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AURA [3 records]

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Record 1 2011-08-16

English

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

A premonitory, subjective sensation preceding an attack of epilepsy or other paroxysmal disorder. It may take numerous forms, simple, or more specialized, e.g. auditory, visual, olfactory or taste.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Système nerveux
  • Symptômes (Médecine)
DEF

Épisode caractérisée par des sensations subjectives variables (auditive, visuelle, olfactive, gustative, etc.) il précède les crises épileptiques ou d'autres troubles paroxysmiques.

CONT

Aura épileptique

Key term(s)
  • aura

Spanish

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Record 2 2005-01-13

English

Subject field(s)
  • Psychology (General)
CONT

Medical specialists manifested an aura of prestige and power.

CONT

We often depend on memoirs that shroud its past in a glorious aura that contrasts dramatically with our view of today's city.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Psychologie (Généralités)
DEF

Image créée, plus ou moins conforme à la réalité, suscitée par un produit, une entreprise ou même un individu, auprès d'un public homogène et identifié.

CONT

La notion d'aura rejoint celle d'image au sens où les publications et les relationnistes emploient ce terme pour désigner l'image [...].

Spanish

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Record 3 2002-02-05

English

Subject field(s)
  • Nervous System
DEF

A psychic, motor or sensory warning which some people experience before the onset of a seizure.

Key term(s)
  • aura

French

Domaine(s)
  • Système nerveux

Spanish

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