English translation of "aplasantes" - "soothing"

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193 months ago

Geea7 (a guest user) asked this question:

Language pair:	French > English
Subject:	Medical
Level of diffculty:	Easy / medium
Word or term in question:	aplasantes
Context:	Les chimiothérapies devienent de plus de plus aplasantes ...
Keywords:	... et les patients reçoivent de plus en plus de lignes de traitements. /// Uh, typo? This looks like a Spanish word. Isn't the French word "aplasiques"? TIA

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193 months ago

Charles Ferguson wrote:

aplastantes = steamrollering

My comment:

I suspect this this a typo and the original text means that chemotherapy is becoming more and more aggressive.

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193 months ago

Charles Ferguson wrote:

OOps ! I see this is a French text and not Spanish. But I would still suspect it is a typo. If not "soothing", how about "tolerable", assuming it's from apaiser?

193 months ago

Charles Ferguson wrote:

are becoming more and more tolerable/easier to tolerate/easier to take/go through

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193 months ago

Charles Ferguson wrote:

Or "are becoming better tolerated."

193 months ago

Charles Ferguson wrote:

soothing

My comment:

Je pense qu'il s'agissait de chimioth�rapies apaisantes