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ca. age

English translation: circa = around, approximately

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English term or phrase:ca.
Selected answer:circa = around, approximately
Entered by: Tony M

11:46 Apr 25, 2012
English language (monolingual) [PRO]
Medical - Medical: Pharmaceuticals / Drug Leaflet
English term or phrase: ca. age
You should not use the **Drug name** in the following cases:
- In children below 4 years of age (ca. age 20 kg body weight)
Fathy Shehatto
Egypt
Local time: 13:13
circa = around, approximately
Explanation:
For the sake of the glossary; I think the ca. part of this question is the only part we can be totally sure of — and do note this has been asked before on KudoZ.
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Tony M
France
Local time: 12:13
Grading comment
Thank you Tony
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SUMMARY OF ALL EXPLANATIONS PROVIDED
5circa = around, approximately
Tony M
5 -1approximately age
wenkost
34 years is roughly the age but
Edith Kelly


Discussion entries: 5





  

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3 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
4 years is roughly the age but


Explanation:
the body weight should not be below 20 kg. So the child could also be 3 years and 10 months if the body weight is 20kg +

Edith Kelly
Switzerland
Local time: 12:13
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Native speaker of: Native in GermanGerman, Native in EnglishEnglish
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approximately age


Explanation:
Wikipedia: Circa (from Latin, meaning "around"), usually abbreviated c. or ca. (also circ. or cca.), means "approximately" in the English language, usually referring to a date.[1] Circa is widely used in genealogy and historical writing when the dates of events are not precisely known.

In others words, age is approximately, but body weight is more or equally important to decide whether children should use the medicine.

wenkost
United States
Native speaker of: Chinese

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
disagree  Tony M: All you say is correct, of course — except for the fact that your headword suggestion simply isn't English! 'approximately' is an adverb, so cannot be used directly to qualify a noun like 'age' in this way.
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10 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
ca.
circa = around, approximately


Explanation:
For the sake of the glossary; I think the ca. part of this question is the only part we can be totally sure of — and do note this has been asked before on KudoZ.

Tony M
France
Local time: 12:13
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 16
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Thank you Tony
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