Glossary entry

German term or phrase:

grenzflächenaktiv

English translation:

surface-active

Added to glossary by davidgreen
May 14, 2005 07:23
19 yrs ago
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German term

grenzflächenaktiv

German to English Medical Medical (general) sinusitis
Nach intranasaler Anwendung konzentrieren sich die Saponine wegen ihrer grenzflächenaktiven Eigenschaften auf der Schleimhautoberfläche und bewirken eine – durch die geringe Dosis kontrollierte – lokale Irritation der Schleimhäute im unteren Teil der Nasenhöhle. Eine reflektorische Sekretion der Schleimhäute der Nasenhöhle und der Nasennebenhöhlen wird durch eine Reizung der Trigeminus-Nervenfasern verursacht. Eine angemessene sekretorische Antwort wird durch die parasymphatischen Fasern hervorgerufen, die gemeinsam mit dem N. facialis verlaufen, und schließlich die Schleimhäute der Nase und deren Nebenhöhlen erreichen.

Following intranasal application, the saponins concentrate on the surface of the mucous membrane due to their properties that are active on a ?boundary layer? and they cause a local irritation of the mucous membrane - controlled by the small dose – in the lower area of the paranasal sinus. A reflectory secretion of the mucous membrane of the nasal cavity and the paranasal sinuses is caused by an irritation of the trigeminus nerve fibres. An appropriate secretory response is caused by the parasymphatic fibres, which run together with the N. facialis, and ultimately reach the mucous membrane of the nose and its paranasal sinus.

googling my version doesn't seem to reassure me any of the leo translation for grenzflächenaktiv
Proposed translations (English)
4 +5 surface-active

Proposed translations

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German term (edited): grenzfl�chenaktiv
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surface-active

The word is surface-active. Langenscheidt Fachwörterbuch Chemie und chemische Technik confirms:
grenzflächenaktiv - surface-active
grenzflächenaktiver Stoff - surface-active agent [compound, substance]
Grenzflächenaktivität - surface activity
Peer comment(s):

agree Jonathan MacKerron : sounds reasonable
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agree MMUlr : see also http://www.google.de/search?hl=de&q=surface active saponins&...
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Thanks and good morning!
agree Edith Kelly
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agree Siegfried Armbruster
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Thanks and Good Morning to you as well!
agree Sonia Soros
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