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FINGERTIP UNIT [1 record]

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Record 1 2021-08-24

English

Subject field(s)
  • Posology
  • Pharmacology
DEF

The amount of ointment, cream or other semi-solid dosage form expressed from a tube with a 5 mm diameter nozzle, applied from the distal skin-crease to the tip of the index finger of an adult.

Key term(s)
  • finger tip unit

French

Domaine(s)
  • Posologie
  • Pharmacologie
DEF

Quantité de crème déposée d'un trait continu sur toute la longueur de la dernière phalange de l'index d'un adulte.

CONT

Il existe plusieurs façons d'estimer la bonne quantité que l'on devrait appliquer. Une façon simple et efficace se nomme l'unité de bout de doigt, aussi appelée unité phalangette.

Spanish

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