Glossary entry

Danish term or phrase:

pode

English translation:

pharyngeal swab

Added to glossary by stephen mewes
Apr 1, 2010 10:32
14 yrs ago
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Danish term

pode

Danish to English Medical Medical (general)
Under den objective undersøgelse findes tonsillerne hævede og med hvide belægninger. Der er allerede podet fra hals.

'A graft has already been taken from...?
Proposed translations (English)
5 +1 pharyngeal swab
4 throat swab

Proposed translations

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pharyngeal swab


Make sure not to use "Graft" as indicated in your question
Example sentence:

Nasal and pharyngeal swabs were obtained

We studied the isolates from pharyngeal swabs obtained from 836 children with acute tonsillopharyngitis

Note from asker:
I was pretty certain that this was used in the context of taking a sample and I just wanted to rule out the use of 'graft, as given in several resources.
Peer comment(s):

agree Christine Andersen : Linguistically, the expression used in English refers to the process of swabbing while the Danish expression refers to the way the bacteria thus obtained are cultured to ascertain what type(s) they are
22 hrs
Thanks for the clarification, Christine :)
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