Why do medicines have expiry dates?
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Expiry
//ɪkˈspaɪ.əɹ.i//
Synonyms for "expiry" (9 found)
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Noun(3 words)
Related words (4)
Noun(2 words)
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13 translations across 9 languages.
Catalan
1 entries- expiració noun (end, termination)
Danish
1 entries- udløb noun (end, termination)
Finnish
1 entries- erääntymisaika noun (end, termination)
French
1 entries- expiration noun (end, termination)
German
1 entries- Ablauf noun (end, termination)
Italian
2 entries- scadenza noun (end, termination)
- termine noun (end, termination)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- utløp noun (end, termination)
Norwegian Nynorsk
2 entries- utlaup noun (end, termination)
- utløp noun (end, termination)
Russian
3 entries- истече́ние noun (end, termination)
- истече́ние/оконча́ние сро́ка де́йствия noun (end, termination)
- оконча́ние noun (end, termination)
Sample sentences
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The expiry date is printed under the bottle cap.
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A quick sniff of the tofu proved it to be well past expiry.
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The expiry date on this tin of baked beans is November 2017.
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