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Glossary entry

Italian term or phrase:

ostia

English translation:

wafers

Added to glossary by liz askew
Mar 15, 2023 15:29
1 yr ago
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Italian term

ostia

Italian to English Medical Medical: Pharmaceuticals list of medical devices produced by a company
' padelle e ostie' in a list of medical devices produced by a company, no pictures.
Proposed translations (English)
4 +3 wafers
3 +2 wafer
Change log

Mar 22, 2023 22:44: liz askew changed "Edited KOG entry" from "<a href="/profile/3678077">Blissness's</a> old entry - "ostia"" to ""wafers""

Discussion

Blissness (asker) Mar 16, 2023:
I have asked the customer for confirmation that it is indeed bedpan and wafers...and it is. Crazy to put them as a single entry in a list! I can now assign a score, thanks eveyrone!
dandamesh Mar 15, 2023:
padèlla s. f. [lat. patĕlla, dim. di patĕra «piatto, tazza»].
https://www.treccani.it/vocabolario/padella/
Blissness (asker) Mar 15, 2023:
does that mean a padella is not a bedpan then? but a tray for medication? I shall have to ask the client and send more detasils here
JudyC Mar 15, 2023:
Yes, you put the powdered medication in the middle , then moisten the edges of the wafer and fold them over to close the wafer.

https://www.happyfarma.it/ostie-8cm-1bust.html

Two wafers make a cachet tablet

wafer= an envelope of rice paper enclosing a medicament
from https://www.collinsdictionary.com/it/word-lists/drug-general...
Blissness (asker) Mar 15, 2023:
I see in fact they are called drug wafers on the web
Blissness (asker) Mar 15, 2023:
those both make sense, but why put 'padelle e ostie' together in the list? so odd
Blissness (asker) Mar 15, 2023:
philgoddard that heads me in the right direction, now I need to find that in English, like a disc?
Fiona Grace Peterson Mar 15, 2023:
For drug administration "Ostie 6 CM 1 Bustina sono ostie alimentari senza glutine che facilitano la somministrazione dei farmaci."
https://www.farmaciadifiducia.com/it/ostie-6cm-1bust.html#:~...
philgoddard Mar 15, 2023:
Picture I can see why they're called communion wafers, but what are they? Some kind of swab?
http://www.pillolastore.com/sanitari-e-apparecchiature?aw_sh...
Blissness (asker) Mar 15, 2023:
obviously padella is bedpan, so ostia is something related to the use of a bedpan

Proposed translations

+3
35 mins
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wafers

https://www.google.com/search?q=wafers for drug administrati...

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Note added at 36 minutes (2023-03-15 16:06:21 GMT)
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https://www.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-information-and-support/...


Gliadel® wafers are small discs that contain the chemotherapy drug carmustine. They are used to treat certain types of brain tumour.

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Note added at 38 minutes (2023-03-15 16:08:40 GMT)
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https://www.herts.ac.uk/research/centres/tddt/mucosal-drug-d...

Specific research interests include:

Quick/slow dissolving thin films/wafers, orally disintegrating mini-tablets and multi-particulates systems aimed at delivering the drug via buccal/sublingual mucosa
Peer comment(s):
neutral Fiona Grace Peterson : I agree with your translation but your references are wrong. These are just wafers that the patient's drug is added to for easier administration
24 mins
agree philgoddard : Your references may not be totally relevant, but your translation is correct.
1 hr
agree dandamesh
6 hrs
agree JudyC
17 hrs
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57 mins

wafer

These are "hosts" or "Communion-type wafers", sold in pharmacies to help patients who have difficulty swallowing tablets take their medication.
It may be an Italian practice, given the widespread Catholic faith.
It is not the same as a "drug wafer".

They seem to be gluten-free, usually.

"Posizionare il farmaco in 1 Ostia Alimentare 7 Cm, inumidire con acqua e ingoiare."
https://www.petroneonline.com/ostie-7cm-1bust-907756023.html

It IS strange that the client has lumped them together with bedpans, but the two have nothing to do with each other.
Peer comment(s):
agree Adrian MM. : 'New poster means check the ProZ glossaries first' https://www.proz.com/kudoz/italian-to-english/cooking-culina... + https://iate.europa.eu/search/result/1678908900563/1
3 hrs
agree JudyC
17 hrs
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