mittlere (here)

English translation: mean daily dose

21:01 Sep 13, 2013

German to English translations [Non-PRO]
Medical - Medical: Pharmaceuticals

German term or phrase: mittlere (here)

Indications of dronabinol:

The table lists several diseases (dronabinolindications) and the corresponding "Mittlere Dosis/Tag".

How do I translate correctly? Average daily dose, mean daily dose, medial daily dose?

Does it matter?

Thanks!

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English translation:mean daily dose

Explanation:
"mean daily dose" gets 4.29 million Google hits against 1.69 million G hits for "average daily dose".

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Note added at 14 mins (2013-09-13 21:15:27 GMT)
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However, if you check ' "average daily dose" NHS ' you get 4.47 million hits. I don't understand this, but I think you can take your pick and nobody could object!

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Note added at 1 day13 hrs (2013-09-15 10:27:41 GMT)
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'mean' tends to be used in technical and scientific documents, while 'average' has essentially the same meaning, but is a little less precise and more widely used in less technical language.

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David Tracey, PhD
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Thanks a lot, I think I get it now :)
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Thanks a lot, I think I get it now :)

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Asker: Thanks, David. To me, "average daily dose" sounds totally OK, but I was wondering if there was a more accurate/official term for it (one never knows). Have a good night!

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