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TUBER [5 records]

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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 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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Record 3 2009-03-24

English

Subject field(s)
  • Plant Biology
  • Root and Tuber Crops
DEF

In botany, a short thickened, usually subterranean stem or rhizome bearing buds or "eyes", each of which is capable of developing into a new plant as in the potato or Jerusalem artichoke.

OBS

Stem tubers as in potatoes, for example often produce buds along the stem ... Root tubers produce no buds ...

French

Domaine(s)
  • Biologie végétale
  • Culture des plantes sarclées
DEF

Excroissance arrondie d'une racine, d'un tige souterraine (rbizone) ou parfois aérienne, qui est une réserve nutritive de la plante.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Biología vegetal
  • Cultivo de raíces y tubérculos
DEF

Porción caulinar engrosada y normalmente subterránea.

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Record 4 1999-01-18

English

Subject field(s)
  • Oil Drilling
DEF

To run and cement casing at a certain depth in the wellbore.

CONT

It is customary to set casing in the completion of a producing well.

CONT

To pull the drill stem out of the wellbore... is necessary to change the bit, ...to run electric logs, ...to run casing, and for other reasons.

Key term(s)
  • set pipe

French

Domaine(s)
  • Forage des puits de pétrole
CONT

Au fur et à mesure que l'on fore un puits, il est nécessaire de le cuveler, c'est-à-dire d'en consolider les parois à l'aide d'une colonne de tubes d'acier. Cette opération dite de «tubage» doit être organisée avec soin puisque, le diamètre du forage s'en trouvant réduit, elle ne peut se renouveler qu'un nombre limite de fois.

Spanish

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Record 5 1989-11-23

English

Subject field(s)
  • Packaging Machinery and Equipment
  • Packaging in Paper
DEF

A paper bag making machine used expressly for the formation of the bags.

CONT

The tuber starts with multiple giant rolls of kraft paper of a width that will finish into the specific bag width .... The material is then formed into a tube that is pasted together along the seam. The tube may be formed with or without gussets. During seam-pasting, the edges of the various plies form a shingle pattern. When they are brought together to form a seam, these edges interweave so that each ply glues to itself. This provides optimal seam strength.

Key term(s)
  • forming tube

French

Domaine(s)
  • Machines et équipement d'emballage
  • Emballages en papier
DEF

Machine à conformer les sacs en papier.

CONT

(...) le sac (...) se fait en deux opérations : d'abord assemblage des feuilles sur une tubeuse qui, à partir des bobines de papier forme en continu un tube aplati par collage longitudinal des bords, puis après tronçonnage du tube, fermeture par couture ou collage d'une ou des deux extrémités suivant le type de sac fabriqué.

Spanish

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