Glossary entry

French term or phrase:

écrêtement

English translation:

levelling off

Added to glossary by Jason Willis-Lee
Nov 15, 2007 10:01
16 yrs ago
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French term

ecrettement

French to English Medical Medical: Pharmaceuticals
Verbatim physician responses on different forms of analgesia...

**ecrettement** du pic sérique
Pas d'action sur les crise douleureuse momentannée.

Proposed translations

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levelling off

of the serum peak
Peer comment(s):

agree Gabrielle Leyden : more likely than actually clipping off the peak in this context - typo for écrêtement
11 mins
Thank you Gabrielle
agree Drmanu49 : Agree with Gabrielle.
15 hrs
Merci Dr manu
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer. Comment: "Thanks Janet"
17 mins

(peak) clipping

misspelling of "écrêtement"
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22 mins

peak-clipping

I have found this, which may help you but I'm not sure if the context is the same

Method of removing distortion in electrocardiograms when clipping...

In 1965 at the Kaunas Medical Institute a method of recording an enlarged ECG
... 3 the fivefold amplified ECG is shown with high-amplitude peak clipping as ...

www.springerlink.com/index/PWL4N0R7KJ248575.pdf

Mark Ross, Ph.D.

In the first way (peak clipping - PC), the hearing aid works in a linear fashion
up to the point it reaches maximum output. That is, every increase in input ...

www.pa-shhh.org/ross/ross37.html

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35 mins

reduced peak serum levels

It might be this idea - controlled-release form to reduce peak concentations in the serum where high peaks can have adverse effects
http://www.santea.com/var/santea/storage/original/applicatio...
"Comparativement à la forme gastro-résistante du valproate, la forme à libération prolongée se caractérise, à dose équivalente, par [...] des concentrations maximales (Cmax) plasmatiques totales et libres moins élevées (Cmax abaissées de 25 % environ mais relativement stables en plateau, entre la 4ème et la 14ème heure) ; cet écrêtement des pics permet d'obtenir des concentrations d'acide valproïque plus régulières et réparties de façon plus homogène dans le nycthémère"
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6 hrs

levelling out

... better than levelling off, IMO ...:)
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