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PALENESS [3 records]

Record 1 2014-07-16

English

Subject field(s)
  • Symptoms (Medicine)
CONT

... we examined pallor mortis in 126 bodies... It was shown that...(c) post-mortem paleness is caused by lack of capillary circulation after death and(d) paleness develops so rapidly after death that it has no or little use in determining time of death.

Key term(s)
  • postmortem paleness

French

Domaine(s)
  • Symptômes (Médecine)
DEF

Pâleur généralisée surtout les membres [de 15 à 120 minutes du post mortem].

Spanish

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Record 2 2004-01-15

English

Subject field(s)
  • Human Diseases - Various
  • Vessels (Medicine)
CONT

One effect, the constriction of small vessels, the arterioles of the hands... appears to be of much duration, and may cause paleness and sensory disturbance in some people.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Maladies humaines diverses
  • Vaisseaux (Médecine)
OBS

Il n'y a pas de modification du sens du toucher [...] Par contre [...] l'influence du bruit (98 à 105 dB) sur la vision peut entraîner des défaillances.

Spanish

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Record 3 2003-04-29

English

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

Paleness; absence of the skin coloration.

OBS

Seen in Raynaud’s phenomenon.

French

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

Aspect blanchâtre de la face et, en général, de la peau.

OBS

Observable dans la maladie de Raynaud.

Spanish

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