Glossary entry (derived from question below)
German term or phrase:
angehängt
English translation:
bound to/coupled/attached
Added to glossary by
Jonathan MacKerron
Jan 27, 2008 20:15
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German term
Retired as of Jan 2019!
Native in: English
Works in: German to English, French to English
angehängt
German to English
Medical
Biology (-tech,-chem,micro-)
"Wir arbeiten mit zwei Antikörpern, diese werden zuvor präpariert. Der erste wird an einen paramagnetischen Partikel *angehängt*"
This text is supposed to explain how an immunoassay works in everyday language, but I'm not sure if the "angehängt" has a deeper scientific meaning here than simply "attached/added/coupled" or whatever?
Many thanks.
This text is supposed to explain how an immunoassay works in everyday language, but I'm not sure if the "angehängt" has a deeper scientific meaning here than simply "attached/added/coupled" or whatever?
Many thanks.
Proposed translations
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| 3 +1 | bound to |
Christopher Kennedy
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| 4 +1 | coupled |
Sabine Voigt
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| 4 +1 | attached |
Vito Smolej
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Proposed translations
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Christopher Kennedy
France
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France
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bound to
It almost depends on what comes next. If its a strong bond then you could say it was "bonded with" and if not it might be acceptable to say "carried by".
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Zareh Darakjian Ph.D.
: Probably. Because even in scientific literature, when its biochemical/medical, bound to is used to mean either bonded to (strong) or bound to (a bit weaker than a bond). I think then it's OK to use bound to.
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Sabine Voigt
United States
United States
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United States
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coupled
*To couple antibodies* is a term quite commonly used in the laboratory from my personal experience. I think it’s fine to use for a popular description of an immunoassay.
One reference (of many):
Assays that use an antibody coupled to a colored latex bead require a larger pore size...
www.devicelink.com/ivdt/archive/96/05/007.html
One reference (of many):
Assays that use an antibody coupled to a colored latex bead require a larger pore size...
www.devicelink.com/ivdt/archive/96/05/007.html
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Vito Smolej
Germany
Germany
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Germany
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attached
vewrb pretty often used in such contexts, avoiding pitfalls of specifics (biochemistry, enzymatics etc)
Example sentence:
eceptors to which anti-lymphocyte globulins attach were much more stable
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