Mehlmilbe

English translation: flour mite

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German term or phrase:Mehlmilbe
English translation:flour mite
Entered by: JLC

08:30 Jul 16, 2000
German to English translations [PRO]
Medical
German term or phrase: Mehlmilbe
An allergen - is it flour mite or is there another expression for this??
JSlater
Local time: 01:01
flour mite
Explanation:
Yes, you're entirely right. "Flour Mite" is the correct medical term.
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JLC
Local time: 00:01
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That completes my list of allergens - many thanks!
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naflour mite
JLC
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Ulrike Lieder (X)


  

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flour mite


Explanation:
Yes, you're entirely right. "Flour Mite" is the correct medical term.


    Reference: http://eurodic.ip.lu:8086/cgi-bin/edicbin/EuroDicWWW.pl?page...
JLC
Local time: 00:01
PRO pts in pair: 24
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That completes my list of allergens - many thanks!
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18 mins
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Explanation:
To give you more information than you probably care to have: Langenscheidt's Encyclopedic Dictionary (Muret-Sanders) lists 1. flour mite (or wheat mite) [Tyroglyhus farinae], and 2. grain mite [ascarus siro].

Ulrike Lieder (X)
Local time: 16:01
Native speaker of: German
PRO pts in pair: 3525
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