Sep 12, 2019 14:50
4 yrs ago
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Finnish term
Hyperglot..
Native in: English (Variant: US) 
Works in: Swedish to English, Danish to English, Norwegian to English, and 13 more.
fol
Finnish to English
Medical
Medical: Health Care
mg tabletti läpipainopakkaus 1 x 30 fol
Abbreviation, which ought to be easy, but I just can't nail it. Some sort of unit of measure, but what is the expansion?
Abbreviation, which ought to be easy, but I just can't nail it. Some sort of unit of measure, but what is the expansion?
Proposed translations
(English)
| 4 +2 | sheet |
Tarja Karjalainen
|
| 4 +1 | folio |
Pertti Hietaranta
|
| 3 | foil |
Spencer Allman
|
Proposed translations
+2
29 mins
Tarja Karjalainen
Finland
Finland
Native in Finnish
Specializes in field
Finland
Reliable; attention to detail
Native in: Finnish 
Works in: English to Finnish, Finnish to English
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sheet
My understanding is that it's abbreviated from Latin folium, (lehti in Finnish) meaning sheet. Here are some Latin abbreviations used in prescriptions: https://www.terve.fi/artikkelit/reseptilatinaa
It's a statutory requirement for pharmacies to use it (see e.g. https://www.fimea.fi/documents/160140/764653/20644_Maarays_l...
In practice it means there are 30 tablets in a blister packaging.
It's a statutory requirement for pharmacies to use it (see e.g. https://www.fimea.fi/documents/160140/764653/20644_Maarays_l...
In practice it means there are 30 tablets in a blister packaging.
4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
+1
22 mins
Pertti Hietaranta
Finland
Finland
Native in Finnish
Finland
Professionalism at its best - on time
Native in: Finnish (Variant: Standard-Finland)
Works in: English to Finnish, Finnish to English, Swedish to Finnish, and 1 more.
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4
folio
Judging by your context, "fol" here seems to stand for "folio", i.e. the metallic film (foil) around a tablet.
51 mins
foil
surely....
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