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ASPIRATE [4 records]

Record 1 2011-06-15

English

Subject field(s)
  • Medical and Surgical Equipment
  • Bioengineering
  • Blood
OBS

Term(s) taken from a Canadian laboratory-equipment company's catalogue.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Équipement médico-chirurgical
  • Technique biologique
  • Sang
OBS

Terme(s) tiré(s) du catalogue d'une compagnie canadienne d'équipement de laboratoire.

Spanish

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Record 2 2001-11-30

English

Subject field(s)
  • Informatics
  • Language
DEF

Speech sound that occurs when the folds of the larynx are held slightly apart so that the air passing between them becomes turbulent; aspiration occurs in whispering and in the h of hello.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Informatique
  • Linguistique
CONT

En général, une consonne aspirée ne se combine pas avec aucune autre consonne et perd son aspiration.

Spanish

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Record 3 2001-06-04

English

Subject field(s)
  • Diagnostic Procedures (Medicine)
  • Centesis and Samplings
DEF

Material obtained by a process of suction.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Méthodes diagnostiques (Médecine)
  • Ponctions et prélèvements
DEF

Produit de l'aspiration.

CONT

Nutrition entérale [...] Il convient, au début, de vérifier le contenu gastrique en aspirant la sonde toutes les quatre à six heures et, quand l'aspirat révèle la présence d'un résidu plus de deux heures après la perfusion, il faut interrompre temporairement la perfusion.

Spanish

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Record 4 1998-07-02

English

Subject field(s)
  • Prosthetic Dentistry
DEF

To draw in or out by suction.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Dentisterie prothétique
DEF

Attirer les fluides par succion en faisant le vide.

Spanish

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