Glossary entry

German term or phrase:

Shaverschäden

English translation:

shaver damage

Added to glossary by Kerstin Green
Apr 25, 2010 10:23
14 yrs ago
German term

Shaverschäden

German to English Medical Medical: Instruments
Geringer Optikaustausch durch Shaverschäden

- appears in a manual for surgical instruments, here referring to optical devices.
I just can't make anything of this and the text doesn't contain any further information, just this one sentence.
Any help is greatly appreciated!
Proposed translations (English)
2 +1 shaver damage
Change log

Apr 27, 2010 12:06: Kerstin Green Created KOG entry

Proposed translations

+1
5 hrs
Selected

shaver damage

or 'damage caused by shavers'
Without more context it can only be an educated guess...
Could this be an instrument used in arthroscopy? Then it might refer to damage caused by a shaver.

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Note added at 5 hrs (2010-04-25 15:29:16 GMT)
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The 2nd link doesn't work, sorry:
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/imagepages/19863.htm
Example sentence:

Der Shaver ist ein medizinisches Instrument zum Abtragen von feinem Weichgewebe oder Knorpel. Er wird hauptsächlich in der Arthroskopie verwendet.

Peer comment(s):

agree Gabriella Bertelmann : agree
3 hrs
thanks Gabriella
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer. Comment: "Thanks, that's it exactly!"
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