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INSENSIBILISATION [2 records]

Record 1 2003-07-09

English

Subject field(s)
  • Anesthesia and Recovery
DEF

The process leading to a state of local or general anesthesia.

CONT

Mode of Delivery of Anesthetic. The time taken to properly anesthetize and prepare the patient always pay off. The most discomfort occurs during anesthetization. However, the procedure itself goes smoothly, thanks to topical anesthesia.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Anesthésie et réanimation
DEF

Abolition réversible de la sensibilité provoquée par l'utilisation d'agents dits «anasthésiques».

CONT

L'insensibilisation est réalisée à l'aiguille 30G1/2.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Anestesia y reanimación
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Record 2 2001-12-08

English

Subject field(s)
  • Telecommunications
  • Audiovisual Techniques and Equipment
DEF

The process of inhibiting, by an automatic device incorporated in a receiver, any response, usually acoustic, to an excitation of less than some predetermined magnitude or any response with a signal-to-noise ratio below some predetermined value, automatically making a receiver insensitive when a neighbouring transmitter is working.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Télécommunications
  • Audiovisuel (techniques et équipement)
DEF

Récepteur rendu insensible pendant le fonctionnement de l'émetteur associé.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Telecomunicaciones
  • Técnicas y equipo audiovisuales
DEF

Proceso por el que se inhibe, a través de un dispositivo automático incorporado en un receptor, cualquier respuesta, normalmente acústica, a una excitación de menos de una cierta magnitud determinada o cualquier respuesta con una relación señal/ruido bajo un cierto valor predeterminado, proceso por el cual un receptor se hace insensible cuando un emisor vecino está trabajando.

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