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AIR DOCTOR [3 records]

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Record 1 2014-10-15

English

Subject field(s)
  • Medical Instruments and Devices
DEF

An angiographic catheter ending in a tightly curled tip that resembles the tail of a pig.

CONT

Your doctor has inserted a type of chest tube called a pigtail catheter. This will remove the air from this space and allow the lung to re-expand. The pigtail catheter is attached to a drainage valve which allows the air to escape and collects any small amount of fluid.

OBS

The pigtail catheter is named for its shape and does not contain pork products.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Instruments et appareillages médicaux
CONT

Le catheter en queue de cochon est composé d'un matériau élastique ayant une configuration normale en queue de cochon et contient des trous latéraux sur le côté intérieur de la partie distale de la queue de cochon.

OBS

cathéter en queue de cochon : terme retenu par le réseau Entraide Traduction Santé.

Spanish

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Record 2 1994-04-06

English

Subject field(s)
  • Printing Machines and Equipment
DEF

A system which puts a controllable excess of fountain solution on the plate and reduces this excess to a minimum in the non-image areas by directing a narrow band of compressed air to the dampened plate.

OBS

A classic example is the Mullen air doctor dampening system.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Équipement (Imprimerie et arts graphiques)
DEF

Système qui comprend un rouleau mouilleur alimentant la plaque d'une quantité relativement grande d'eau. Au dessus [se trouve] une fente soufflante qui règne sur toute la longueur de la plaque et dont la pression d'air peut être réglée. Au-dessous, et très près, se trouve une autre fente aspirante qui absorbe l'eau en excès soufflée par la première.

OBS

En français, mouillage désigne à la fois l'action et le système.

OBS

L'exemple type est le système à lame d'air Mullen.

Spanish

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Record 3 1989-04-26

English

Subject field(s)
  • Papermaking Machines
DEF

A long, thin jet of air acting as a flexible doctor blade which meters off the controlled excess of previously applied coating on a paper coater, leaving the correct weight of coating on the sheet.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Machines à papier
DEF

Type de docteur qui combine une lame métallique et un jet d'air aux fins de soulèvement, par exemple, d'un matelas fibreux.

Spanish

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