Translation for 'swab' from English to French

to swab sth.

tamponner qc. [plaie]méd.

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swab

écouvillon {m} [tige munie d'une matière absorbante]méd.MédVét.

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swab [sample]

prélèvement {m} [recueil d'un échantillon biologique]méd.

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cotton swab [Am.]

coton-tige {m}cosm.

bâtonnet {m} ouatécosm.

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to take a swab

faire un prélèvementbiol.méd.

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cotton swab soaked in water

coton {m} imbibé d'eau

• On 4 September 2007, a forensic scientist, Martin Fairley, gave evidence that semen obtained from a vaginal swab of Eadie, and semen obtained from a vaginal swab of Scott shared the same DNA profile.
• (1) Gram stain of the fluid from pustules or bullae, and tissue swab.
• Cotton swab method reveals Faisal Sheikh's house in Bandra which was used to store bombs.
• To stop the bleeding, cutmen generally apply a cotton swab soaked in epinephrine to the damaged area, while simultaneously pressing the nostril against the cotton swab with the other hand.
• The clinical samples recommended for culture of GBS are swabs collected from the lower vagina and rectum through the external anal sphincter.Vaginal-rectal samples should be collected using a flocked swab preferably.

• It is unclear whether applying alcohol swab alone or alcohol swab followed by antiseptic is able to reduce contamination of donor's blood.
• Some trees have a second swab valve, the two arranged one on top of the other.
• On 20 May, fifteen new cases and five recoveries were reported. Malta has now 113 active cases. 1670 swab tests were carried out, bringing the total of swab tests to 54866.
• using a cotton-tipped rod called a swab or "Q-Tip".
• During COVID-19 Pandemic, The persons involved in Swab collection were exposed to the risk of infection.

• Q-Tips is a brand of cotton swab.
• If material is being cultured from a swab (e.g.- from a vaginal or vagino-rectal swab), roll swab directly onto the agar plate to provide adequate exposure of the swab to the medium for maximum transfer of organisms.
• Similar in concept to the cotton swab, a swab used for nasopharyngeal collection constitutes a narrow stick made of a short plastic rod that is covered, at one tip, with adsorbing material such as cotton, polyester, or flocked nylon.
• In fact, a swab-APPI-MS system designed for explosives and narcotics detection for security applications performs very well for all types of ambient analysis using a sampling wand and swab (right figure).
• Rapid DNA (UK:"Rapid DNA profiling") describes the fully automated (hands free) process of developing a CODIS Core STR profile or other STR profile from a reference sample buccal swab.

• Dr Adam Roberts, Senior Lecturer in Microbial Diseases at UCL Eastman Dental Institute, first launched crowdfunding project Swab and Send in 2012 to search for new antibiotics with the help of the public.