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Record 1 2013-12-17

English

Subject field(s)
  • Symptoms (Medicine)
CONT

Weight loss. Unexplained loss of weight is a warning signal for the physician. A weight loss of 10 or 15 pounds in an otherwise apparently healthy adult may be the first sign of illness. Early diabetes mellitus, neoplastic disease, hyperthyroidism, kidney failure, loss of appetite, frequently due to emotional problems, prolonged infection, chronic disease of the gastrointestinal tract may cause weight loss.

OBS

weight loss: term recommended by the Medical Signs and Symptoms Committee.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Symptômes (Médecine)
DEF

Perte pondérale relativement récente, chez un sujet précédemment de poids normal se traduisant par une diminution progressive, puis par une disparition totale des réserves graisseuses précédemment existantes.

CONT

Diagnostic étiologique des amaigrissements. 1) Amaigrissements par réduction ou insuffisance (volontaire, involontaire ou imposée) des apports alimentaires. 2) Amaigrissements par troubles endocriniens. 3) Cachexies terminales par déficiences fonctionnelles généralisées.

OBS

amaigrissement : terme privilégié par le Comité de sémiologie médicale.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Síntomas (Medicina)
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Record 2 1997-10-23

English

Subject field(s)
  • Freight Service (Rail Transport)
  • Law of the Sea
  • Transportation Insurance
  • Cargo (Water Transport)
DEF

The difference between weight or volume of freight at point of origin and that at destination, due to leakage or other reasons.

CONT

Neither the carrier nor the ship shall be responsible for loss or damage arising or resulting from: ... wastage in bulk or in weight ... arising from inherent defect, quality or vice of the goods [being transported].

OBS

The above is quoted from the Brussels International Convention of 1924, on the contract of carriage of goods by sea, as included in the source coded POTRC.

OBS

Term officially approved by Canadian Pacific Ltd.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Trafic marchandises (Transport par rail)
  • Droit de la mer
  • Assurance transport
  • Cargaisons (Transport par eau)
DEF

Déperdition naturelle de la marchandise, du seul fait du transport, et qui, par définition, ne donne pas lieu à indemnité, pas plus de la part du navire que de celle des assureurs.

DEF

Perte de poids ou de volume que subit une marchandise pendant son transport.

OBS

La Convention de Bruxelles de 1924 sur le contrat de transport maritime fait figurer «la freinte en volume ou en poids» dans l'alinéa qui vise la "nature spéciale ou vice propre de la marchandise".

OBS

Termes uniformisés par Canadien Pacifique Ltée.

Key term(s)
  • freinte

Spanish

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