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VESICLE [5 records]

Record 1 2004-09-27

English

Subject field(s)
  • Symptoms (Medicine)
  • The Skin
DEF

A small blister, which is the separation of the epidermis raised by the exudation of pus or serous fluid.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Symptômes (Médecine)
  • Appareil cutané
DEF

Lésion de la peau, boursouflure de l'épiderme contenant une sérosité.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Síntomas (Medicina)
  • Piel
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Record 2 2004-02-10

English

Subject field(s)
  • Biological Sciences
DEF

A small bladder or sac containing liquid or gas.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Sciences biologiques

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Ciencias biológicas
DEF

Ampolla pequeña llena de líquido, aire u otro gas.

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Record 3 2004-02-10

English

Subject field(s)
  • Nervous System
CONT

The neurotransmitter is ... stored in a tiny vesicle or sack at the end of the axon. Vesicles protect the neurochemicals from enzymes that could digest them but may also serve as a place to convert one neurotransmitter to another (for example dopamine may be converted to norepinephrine).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Système nerveux
CONT

Les vésicules sont formées au niveau du corps cellulaire [du neurone] et transportées vers les terminaisons axoniques où elles accumulent les neurotransmetteurs. On peut noter en effet qu'après déplétion des neurones catécholaminergiques en transmetteur sous l'action de la réserpine, les vésicules commencent à réapparaître au niveau du corps cellulaire et seulement ensuite au niveau des terminaisons.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Sistema nervioso
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Record 4 2004-02-10

English

Subject field(s)
  • Botany
OBS

(n.) an intercalary or apical swelling formed upon the main hyphae in some mycorrhizae-forming fungi. Vesicles are often very large and thick walled, so that they may distort the cells or intercellular spaces in which they develop. Cf. arbuscule. Harley 1969.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Botanique

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Botánica
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Record 5 2003-06-23

English

Subject field(s)
  • Petrography
  • Vulcanology and Seismology
DEF

A cavity of variable shape in a lava formed by the entrapment of a gas bubble during solidification of the lava.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Pétrographie
  • Volcanologie et sismologie
DEF

Cavité à l'intérieur d'une roche cohérente.

OBS

Les vacuoles peuvent être dues à la dissolution, à des bulles gazeuses dans les laves [...]

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Petrografía
  • Vulcanología y sismología
DEF

Cavidad en el interior de una roca coherente; se debe generalmente a la presencia de gases oclusos en el momento de solidificación de la roca.

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