Glossary entry

Spanish term or phrase:

E.K.S.

English translation:

EKS

Added to glossary by marideoba
May 9, 2012 14:06
12 yrs ago
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Spanish term

E.K.S.

Spanish to English Medical Medical: Health Care Health care invoice
This appears on a hospital invoice as one of the services provided to a patient:

"E.K.S. Rayos X Análisis Clínicos"

I can't find the meaning of the abbreviation E.K.S.
Proposed translations (English)
5 EKS
2 EKG/ECG
Change log

Sep 10, 2014 21:17: marideoba Created KOG entry

Discussion

Anthony Mazzorana (X) May 9, 2012:
Andy is on to something. Apparently it might be a type of pacemaker: http://www.alibaba.com/product-free/215770024/Cardiac_Pacema...
Andy Watkinson May 9, 2012:
If an HIV patient, they may have checked for endobronchial Kaposi's sarcoma (EKS)
Hollie Lanyon (asker) May 9, 2012:
Thanks Andy, I wondered if that might be the case.
Andy Watkinson May 9, 2012:
"K" being a "foreign" letter in Spanish leads me to think this may refer to a trademark of clinical analysis equipment. I'd say it's probably a proper noun and should be left as is.

Proposed translations

1 day 2 hrs
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EKS

EKS INTERNATIONAL
Laboratory equipment, diagnostics, drugs
Professional and easy to understand glucometers, blood pressure monitors, infrared thermometers and nebulizers. Special cost saving kits for doctors and clinics as well as innovative solutions for patient's increased comfort and measuring reliability.
Example sentence:

Diagnóstico médico - Accesorios glucómetro - EKS - Accesorios glucómetro EKS

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2 hrs

EKG/ECG

Typo/OCR error for EKG?
Since these are basic procedures (X-rays, lab tests, etc.) ECG would make a lot of sense here.

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