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PACE-MAKER [3 records]

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Record 1 2017-04-12

English

Subject field(s)
  • Medical and Surgical Equipment
  • The Heart
  • Biotechnology
DEF

A device designed to stimulate, by electrical impulses, contraction of the heart muscle at a certain rate.

CONT

... a small, battery-operated electronic device ... is inserted under the skin to help the heart beat regularly and at an appropriate rate. ... A pacemaker generally has two parts -- the generator and the leads.

OBS

It may be temporary (external) or permanent (internal or internal-external).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Équipement médico-chirurgical
  • Cœur
  • Biotechnologie
DEF

[...] appareil équipé d'un circuit qui achemine dans le muscle cardiaque un faible courant électrique reproduisant la stimulation naturelle des nerfs.

CONT

Cardiostimulateur : [les] fils (électrodes) sont placés sur la surface du cœur et sortent à la peau. Ils sont branchés à un cardiostimulateur externe («pacemaker» et servent à accélérer votre cœur au besoin.

OBS

pacemaker : terme anglais, critiqué par certains, passé dans la terminologie médicale française.

Key term(s)
  • cardiostimulateur

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Equipo médico y quirúrgico
  • Corazón
  • Biotecnología
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Record 2 2011-08-03

English

Subject field(s)
  • Track and Field
DEF

A track-team member who sets a fast pace to induce competition to spend energy early in a long-distance race, to the advantage of a teammate.

CONT

A front runner, of course, does not have to lead the entire race. The intention is to create a diversion and attract dangerous rivals in a fast start to burn them out while a teammate runs at his pace at the back of the pack ready to take the lead in the second half of the race.

CONT

O'Mara, who served as a pace-setter or rabbit this summer for Moroccan world mile record holder Said Aouita, posted a time of 3 minutes 52.21 seconds.

Key term(s)
  • pace setter
  • pace-maker

French

Domaine(s)
  • Athlétisme
DEF

Athlète qui prend momentanément la tête d'une course en peloton et lui imprime un train soutenu, de manière à favoriser un ou plusieurs concurrents.

CONT

«Pour cette course de 50 km, j'ai demandé à Paul Turpin de servir de lièvre à Guillaume Leblanc pour les 20 premiers kilomètres.

OBS

Il s'agit d'un coureur jumelé à un coureur d'élite et entrant dans une course de longue distance, habituellement un marathon, au niveau du peloton de tête pour établir le rythme que le coureur adoptera pour l'emporter ou établir un record.

Spanish

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Record 3 2003-03-06

English

Subject field(s)
  • Occupation Names (General)
  • Cycling
CONT

A big group of sprinters rides behind a pacemaker, who is riding a small moped/motorcycle kind of thing. This goes on for six laps and the cyclists cannot pass, but jockey for a good position. The pacesetter then pulls over and for the last two laps, the cyclists ride full speed to the finish.

CONT

The pacer shall always follow the measuring line and shall gradually increase to 50kph. He shall take care not to accelerate abruptly before leaving the track.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Désignations des emplois (Généralités)
  • Cyclisme

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Nombramiento de cargos (Generalidades)
  • Ciclismo
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