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TUBEROSITE [3 records]

Record 1 2018-04-16

English

Subject field(s)
  • Morphology and General Physiology
  • Bones and Joints
Universal entry(ies)
tuber
Latin
A02.0.00.024
classification system code, see observation
DEF

A smooth, round, broad [osseous] eminence.

OBS

tuber; tuberosity: terms derived from the Terminologia Anatomica.

OBS

A02.0.00.024: Terminologia Anatomica identifying number.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Morphologie et physiologie générale
  • Os et articulations
Entrée(s) universelle(s)
tuber
Latin
A02.0.00.024
classification system code, see observation
DEF

[...] proéminence [osseuse] arrondie, lisse et volumineuse.

OBS

tubérosité; bosse : termes dérivés de la Terminologia Anatomica.

OBS

A02.0.00.024 : numéro d'identification de la Terminologia Anatomica.

Spanish

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Record 2 2018-04-16

English

Subject field(s)
  • Morphology and General Physiology
  • Bones and Joints
Universal entry(ies)
tuberositas
Latin
A02.0.00.026
classification system code, see observation
DEF

A large, usually rugose (roughened) [osseous] eminence of variable shape ...

OBS

[It] is often a site of tendon or ligament attachment.

OBS

tuberosity: term derived from the Terminologia Anatomica.

OBS

A02.0.00.026: Terminologia Anatomica identifying number.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Morphologie et physiologie générale
  • Os et articulations
Entrée(s) universelle(s)
tuberositas
Latin
A02.0.00.026
classification system code, see observation
DEF

Saillie osseuse, grande et de forme variable, généralement rugueuse.

OBS

tubérosité : terme dérivé de la Terminologia Anatomica.

OBS

A02.0.00.026 : numéro d'identification de la Terminologia Anatomica.

Spanish

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Record 3 2009-05-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Symptoms (Medicine)
  • Nervous System
DEF

The essential lesion of tuberous sclerosis, presenting as a pale, firm, nodular phakomalike glial hamartomatous brain lesion ...

CONT

For an individual with tuberous sclerosis, the brain lesions called tubers can disrupt the information highways in the brain such that processing information is difficult or impossible.

OBS

[The tuber] sometimes becomes calcified [or sclerotic; it] develops predominantly in the cerebral hemispheres, cerebellum, medulla and spinal cord.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Symptômes (Médecine)
  • Système nerveux
DEF

Lésion essentielle de la sclérose [tubéreuse se] présentant [comme] une lésion cérébrale hamartomateuse gliale, pâle, ferme, noduleuse et semblable à un phacome.

CONT

[...] moins de 50 % des tubers sont calcifiés à l'âge adulte.

Spanish

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