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WALKAWAY [4 records]

Record 1 2014-12-24

English

Subject field(s)
  • Search and Rescue (Paramilitary)
DEF

A ... missing person with some [type] of cognitive deficiency, who has wandered away from a constant care environment.

Key term(s)
  • walkaway

French

Domaine(s)
  • Recherche et sauvetage (Paramilitaire)
DEF

Type de disparition dans lequel une personne ayant [un déficit cognitif] quelconque a fui en douce [...] un [environnement] de soins assidus.

Spanish

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Record 2 2011-11-16

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 3 1994-09-27

English

Subject field(s)
  • Penal Administration
DEF

An escape from a minimum-security institution where there is no wall to scale.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Administration pénitentiaire
DEF

Évasion d'un établissement à sécurité minimale où il n'y a pas de mur à escalader.

Spanish

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Record 4 1976-06-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Regional Dialects and Expressions

French

Domaine(s)
  • Régionalismes et usages particuliers

Spanish

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