Jun 30, 2022 10:17
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Italian term

azione muco-simile

Italian to English Medical Medical: Pharmaceuticals Survey aimed at GPs on medicinal product
Context:
60%dei medici di medicina generale considera invece la “possibilità di intervenire efficacemente senza ridurre l’acidità e l’azione muco-simile” come importanti aspetti di XXX

is this mucosal action? mucoactive properties?

Discussion

JudyC Jul 1, 2022:
A gastroprotective agent perhaps?
philgoddard Jun 30, 2022:
What kind of product is XXX? Depending on this, your "mucosal action" might work. Could it mean that it doesn't dry up your nose?

Proposed translations

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Selected

mucus-similar action

60% of general practitioners, on the other hand, consider the "possibility of intervening effectively without reducing acidity and mucus-similar action" as important aspects of XXX
Peer comment(s):

neutral liz askew : "mucus-similar action" does not work in English
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46 mins

action similar to the mucus layer


Acid Transport through Gastric Mucus
https://www.tandfonline.com › doi › pdf
by M Phillipson · 2004 · Cited by 27 — How this occurs without acidification of the mucus layer itself has ... which create the polymeric structure of the gel by linking the mucins

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or even

properties of the mucus layer

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or

mucus-like action


although I cannot find this
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Reference comments

1 hr
Reference:

"-like" translates "-simile"

Peer comments on this reference comment:

agree dandamesh
20 hrs
agree tradu-grace
2 days 41 mins
agree Fiona Grace Peterson
4 days
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