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fetomaternale Grenzfläche

English translation: fetomaternal [feto-maternal] interface

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German term or phrase:fetomaternale Grenzfläche
English translation:fetomaternal [feto-maternal] interface
Entered by: Steffen Walter

17:29 Oct 29, 2007
German to English translations [PRO]
Medical - Medical (general)
German term or phrase: fetomaternale Grenzfläche
Es geht um die Untersuchungen an der fetomaternalen Grenzfläche der Plazenta.
Titel der Dissertation. Ich habe ich das Wort "junction" gefunden - bin ich mir aber nicht sicher, ob dies das richtige Wort ist. Danke im voraus.
KathyAnna O
Canada
Local time: 15:51
fetomaternal interface
Explanation:
see also placental bed

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Note added at 10 mins (2007-10-29 17:39:47 GMT)
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more commonly with a hyphen >> feto-maternal
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Dr Sue Levy (X)
Local time: 21:51
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Danke Dr. Sue
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4 +3fetomaternal interface
Dr Sue Levy (X)
5fetomaternal barrier
Holly Hart


  

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fetomaternal interface


Explanation:
see also placental bed

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Note added at 10 mins (2007-10-29 17:39:47 GMT)
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more commonly with a hyphen >> feto-maternal

Dr Sue Levy (X)
Local time: 21:51
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 412
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Danke Dr. Sue

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agree  Nicholas Krivenko: Ich kenne das auch eher mit Bindestrich. Ansonsten bin ich mit Dr. Sue. Dr. Nick :-)
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agree  Siegfried Armbruster
33 mins
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agree  Cetacea
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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
fetomaternal barrier


Explanation:
The term 'barrier' is also used in the context of 'blood-brain' barrier. Googling reveals a number of hits with this usage:
'fetomaternal barrier' or 'feto-maternal barrier'
Example from the journal 'Nature':
... there is a serious concern that the direct intraplacental needle injection results in breakdown of the feto-maternal barrier, as clinically shown by ...
Another source reads:
Objective Fetal cells cross the feto-maternal barrier and circulate in maternal peripheral blood; thus, this study aimed to show the relationship between ...

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    Reference: http://pt.wkhealth.com/pt/re/ajog/fulltext.00000447-19930300...
    Reference: http://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S014340040700031...
Holly Hart
United States
Local time: 14:51
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 99
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