Glossary entry (derived from question below)
English term or phrase:
express
English answer:
squeeze out, extract, press out, force out (in this context)
Added to glossary by
Saleh Chowdhury, Ph.D.
May 15, 2005 08:33
19 yrs ago
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English term
United Arab Emirates
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express
English
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Medical: Health Care
The Hospital recognises the importance of breastfeeding your baby and we have a special room for mothers, which has equipment that you can use to express. The Hospital also has staff who specialise in supporting breastfeeding. Ask your Nursing Unit Manager if you would like to meet one of them.
What does "express" mean here?
What does "express" mean here?
Responses
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4 mins
Saleh Chowdhury, Ph.D.
Bangladesh
Bangladesh
Specializes in field
Bangladesh
NAATI Accredited 21 yrs in Medical Trans
Native in: Bengali 
Works in: English to Bengali, Bengali to English, Bengali, and 1 more.
Related KudoZ points
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12
Selected
squeeze out, extract, press out, force out
Here "express" means to squeeze out / extract / press out / force out milk from the mother's breast.
4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "Thanks Saleh and all!"
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4 mins
Balasubramaniam L.
India
India
Works in field
India
Fast, accurate, elegant translation
Native in: Hindi
Works in: English to Hindi, Hindi
Related KudoZ points
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4
facilitate breast-feeding
Equipment that can help in breast-feeding.
Peer comment(s):
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Tony M
: I think you'll find the term is used to mean 'get milk out of the breast', as distinct from 'suckling on the breast'
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Thanks, the fact is I did think of extract, but thought it better to take the euphemistic approach here!
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airmailrpl
: extract milk from the breast
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Thanks
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Angela Dickson (X)
: as above - euphemism not necessarily helpful
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True.
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