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French term or phrase:
Phenomene d'accoutumance
English translation:
No development of resistence
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Conchi De Salas
Oct 21, 2003 10:10
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French term
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BA(Hons), Dip Trans IOL, MCIL London
Native in: English
Works in: French to English, English
phenomene d\'accoutumance
French to English
Tech/Engineering
One in a list of features of a solution used in the cleaning/disinfecting of reverse osmosis equipment. The full list reads:
Elimination des depots et desinfection combinees;
Spectre d'action complet;
Facilite de mise en oeuvre
Pas de phenomene d'accoutumance.
I am assuming that as we are talking about a chemical formula used for disinfecting, that the 'phenomene d'accoutumance' here means that the solution is non-addictive or habit-forming to the user...I don't suppose it could be referring to anything else in this context...
Am currently searching internet for references that would confirm this - input welcomed in the meantime!
Elimination des depots et desinfection combinees;
Spectre d'action complet;
Facilite de mise en oeuvre
Pas de phenomene d'accoutumance.
I am assuming that as we are talking about a chemical formula used for disinfecting, that the 'phenomene d'accoutumance' here means that the solution is non-addictive or habit-forming to the user...I don't suppose it could be referring to anything else in this context...
Am currently searching internet for references that would confirm this - input welcomed in the meantime!
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Conchi De Salas
Canada
Canada
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Canada
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no development of resistence
I think this is the reference you were looking for:
et les moisissures sans générer de résistances et de phénomènes d’accoutumance. ... of
active chlorine, killing a wide spectrum of bacteria, virusses and ...
www.space.fr/Maj/documents/exposant/ desexpo/4640/akzo.htm -
good luck
et les moisissures sans générer de résistances et de phénomènes d’accoutumance. ... of
active chlorine, killing a wide spectrum of bacteria, virusses and ...
www.space.fr/Maj/documents/exposant/ desexpo/4640/akzo.htm -
good luck
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French term (edited):
phenomene d'accoutumance
Another possibility...
Though your interpretation appears likely, another possibility could be that it is referring to the fact that the nasty bacteria etc. don't get used to this disinfectant (and so become resistant to it)
A similar expression is used for things like rat poison.
A similar expression is used for things like rat poison.
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Bourth (X)
: Very possible, indeed probable, I think.
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Thanks, Alex! I've been off the bleach for a while now... (hic!)
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cjohnstone
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France
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French term (edited):
phenomene d'accoutumance
no habituation dinsinfectant, product, cleanser
I believe it is ot the handler who might get addicted in any way, but rather the bacteria or germs or whatever "undesirable creatures" in the system to be cleansed (type they get a genetic or dietary mutation to live on with the cleaser or disinfectant)
I put in guessing for fun, but am very sure !!!
I put in guessing for fun, but am very sure !!!
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French term (edited):
phenomene d'accoutumance
no habituating side effect
no specialist, just contributing
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no development of resistance/immunity
Presumably this relates to the undesirable bacteria, not the desirable cleaners, since you don't want the former to develop a resistance to it, yet you do want the latter to (better still, there should be nothing harmful in the product that the desirable cleaners might want or have to develop immunity to - I should think any cleaning agents that were potentially addictive (in normal use) would be prohibited anyway.
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Tony M
: Though how many cleaners do YOU know who are that 'desirable'?! You must introduce me sometime... :-0
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French term (edited):
phenomene d'accoutumance
disinfectant inactivation
... Disinfectant inactivation of AIDS virus in blood or serum [letter] ... Animal Blood/*MICROBIOLOGY
Disinfectants/*PHARMACOLOGY *Equipment Contamination Human HTLV ...
www.aegis.com/pubs/aidsline/1985/jun/M8560001.html - 7k
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not sure what type of contamination we are trying to eliminate here
requirements for the cleaning and decontamination of equipment and environmental and ... will not occur (eg, the hypothesis that disinfectant inactivation of duck ...
www.infectioncontroltoday.com/articles/0c1let2ed.html - 34k
Disinfectants/*PHARMACOLOGY *Equipment Contamination Human HTLV ...
www.aegis.com/pubs/aidsline/1985/jun/M8560001.html - 7k
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Note added at 3 hrs 23 mins (2003-10-21 13:33:34 GMT)
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not sure what type of contamination we are trying to eliminate here
requirements for the cleaning and decontamination of equipment and environmental and ... will not occur (eg, the hypothesis that disinfectant inactivation of duck ...
www.infectioncontroltoday.com/articles/0c1let2ed.html - 34k
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non-addictive
accoutumance is definitely a human phenomenon.
Bacteria do not "become" resistant, some are born with a genetic trait that makes them immune to some product. When you use a product, it will wipe out all the non-resistant bacteria, leaving only the ones it couldn't kill to start with. This is not an acquired thing like human addiction or immunization!
Bacteria do not "become" resistant, some are born with a genetic trait that makes them immune to some product. When you use a product, it will wipe out all the non-resistant bacteria, leaving only the ones it couldn't kill to start with. This is not an acquired thing like human addiction or immunization!
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