fol

English translation: sheet

14:50 Sep 12, 2019
Finnish to English translations [PRO]
Medical - Medical: Health Care
Finnish term or phrase: fol
mg tabletti läpipainopakkaus 1 x 30 fol
Abbreviation, which ought to be easy, but I just can't nail it. Some sort of unit of measure, but what is the expansion?
Yngve Roennike
Local time: 07:03
English translation:sheet
Explanation:
My understanding is that it's abbreviated from Latin folium, (lehti in Finnish) meaning sheet. Here are some Latin abbreviations used in prescriptions: https://www.terve.fi/artikkelit/reseptilatinaa
It's a statutory requirement for pharmacies to use it (see e.g. https://www.fimea.fi/documents/160140/764653/20644_Maarays_l...
In practice it means there are 30 tablets in a blister packaging.
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Tarja Karjalainen
Finland
Local time: 13:03
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4 +2sheet
Tarja Karjalainen
4 +1folio
Pertti Hietaranta
3foil
Spencer Allman


  

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22 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
folio


Explanation:
Judging by your context, "fol" here seems to stand for "folio", i.e. the metallic film (foil) around a tablet.

Pertti Hietaranta
Finland
Local time: 13:03
Native speaker of: Native in FinnishFinnish
PRO pts in category: 4

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agree  Jussi Rosti
1 min
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29 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +2
sheet


Explanation:
My understanding is that it's abbreviated from Latin folium, (lehti in Finnish) meaning sheet. Here are some Latin abbreviations used in prescriptions: https://www.terve.fi/artikkelit/reseptilatinaa
It's a statutory requirement for pharmacies to use it (see e.g. https://www.fimea.fi/documents/160140/764653/20644_Maarays_l...
In practice it means there are 30 tablets in a blister packaging.

Tarja Karjalainen
Finland
Local time: 13:03
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Native speaker of: Native in FinnishFinnish
PRO pts in category: 42

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Spencer Allman: Yes I guess so
26 mins
  -> Thanks, Spencer!

agree  Unni Tengvall-Unadike: Yes this is it, I'm a licensed pharmacist in Finland and it always says "fol" in the packaging info if it is blister packaging, otherwise the packaging is in a bottle.
2 hrs
  -> Thank you, Unni!
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51 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
foil


Explanation:
surely....

Spencer Allman
United Kingdom
Local time: 11:03
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 6
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