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Alphabetical list of terms

Record 1 2017-12-21

English

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

A malady, very sudden in its attack, which arrests more or less completely the powers of sense and motion[,] usually caused by an effusion of blood or serum in the brain, and preceded by giddiness, partial loss of muscular power, etc.

OBS

Not to be confused with the term in its larger sense which means any hemorrhage into an organ.

French

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

Suspension brusque et plus ou moins complète de toutes les fonctions cérébrales (mouvement, sensibilité, conscience), causée le plus souvent par une hémorragie cérébrale ou une embolie.

OBS

Ne pas confondre avec le terme dans son sens plus large qui signifie toute hémorragie au sein d'un organe.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Síntomas (Medicina)
  • Sistema nervioso
  • Redes vasculares (Medicina)
DEF

Suspensión más o menos completa, y por lo general súbita, de algunas funciones cerebrales, debida a hemorragia, obstrucción o compresión de una arteria del cerebro.

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Record 2 2012-07-17

English

Subject field(s)
  • Symptoms (Medicine)
  • Vessels (Medicine)
DEF

An hemorrhage into an organ.

OBS

Not to be confused with the the term in its restricted sense which refers to the syndrome of a cerebrovascular accident.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Symptômes (Médecine)
  • Vaisseaux (Médecine)
DEF

Hémorragie au sein d'un organe.

OBS

Ne pas confondre avec le terme dans son sens plus restreint qui renvoie au syndrome d'un accident vasculaire cérébral.

Spanish

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