Absplitt.

English translation: presence of glass/ vial chips

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German term or phrase:Absplitt.
English translation:presence of glass/ vial chips
Entered by: Donald Jacobson

01:04 Feb 28, 2015
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Medical - Medical: Pharmaceuticals
German term or phrase: Absplitt.
"Absplitt. im Dichtungsbereich o. a. mit Funktionsstörung"

What's the word here? This is abbreviated, I believe.

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Lirka
Austria
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presence of glass/ vial chips
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Donald Jacobson
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3 +4presence of glass/ vial chips
Donald Jacobson
4Split-off
Cornelia Lüttmann
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Donald Jacobson

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Split-off


Explanation:
I think "Absplitterung" is the term you're looking for

Cornelia Lüttmann
Germany
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presence of glass/ vial chips


Explanation:
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Donald Jacobson
United States
Local time: 05:46
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Native speaker of: English
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Tnanks!

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agree  uyuni
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  -> Than you, uyuni!

agree  EK Yokohama
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  -> Thank you, Kubo E!

agree  Harald Moelzer (medical-translator)
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  -> Thank you, Harald!

agree  Susanne Schiewe
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Reference information:
Absplitterung? Flaking, splitting off, spalling
spall Also found in: Medical, Encyclopedia, Wikipedia.
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spall (spôl)
n.
A chip, fragment, or flake from a piece of stone or ore.
v. spalled, spall·ing, spalls
v.tr.
To break up into chips or fragments.
v.intr.
To chip or crumble.
[Middle English spalle.]
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright © 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
spall (spɔːl)
n
1. (Geological Science) a splinter or chip of ore, rock, or stone
vb
2. (Geological Science) to split or cause to split into such fragments
[C15: of unknown origin]
Collins English Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003
spall (spɔl)

n.
1. a chip or splinter, as of stone or ore.
v.t.
2. to break into smaller pieces, as ore; split or chip.
v.i.
3. to break or split off in chips or bits.
[1750–60; orig. uncertain; compare late Middle English spalle a chip]
spall•a′tion, n.
spall′er, n.
Random House Kernerman Webster's College Dictionary, © 2010 K Dictionaries Ltd. Copyright 2005, 1997, 1991 by Random House, Inc. All rights reserved.

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