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Record 1 2012-12-05

English

Subject field(s)
  • Visual Disorders
DEF

A depression in the optic nerve head.

OBS

It may be physiological, confined to the centre of the disc; glaucomatous, extending to the edge of the disc and often deep with overhanging edges; postatrophic, shallow and saucer-like; or cavernous, very deep and thought to be arteriosclerotic in nature, as it is not associated with raised tension.

OBS

The term "cupping of the optic disc" was recommended by the Medical Signs and Symptoms Committee.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Troubles de la vision
DEF

Modification pathologique de la papille optique survenant essentiellement lors de l'évolution du glaucome.

OBS

À différencier de l'excavation papillaire physiologique qui est de petite dimension et de faible profondeur.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Trastornos de la visión
DEF

Depresión pálida tridimensional en el centro de la cabeza del nervio ópticoque no está ocupada por tejido neural del disco.

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Record 2 2023-05-16

English

Subject field(s)
  • Risks and Threats (Security)
  • Nuclear Plant Safety
DEF

An event identified in the design as leading to either an anticipated operational occurrence or accident conditions.

CONT

[A] postulated initiating event is not necessarily an accident itself; rather it is the event that initiates a sequence that may lead to an operational occurrence, a design-basis accident, or a beyond-design-basis accident, depending on the additional failures that occur.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Risques et menaces (Sécurité)
  • Sûreté des centrales nucléaires
DEF

Événement identifié dans la conception et entraînant soit un [incident de fonctionnement prévu], soit d'autres conditions d'accident.

CONT

[...] l'EIH n'est pas nécessairement un accident en soi; il est plutôt l'initiateur d'une séquence susceptible de dégénérer en incident de fonctionnement, en accident de dimensionnement ou en accident hors dimensionnement, selon les défaillances supplémentaires qui surviennent.

Spanish

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Record 3 1993-04-01

English

Subject field(s)
  • System Names
  • Data Banks and Databases
  • Management Operations

French

Domaine(s)
  • Noms de systèmes
  • Banques et bases de données
  • Opérations de la gestion
OBS

Source(s) : DSTM [Direction des services de traduction ministériels] Communications.

Spanish

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