Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Spanish term or phrase:
PICADURA (in this context)
English translation:
stab
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cebice
Mar 8, 2007 20:21
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Spanish term
PICADURA (in this context)
Spanish to English
Science
Science (general)
microbiology
...Se siembra por "picadura" y estría e incubar a
30-35°C por 24 horas.
I know "estría" is streak but how do you translate "picadura" in this case?
30-35°C por 24 horas.
I know "estría" is streak but how do you translate "picadura" in this case?
Proposed translations
(English)
| 4 +1 | stab |
Catalina Connon
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| 3 | pricking or injecting |
Sandra Holt
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| 1 | row of holes or dots |
tutta_karlson
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Proposed translations
+1
1 hr
Catalina Connon
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stab
stab culture: cultivo por picadura
http://www.leeds.ac.uk/ifcc/PD/dict/dicts.html
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Note added at 1 hr (2007-03-08 21:47:44 GMT)
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Stab culture. (Bacteriol.) A culture made by inoculating a solid medium, as gelatin, with the puncture of a needle or wire; - called also stab. The growths are usually of characteristic form.
http://www.thefreedictionary.com/Stab culture
http://www.leeds.ac.uk/ifcc/PD/dict/dicts.html
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Note added at 1 hr (2007-03-08 21:47:44 GMT)
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Stab culture. (Bacteriol.) A culture made by inoculating a solid medium, as gelatin, with the puncture of a needle or wire; - called also stab. The growths are usually of characteristic form.
http://www.thefreedictionary.com/Stab culture
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tutta_karlson
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row of holes or dots
just an assumption: smear the sample as a row of dots
or may be there's an microbiologist instrument that's called "picadura"
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Note added at 25 мин (2007-03-08 20:46:41 GMT)
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if i'm not mostaken, there's a special needle in microbioligy, but i do not think they use it for smearing samples
or may be there's an microbiologist instrument that's called "picadura"
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Note added at 25 мин (2007-03-08 20:46:41 GMT)
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if i'm not mostaken, there's a special needle in microbioligy, but i do not think they use it for smearing samples
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Sandra Holt
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pricking or injecting
Also just a guess but I think it may be something like "pricking or injecting" take a look at this on page 22
http://imb.usal.es/Practicas2/P2/Practicas2.pdf
http://imb.usal.es/Practicas2/P2/Practicas2.pdf
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