Glossary entry

Spanish term or phrase:

las medicinas

English translation:

medicines/drugs

Added to glossary by chica nueva
Jun 7, 2011 22:58
13 yrs ago
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Spanish term

las medicinas

Spanish to English Art/Literary Journalism género: ensayo
el efecto de las medicinas

Pero no es fácil habituarse a un modesto paraíso después de tantos años de estar en el infierno. ... Muchos de los que llegan a los refugios sufren enfermedades que les fueron inoculados para experimentar en ellos el efecto de las medicinas: un grupo numeroso de los veteranos lo forman los seropositivos.

(Antonio Muñez Molina, 1956- "Nuestros semejantes")
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Proposed translations

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the medicines/drugs

It's clear to me that the reference is to the testing of medicines. The World Health Organization used to use the term 'drugs' but is now transitioning to 'medicines'.

This isn't about vaccines.

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My confidence level was meant to be 5--I clicked on the wrong option.
Peer comment(s):

agree patinba
21 mins
Thanks, Patinba.
agree liz askew : medicines, not drugs. http://www.google.co.uk/search?q=popular medicines&hl=en&biw...
7 hrs
Thanks, Liz!
agree Jaime Hyland : without the "the"
7 hrs
Jaime. You're right about 'the'. My first reading was that it was about specific medicines, but now I see that it's probably a more general statement.
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the medication/ vaccine??

Some suggestions.
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the medicial (effects)

para experimentar en ellos el efecto de las medicinas

to feel in them the medicial effects

sugerencia

Mike
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1 hr

(the effect of ) the medication

Consider:

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6 Apr 2011 ... "Effect of stimulant medication on children with attention deficit disorder: a review of reviews," Exceptional Children, 60:154-62, 1993. ...
ritalinsideeffects.net/ - En caché - Similares

Evaluating the effects of medication on people with autism ... - [ Traducir esta página ]
Temple Grandin discusses the use of medication to modify the behavior of a person with autism.
www.autismsupportnetwork.com/.../evaluating-effects-medicat... - En caché
Ototoxic Medications (Medication Effects) - [ Traducir esta página ]
The effects of ototoxic medications can affect your quality of life. Not being able to hear conversations or feeling a little dizzy may cause you to stop ...
www.asha.org/public/.../Ototoxic-Medications/ - En caché -

Saludos!
eski :))
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8 hrs

pharmaceuticals

suggestion
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19 hrs

The medication effects

"Medication" es una palabra que especifica o se refiere a "medicinas" o "medicamentos".

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"Medication" is a word that specifies or refers to "medicines" or "pharmaceutical drugs"
Example sentence:

He was really in shock because of the medication effects

The medication effects, after all those years, left him unconscious

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