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Norwegian translation: kalsiferol

12:36 Jul 11, 2011
English to Norwegian translations [PRO]
Medical - Medical: Pharmaceuticals
English term or phrase: parent
Kontekst:

Impaired 1-α hydroxylation by the kidneys reduces endogenous 1,25-dihydroxyvitamin D production. This contributes to the disturbances in mineral metabolism found in several disorders, including renal bone disease, hypoparathyroidism, neonatal hypocalcaemia and vitamin D dependent rickets. These disorders, which require high doses of parent vitamin D for their correction, will respond to small doses of XYZ.

The delay in response and high dosage required in treating these disorders with parent vitamin D makes dosage adjustment difficult. This can result in unpredictable hypercalcaemia which may take weeks or months to reverse.
Koen Speetjens (X)
Local time: 08:43
Norwegian translation:kalsiferol
Explanation:
Hei Koen,

Dette er ikke helt enkelt å avgjøre ettersom den engelske termen ikke er helt vanlig i bruk. Etter det jeg kan se, dreier det seg om hovedvitaminet D, dvs. kalsiferol. Da er det ikke mulig å oversette "parent" alene, men i kombinasjonen "parent vitamin D". En annen måte å skrive om denne termen, kunne være å bruke "d-vitaminer" (slik det brukes i snl), men da bortfaller referansen til "hovedvitaminet".
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Morten Wallentinsen
Spain
Local time: 08:43
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Jeg er ikke sikker på om kalsiferol er det riktige uttrykket, men jeg har brukt "vanlig". Takk for hjelpen!
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kalsiferol


Explanation:
Hei Koen,

Dette er ikke helt enkelt å avgjøre ettersom den engelske termen ikke er helt vanlig i bruk. Etter det jeg kan se, dreier det seg om hovedvitaminet D, dvs. kalsiferol. Da er det ikke mulig å oversette "parent" alene, men i kombinasjonen "parent vitamin D". En annen måte å skrive om denne termen, kunne være å bruke "d-vitaminer" (slik det brukes i snl), men da bortfaller referansen til "hovedvitaminet".

Example sentence(s):
  • Vitamin D (også kalt kalsiferol) har flere former el. metabolitter.
  • kalsiferol, fellesbetegnelse på kolekalsiferol

    Reference: http://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vitamin_D
    Reference: http://snl.no/.sml_artikkel/kalsiferol
Morten Wallentinsen
Spain
Local time: 08:43
Native speaker of: Native in Norwegian (Bokmal)Norwegian (Bokmal), Native in NorwegianNorwegian
PRO pts in category: 11
Grading comment
Jeg er ikke sikker på om kalsiferol er det riktige uttrykket, men jeg har brukt "vanlig". Takk for hjelpen!
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