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Record 1 2011-05-16

English

Subject field(s)
  • Surgery
DEF

An operation for reducing the size of an organ by taking folds in its walls.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Chirurgie
DEF

Technique chirurgicale consistant à replier un organe sur lui-même.

Spanish

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Record 2 2010-04-13

English

Subject field(s)
  • Glaciology
  • Geomorphology and Geomorphogeny
DEF

... folding into layers or strata ...

French

Domaine(s)
  • Glaciologie
  • Géomorphologie et géomorphogénie
DEF

Déformation des couches géologiques par cryoturbation, se traduisant par un mélange de volutes aux formes floues.

OBS

La plication est due au gel de l'eau.

Spanish

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Record 3 2005-05-05

English

Subject field(s)
  • Mollusks, Echinoderms and Prochordates
  • Paleontology
DEF

A coarse radial corrugation in the surface of a bivalve-mollusk or brachiopod shell.

CONT

... striations ... continuing as broad plications ...

OBS

[It occurs] especially on the columella of a gastropod shell.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Mollusques, échinodermes et procordés
  • Paléontologie
CONT

stries : [...] rainures d'une coquille séparées par une arête saillante.

CONT

Arêtes rayonnantes marquées, mais stries concentriques dominantes à l'avant et à l'arrière.

CONT

Côtes (entre deux sillons) [...]

Spanish

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