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LIGAMENT [3 records]

Record 1 2011-02-07

English

Subject field(s)
  • Musculoskeletal System
DEF

A band of tough tissue connecting bones or holding organs in place.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Appareil locomoteur (Médecine)
DEF

Ensemble de fibres conjonctives serrées et résistantes orientées dans le même sens, qui relient les os au niveau des articulations, ou maintiennent des organes.

Spanish

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Record 2 2002-09-18

English

Subject field(s)
  • Fencing
DEF

An action which removes a threatening blade by ... carrying it from high line to the opposite low line by crossing the blade over the opponent's blade to hit in the low line.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Escrime
CONT

Le liement prend le fer dans une ligne haute, le ramène dans une ligne basse opposée (ou inversement) en le maîtrisant et en l'écartant en finale de l'action.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Esgrima
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Record 3 1987-09-24

English

Subject field(s)
  • Mollusks, Echinoderms and Prochordates
DEF

Dark brown band of tough elastic tissue connecting the valves along the hinge line ...

French

Domaine(s)
  • Mollusques, échinodermes et procordés
DEF

Partie cornée au dessus de la charnière et unissant les deux valves d'un Lamellibranche.

Spanish

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