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plaie contuse [2 records]

Record 1 2004-01-20

English

Subject field(s)
  • Symptoms (Medicine)
  • Musculoskeletal System
DEF

An injury ... in which the skin and/or [underlying] soft tissues are torn by the crushing and shearing forces produced at impact. Lacerations are characterized by ragged, irregular margins, surrounding contusion, marginal abrasion, tissue bridging in the wound in the direction of the blunt force.

OBS

Abrasion ... with deep structure involvement.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Symptômes (Médecine)
  • Appareil locomoteur (Médecine)
DEF

Plaie produite par la déchirure et l'attrition de la peau et des tissus sous-jacents. Sa forme est irrégulière, étoilée ou arrondie; ses bords sont amincis, déchiquetés, mâchés ou dentelés.

OBS

Définition d'après SIMEL, 1967, page 74.

OBS

Érosion [...] avec atteinte profonde.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Síntomas (Medicina)
  • Sistema musculoesquelético (Medicina)
DEF

Traumatismo provocado por desgarramientos bruscos de la piel [...].

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Record 2 1990-12-28

English

Subject field(s)
  • The Skin

French

Domaine(s)
  • Appareil cutané

Spanish

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