Glossary entry

German term or phrase:

Fette ausschleusen

English translation:

get rid of/flush out/eliminate fats

Added to glossary by definitions
May 25, 2008 03:01
15 yrs ago
German term

Fette ausschleusen

German to English Medical Nutrition
from a weightloss survey regarding a weightloss aiding pill.

Schleusen is usually concerned with nautical matters. I wonder what englis verb to use.

to lead out?


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Change log

Jun 2, 2008 10:09: Steffen Walter changed "Term asked" from "fette ausschleusen" to "Fette ausschleusen" , "Field (specific)" from "Food & Drink" to "Nutrition"

Jun 7, 2008 03:56: definitions Created KOG entry

Discussion

Daniel Grabala (asker) May 25, 2008:
thanks HAarold out of the system/body
Hallo - wo werden die Fette denn ausgeschleust???
Aus der Zelle, aus dem Körper, aus der Blutbahn...???
Bitte mehr Kontext!

Proposed translations

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get rid of/flush out

not from schluesen, from Ausschluss.

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Note added at 3 hrs (2008-05-25 06:02:49 GMT)
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I meant to say, get rid of *fats*
(Fette= fats as u already know)

Actually, I just looked up "schleusen" and it means "to channel", so " etw. ausschleusen" probably means "to channel sth. away", in this case, to channel the fats away, i.e. get rid of them.
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agree Ana Cristina Gutierrez Iglesias : ok
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer. Comment: "Thank you very much! I hope that I can help with a term one of these days..."
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free oneself of

A lot of expressions might be possible. I choose one of them, considering it is related to health problem.
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disagree definitions : sorry but I don't think this expression quite fits here
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agree Ana Cristina Gutierrez Iglesias : ok
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eliminate fats

"Eliminate" is a common term used in digestion to get rid of unwanted elements.
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agree casper (X)
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agree Lirka
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to remove fat from the body


"... body's digestive system it is able to remove fat from the body and this is why fat carb blockers are often termed as weight loss pills."

"HDL (high-density lipoprotein) cholesterol helps remove fat from the body by binding with it in the bloodstream and carrying it back to the liver for ..."

...the complete term gets more than 8,000 Google hits also in a "pill context"...

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Note added at 1 Tag3 Stunden (2008-05-26 06:22:25 GMT)
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...to excrete / excretion (often used in a sense of "Ausscheiden/Ausscheidung") would be another option...

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