Glossary entry

French term or phrase:

état frais

English translation:

wet mount

Added to glossary by claude-andrew
Jun 5, 2013 07:31
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French term

état frais

French to English Medical Medical: Pharmaceuticals Testing for Staphylococcus aureus
Faire un isolement sur gélose Chapman.
Incuber 18 à 72 heures à 30 - 35°C.
Si après incubation, des colonies entourées d'un halo jaune apparaissent, réaliser un **état frais**, une coloration de Gram, une catalase, une agglutination latex sur lame et une identification.
Staphylococcus aureus est un cocci Gr +, en grappe, catalase +, agglutination +.

There is an illustrated description of the process here:

http://seconde.stl.euro-bioweb.eu.com/microbiologie/TP/pages...

It's a specific microbiological term, so I need the exact equivalent

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wet mount

A search of Termium Plus gives this result. (Also "wet-mount preparation".) It matches the description in the link you provided.

It means putting a drop of the bacterial sample in liquid form onto a microscope slide.
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agree Joanne Archambault
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agree abe(L)solano
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a new test on fresh agarose

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