Glossary entry

Greek term or phrase:

αρνητικοποιεί το αυστραλιανό αντιγόνο

English translation:

negates (the) Australia antigen

Added to glossary by thomgeor80
Nov 9, 2011 14:22
12 yrs ago
Greek term

(ένα) 10% αρνητικοποιεί το αυστραλιανό αντιγόνο

Greek to English Medical Medical: Pharmaceuticals virology
This phrase appears both with and without the word ENA at the beginning, in answers to questions in a questionnaire about antiviral drugs.

"Australia antigen" has come up before. I'd like to know specifically what they mean here. Does it mean the patient becomes Australia antigen negative?
Or 10% of the patients become Australia antigen negative?
Change log

Nov 10, 2011 07:23: Dora Evagelinaki changed "Term asked" from "(ΕΝΑ) 10% ΑΡΝΗΤΙΚΟΠΟΙΕΙ ΤΟ ΑΥΣΤΡΑΛΙΑΝΟ ΑΝΤΙΓΟΝΟ" to "(ένα) 10% αρνητικοποιεί το αυστραλιανό αντιγόνο"

Nov 14, 2011 14:06: thomgeor80 Created KOG entry

Discussion

Dylan Edwards (asker) Nov 14, 2011:
I suppose each column in an Excel file of this kind represents a different question, and each row contains a different person's answer.

ENA isn't used in this way anywhere else in the file, and it still looks to me like the indefinite article.
It says "ENA 10% ..." - the use of the indefinite article suggests to me that they mean a 10% portion, as thomgeor80 suggests.

A couple of rows further down, it's the same phrase with ENA omitted - "10% ..." - but I think it means the same thing.
Dave Bindon Nov 9, 2011:
Ahhh.....! I'd been wondering whether or not you had the questionnaire. My guess is that the answers are in reply to a "Which of the following 10 statements is correct?" question, and this statement happens to be option (one).
Dylan Edwards (asker) Nov 9, 2011:
Well, it's typical of jobs of this kind: I don't have the question, or I can't easily find the question. I've worded it (deliberately vaguely) as follows: 10% AUSTRALIA ANTIGEN NEGATIVE.
I sent it to the client with my comment, leaving the interpretation to them.
D. Harvatis Nov 9, 2011:
You're probably right with your last guess. Another, less likely option is that the HBsAg becomes negative with a 10% dose of the drug. Could you provide some of the questions to which this is a possible answer?

Proposed translations

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(a) 10% (portion) negates (the) Australia antigen

It's exactly that : 10% (of whatever) causes the Australia antigen to become negative
(the verb is transitive in case you were wondering about that)
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