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suture [8 records]

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Record 1 - external organization data 2021-03-18

English

Subject field(s)
  • Compartment – Nomenclature 4.0
  • Museums and Heritage (General)
OBS

suture: an item in the "Medical and Psychological Tools and Equipment" class of the "Tools and Equipment for Science and Technology" category.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Tiroir – Nomenclature 4.0
  • Muséologie et patrimoine (Généralités)
OBS

suture : objet de la classe «Outils et équipement médicaux et psychologiques» de la catégorie «Outillage et équipement pour les sciences et la technologie».

Spanish

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Record 2 2014-05-12

English

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

The junction between whorls of most gastropods.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Mollusques, échinodermes et procordés
CONT

La suture marque la séparation entre chaque tour de spire sur lesquels il est possible d'observer les stries d'accroissements [...]

Spanish

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Record 3 2009-11-13

English

Subject field(s)
  • Surgical Instruments
DEF

Any of various materials used to sew the edges of a wound or tissue in approximation.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Instruments chirurgicaux

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Instrumental quirúrgico
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Record 4 2009-01-23

English

Subject field(s)
  • Plate Tectonics
OBS

suture: term used at Natural Resources Canada - Earth Sciences Sector.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Tectonique des plaques
DEF

Zone de contact entre deux plaques lithosphériques autrefois séparées.

Spanish

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Record 5 2004-07-15

English

Subject field(s)
  • Surgery
DEF

A stitch or series of stitches made to secure apposition of the edges of a surgical or accidental wound.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Chirurgie
DEF

Couture faite pour raccorder des parties séparées par accident ou par une opération chirurgicale.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Cirugía
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Record 6 2003-12-18

English

Subject field(s)
  • Bones and Joints
DEF

A type of fibrous joint in which the apposed bony surfaces are closely united by a very thin layer of fibrous connective tissue allowing no movement of united parts; found in the skull.

DEF

The interlocking line of fusion of the separate bones which unite to form the cranium.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Os et articulations
DEF

Articulation immobile [...] entre les os de la voûte du crâne.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Huesos y articulaciones
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Record 7 2000-02-08

English

Subject field(s)
  • Insects, Centipedes, Spiders, and Scorpions
DEF

A seam or impressed line indicating the division of the distinct parts of the body wall; the line of juncture of the elytra in Coleoptera or of the tegmina or hemelytra in other Orders.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Insectes, mille-pattes, araignées et scorpions
CONT

Dessin des sutures de la tête chez Margarinotus brunneus.

Spanish

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Record 8 1977-03-22

English

Subject field(s)
  • Paleontology
OBS

[A] suture [is] a line of demarcation between two fused or partly fused limb segments or body somites of a crustacean; e.g. a line or seam at the juncture of two compartmental plates of a cirripede, or a weak or uncalcified narrow seam between parts of atrilobite exoskeleton which may separate at time of molting or after death.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Paléontologie
OBS

(...) ligne de moindre résistance suivant laquelle se produisent les déchirures "par lesquelles" [un Trilobite] "abandonne sa vieille cuticule" (...)

Spanish

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