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Italian term

halifax

359 questions

prelievo (meaning 'afferrare')

Italian to English Other Medical: Dentistry

È presente un accessorio denominato XXX che consente il ***prelievo*** delle frese eliminando il contatto diretto con le mani dell’operatore

Proposed translations (English)

3	pick up	Linda 969
3 +3	collection/collecting/removal	Raffaella Panigada

Discussion

texjax DDS PhD Jul 4, 2007: Per esperienza credo che il tuo "prelievo" significhi rimozione della fresa dal manipolo...
halifax (asker) Jul 4, 2007: The point is that the rest of the text is about other accessories, so that's all the context I have.

Proposed translations

40 mins

Linda 969

1053 answers

Native in Italian & English

Selected

pick up

Hi Halifax
I'd probably say something like "designed to pick up (the) burs".
It's hard to tell without more context though

4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer. Comment: "Thanks"

39 mins

Raffaella Panigada

Switzerland

1576 answers

Native in Italian

Works in field

collection/collecting/removal

Would any of these work?
Pickup wouldn't probably be suitable here.

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Note added at 1 hr (2007-07-04 12:22:25 GMT)
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I see. How about "retrieval"?
What are they doing exactly once they are "prelevate"?

Note from asker:

No, unfortunately they wouldn't work in here. Actually I had already thought about them. Thanks anyway.

Peer comment(s):

agree	texjax DDS PhD : Removal è esatto. 1 hr
	Grazie, Tex!
agree	Marie-Hélène Hayles : Yes, I don't see why "removal" wouldn't work. 1 hr
	Thank you, Marie-Hélène.
agree	_forumuser_ : Retrieval. All the way. :) 13 hrs
	Thanks! :-)