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ASCITES [15 records]

Record 1 2020-05-19

English

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

Extravascular fluid overload most commonly manifests as peripheral edema but pleural effusion, pericardial effusion and ascites are also common.

French

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

Spanish

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Record 2 2017-12-05

English

Subject field(s)
  • Symptoms (Medicine)
CONT

In chronic congestive cardiac failure, edema fluid accumulates as right-sided or bilateral hydrothorax, ascites, and pitting edema of the ankles.

OBS

edema of the ankle: term recommended by the Medical Signs and Symptoms Committee.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Symptômes (Médecine)
CONT

L'œdème malléolaire est un trouble d'une importance capitale dont assez souvent les cardiaques vous feront part; ils ont remarqué de temps en temps un peu d'enflure aux chevilles. C'est là un des symptômes les plus typiques de l'insuffisance cardiaque.

Spanish

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Record 3 2015-10-27

English

Subject field(s)
  • Slaughterhouses
  • Poultry Production
CONT

Pathology defects. Carcasses with diseases or conditions which occurred while the birds were still alive. These defects occur at the farm level or during transport to the slaughtering establishments. Examples include cellulitis, ascites, cyanosis, and emaciation.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Abattoirs
  • Élevage des volailles
DEF

défauts pathologiques : Défauts qui se manifestent lorsque les oiseaux sont toujours vivants, que ce soit à la ferme ou durant le transport vers l'abattoir (p. ex., cellulite, ascite, cyanose, émaciation).

Spanish

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Record 4 2013-06-28

English

Subject field(s)
  • Symptoms (Medicine)
  • Digestive Tract
DEF

... the accumulation of protein-containing (ascitic) fluid in the abdominal cavity.

OBS

Ascites : plural in form but used with a singular verb.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Symptômes (Médecine)
  • Appareil digestif
DEF

Accumulation de sérosité dans la cavité péritonéale.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Síntomas (Medicina)
  • Aparato digestivo
DEF

Acumulación patológica de fluido seroso en el interior de la cavidad abdominal.

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Record 5 2012-02-15

English

Subject field(s)
  • Symptoms (Medicine)
DEF

Of, belonging to, or inherent in, a person’s constitution (of body or mind).

CONT

Chronic hepatitis... Patients may be asymptomatic or may exhibit a wide range of local or constitutional symptoms typical of liver disease, such as fatigue, malaise, fever, anorexia, jaundice, or ascites.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Symptômes (Médecine)
DEF

Qui se rapporte à la constitution physique, psychologique, générale d'une personne.

CONT

Obésité constitutionnelle.

Spanish

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Record 6 2012-01-09

English

Subject field(s)
  • Symptoms (Medicine)
  • Radiography (Medicine)
CONT

Visceral scalloping... is a diagnostic sign and distinguishes mucinous from fluid ascites on CT.

French

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

Aspect radiologique de certains viscères, caractérisé par des contours onduleux en forme de festons.

OBS

festonnement : terme publié au Journal officiel de la République française le 22 septembre 2000.

Spanish

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Record 7 2010-12-22

English

Subject field(s)
  • Human Diseases
  • Bowels
CONT

More common is spontaneous bacterial peritonitis in patients with advanced, decompensated cirrhosis and ascites.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Maladies humaines
  • Intestins
CONT

L'ascite cirrhotique, en particulier chez l'alcoolique, s'infecte parfois sans foyer infectieux apparent ("péritonite bactérienne spontanée").

Spanish

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Record 8 2010-09-23

English

Subject field(s)
  • Human Diseases - Various
  • Liver and Biliary Ducts
DEF

A cirrhosis in which normal liver lobules are replaced by small regeneration nodules, sometimes containing fat, separated by a fairly regular framework of fine fibrous tissue strands; usually due to chronic alcoholism.

OBS

Can progress to severe impairment of liver functions, portal hypertension with ascites and esophageal varices, and life-threatening complications.

Key term(s)
  • Laennec's cirrhosis

French

Domaine(s)
  • Maladies humaines diverses
  • Foie et voies biliaires
DEF

Forme de cirrhose, généralement alcoolique, caractérisée par la diminution de la taille du foie, qui est scléreux et dur.

OBS

Sous la dénomination de «Laennec's cirrhosis», les auteurs anglais désignent les cirrhoses micronodulaires sans tenir compte de la taille du foie, contrairement aux auteurs français [pour qui la «cirrhose de Laennec» est nécessairement accompagnée d'une diminution de la taille du foie].

Key term(s)
  • cirrhose de Laënnec

Spanish

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Record 9 2007-11-05

English

Subject field(s)
  • Human Diseases - Various
  • Liver and Biliary Ducts
CONT

Decompensated cirrhosis is marked by the development of any of the following complications : jaundice, variceal hemorrhage, ascites or encephalopathy.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Maladies humaines diverses
  • Foie et voies biliaires
CONT

Cirrhose décompensée = symptomatique. Décompensation de la cirrhose = apparition d'une complication (hémorragie digestive, ascite, encéphalopathie, etc.).

Spanish

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Record 10 2004-02-24

English

Subject field(s)
  • Vessels (Medicine)
  • Vascular Surgery
DEF

Between a vein and the peritoneum.

CONT

Peritoneovenous shunting, performed by surgically placing a subcutaneous catheter between the superior vena cava and peritoneum, is as effective as therapeutic paracentesis in treating refractory ascites.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Vaisseaux (Médecine)
  • Chirurgie vasculaire
CONT

Dérivation porto-systémique. Les shunts péritonéo-veineux, autrefois largement utilisés pour le traitement des patients avec une cirrhose et une ascite réfractaire sont maintenant quasiment abandonnés en raison de nombreux effets secondaires et de l'existence de techniques thérapeutiques d'efficacité similaire mais mieux tolérées (paracenthèse avec administration d'albumine).

Spanish

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Record 11 2003-05-14

English

Subject field(s)
  • Biochemistry
  • Biotechnology
OBS

By analogy with immunochemistry and immunohistology. Example : Immunochemistry Technologies, LLC. Antibody purification monoclonal and polyclonal antibodies can be purified and concentrated to meet your specific assay requirements. Protein A and protein G purification matrices are routinely used to selectively adsorb polyclonal IgG from most animal sera. Purified monoclonal IgG can be obtained from ascites or cell culture media using these methods as well.(Excerpt from INTERNET).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Biochimie
  • Biotechnologie
CONT

La RT-PCR in situ peut être réalisée en utilisant des dNTP non marqués (la détection des produits amplifiés s'effectuant ultérieurement grâce à une HIS) ou en incorporant des dNTP hapténisés qui sont détectés par immunohistochimie.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Bioquímica
  • Biotecnología
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Record 12 2002-02-20

English

Subject field(s)
  • Medication
DEF

An aldosterone antagonist that promotes diuresis and sodium excretion and is sometimes used to relieve ascites.

CONT

Spironolactone is a specific pharmacologic antagonist of aldosterone, acting primarily through competitive binding with receptors at the aldosterone-dependent, sodium-potassium exchange sites in the distal tubule.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Médicaments
CONT

La spironolactone est un antagoniste pharmacologique spécifique de l'aldostérone, et elle agit surtout par liaison compétitive avec les récepteurs aux sites d'échange sodium-potassium qui dépendent de l'aldostérone dans la partie distale du tube rénal [...].

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Medicamentos
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Record 13 1994-06-14

English

Subject field(s)
  • Molecular Biology
  • Cytology
  • The Genitals
CONT

It has been relatively easy to study ovarian cancer cells either as removed during surgery, from ascites removed from palliation or in cell lines. Ovarian cancer arises either from the single cell epithelial surface covering of the ovary or from nests of epithelial cells trapped within the ovary following ovulation or during embryo genesis....

French

Domaine(s)
  • Biologie moléculaire
  • Cytologie
  • Organes génitaux

Spanish

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Record 14 1994-06-14

English

Subject field(s)
  • Molecular Biology
  • Cytology
  • The Genitals
CONT

It has been relatively easy to study ovarian cancer cells either as removed during surgery, from ascites removed from palliation or in cell lines. Ovarian cancer arises either from the single cell epithelial surface covering of the ovary or from nests of epithelial cells trapped within the ovary following ovulation or during embryo genesis....

French

Domaine(s)
  • Biologie moléculaire
  • Cytologie
  • Organes génitaux

Spanish

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Record 15 1994-04-22

English

Subject field(s)
  • Biochemistry
CONT

A transport protein function has a symport that couples accumulation of the anion to the inward diffusion of H plus ....

CONT

Functional characteristics of the sugar-H+ symport proteins from magic-angle spinning NMR... A theoretical description of initial uptake kinetics of H+/sugar symport is given, with emphasis on the differences between carrier and non-carrier systems... Symport mechanisms as the basis of solute transport in yeast and mouse ascites tumor cells... [Source : PASCAL database].

French

Domaine(s)
  • Biochimie
CONT

Le PH cytosolique et l'activité de la pompe à protons sont étudiés en relation avec leur rôle régulateur dans le transport des acides aminés à travers la membrane plasmique et sont reliés à la force dirigeant le symport H SUP +/aminoacide, le gradient de proton électrochimique. [Source : base de données PASCAL]

Spanish

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