Glossary entry

Spanish term or phrase:

para ser sometidas a sonicación

English translation:

for subsequent sonication/to undergo sonication

Added to glossary by Dave Pugh
Jun 4, 2009 10:21
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Spanish term

para ser sometidas a sonicación

Spanish to English Other Medical (general)
Tras incubarlas a 37ºC durante 72 h, las prótesis fueron extraídas con pinzas estériles, lavadas mediante inmersiones consecutivas en PBS (Phosphate buffered- saline) estéril y sumergidas de nuevo en un frasco estéril con 20 ml de PBS para ser sometidas a sonicación durante 5 minutos a 50 Hz (Ultrasons, Selecta ®), con intención de despegar las bacterias adheridas
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for subsequent sonication/to undergo sonication

According to the IATE, sonicación is sonication, which Wikipedia describes as a process for speeding up dissolution, particularly if the sample can't be stirred.

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agree David Brown : yes, and probaly in a sonic bath
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agree hedapen
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agree liz askew : [PDF] Microsoft PowerPoint - atkins_1025 File Format: PDF/Adobe Acrobat - View as HTML prosthesis sonication alone so difficult to interpret contaminents. • Results may not be so good in routine labs. • Labour intensive (quantification) ... www.bsac.org.u
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agree Muriel Vasconcellos
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to undergo a sonar scan

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to undergo an ultrasonic bath

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Since the text refers to a procedure regarding prostheses, I consider this expression more suitable.
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... sonicated during 5 minutes...

It is an accepted lab expression used for decades.

http://www.jultrasoundmed.org/cgi/content/abstract/15/8/577
Interaction of diagnostic ultrasound with synthetic oligonucleotide-labeled perfluorocarbon-exposed sonicated dextrose albumin microbubbles

http://biblioteca.universia.net/ficha.do?id=18017229
with perfluorocarbon exposed sonicated albumin does not improve the diagnosis

http://www.drugs.com/cons/albumin-microspheres-sonicated.htm...
The albumin microspheres sonicated preparation is an ultrasound contrast agent.

http://www.bmt.uni-stuttgart.de/pages/research/sfb543en.htm
The rate of proliferation is determined for sonicated cell cultures as well as controls that have not been exposed to ultrasound thus ...

http://www.sciencedirect.com/science?_ob=ArticleURL&_udi=B8H...
Electrochemical Behavior of Oxide Films of Stainless Steel in 40 kHz Sonicated Sulphate Electrolytes

http://www.narl-europe.com/pdf/NASSO2004Supple.pdf
, 4 male rats were sonicated and 4 rats (control) were not. ...

http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/Xplore/login.jsp?url=http://ieeex...
changes of the size distribution of sonicated diamond particles. Fig.3 Relationships between ultrasound exposure time and size of diamond particles

http://www.chempap.org/papers/594a271.pdf
The inert atmosphere over sonicated solution (no ...


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From Webster's
SONICATED
Usage Frequency: SONICATED
"SONICATED" is generally used as a lexical verb (past participle) -- approximately 46.15% of the time. "SONICATED" is used about 13 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)
Parts of Speech Percent Usage per
100 Million Words Rank in English
Lexical Verb (past participle) 46.15% 6 143,867
Adjective (general or positive) 46.15% 6 143,867
Lexical Verb (past tense) 7.69% 1 339,140
Total 100.00% 13 N/A


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http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/sonicate

Main Entry: 1 son·i·cate
Pronunciation: 'sän-&-"kAt
Function: transitive verb
Inflected Forms: -cat·ed;-cat·ing
: to disrupt (as bacterial cells) by exposure to high-frequency sound waves —son·i·ca·tion /"sän-&-'kA-sh&n/ noun

Main Entry: 2son·i·cate
Pronunciation: -k&t
Function: noun
: a product of sonication sonicate>
Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam
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