and gets plenty of relevant ghits, thanks Helen.
Jean-Louis S. Aug 3, 2010:
Context Do you have a sentence?

Proposed translations

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water for BET (bacterial endotoxins test)

eau pour essai des endotoxines bactériennes, eau EEB > water for bacterial endotoxins test, water for BET

e.g. http://iccvam.niehs.nih.gov/docs/pyrogen/regulatory/20614e.p... (European Pharmacopoeia)
Peer comment(s):

agree Chris Hall
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Thanks Chris :-)
agree Constantinos Faridis (X)
17 mins
Thanks Constantinos :-)
agree Jean-Louis S.
17 mins
Thanks jlsjr :-)
agree mimi 254
33 mins
Thanks mimi :-)
agree Sandra & Kenneth Grossman : Thanks!
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