Glossary entry

English term or phrase:

Patch pipette

Portuguese translation:

micropipeta / pipeta de patch-clamp

    The asker opted for community grading. The question was closed on 2023-06-10 10:54:17 based on peer agreement (or, if there were too few peer comments, asker preference.)
Jun 6, 2023 18:28
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English term

Patch pipette

English to Portuguese Medical Medical: Pharmaceuticals
Any suggestions for "patch pipettes" pleaase? :)

Here's the sentence: "Very low resistance (1-2MΩ ) patch pipettes were made from filamented boroscilicate glass capillaries"

Discussion

Sandra Rodrigues (asker) Jun 7, 2023:
Thank you to everyone! In the context, "micropipeta" or "pipeta de patch-clamp" seems in fact to be the correct choice!
@Sandra Pipetas seladas?

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micropipeta / pipeta de patch-clamp

During a patch clamp recording, a hollow glass tube known as a micropipette or patch pipette filled with an electrolyte solution and a recording electrode connected to an amplifier is brought into contact with the membrane of an isolated cell.
Fonte: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patch_clamp

Micropipeta parece ser uma boa escolha, ainda que não seja ultraespecífica. O Google mostra que o termo também se usa em Portugal.

Pipeta de patch-clamp é mais específico, mas mantém o termo em inglês referente a um método científico que, até onde pude constatar, não se costuma traduzir.
Peer comment(s):

agree Rodrigo Gonçalves
3 hrs
agree Oliver Simões : micropipeta
22 hrs
agree Mario Freitas :
1 day 22 hrs
agree Sofia Renê
1 day 23 hrs
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18 mins

Patch clamp

Olhando na Wikipedia de várias línguas, percebi que no geral não foi traduzido.

Link da Wikipedia em espanhol:
https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patch_clamp
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