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FRAGMENTS BODY [11 records]

Record 1 2025-09-05

English

Subject field(s)
  • Human Diseases - Various
  • Weapon Systems
  • Explosives and Pyrotechnical Materials (Industries)
CONT

Small fragments of shrapnel, environmental debris, and other particles may impact the skin and not have sufficient energy to enter body tissues too deeply... The coalescence of such injuries in a region of the body is known as peppering... This pattern of injury is highly characteristic of explosive injury. The peppering is composed of a combination of small abrasions, lacerations, and bruises...

French

Domaine(s)
  • Maladies humaines diverses
  • Systèmes d'armes
  • Explosifs et artifices (Industries)
OBS

[Il] est la conséquence directe de projection de multiples débris de petite taille. Il est très étendu en superficie, mais ne met pas en jeu le pronostic vital à court terme. Il peut rester malgré tout à l'origine de complications septiques.

Spanish

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Record 2 2022-01-07

English

Subject field(s)
  • Dog and Cat Breeding
  • Search and Rescue (Paramilitary)
  • Police
CONT

Cadaver or HRD dogs are used to locate the remains of the deceased victims. Cadaver dogs can locate entire bodies(including those buried or submerged), decomposed bodies, body fragments(including blood, tissues, hair, and bones), or skeletal remains...

French

Domaine(s)
  • Élevage des chiens et chats
  • Recherche et sauvetage (Paramilitaire)
  • Police
CONT

[...] les chiens de recherche de restes humains [...] sont capables de localiser des cadavres enterrés depuis plus de 20 ans [...] Les chiens de recherche de restes humains sont formés à l'ensemble [des] odeurs dégagées par un cadavre en décomposition.

Spanish

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Record 3 2021-07-29

English

Subject field(s)
  • Protective Clothing
  • Clothing (Military)
OBS

combat body armour; CBA: designations standardized by NATO.

CONT

In the British armed forces[, ] body armour has gone through a similar evolution. Steel helmets, which had been standard-issue since World War I, were replaced in the 1980s by the first of a series of helmets fabricated of nylon. In the late 1980s a lightweight combat body armour(CBA) was introduced, consisting of a vest with soft ballistic filler capable of protecting against fragments and 9-mm pistol rounds.

Key term(s)
  • combat body armor

French

Domaine(s)
  • Vêtements de protection
  • Habillement (Militaire)
OBS

gilet pare-balles de combat; CBA : désignations normalisées par l'OTAN.

Spanish

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Record 4 2015-04-13

English

Subject field(s)
  • Funeral Services
  • Archaeology
DEF

... the ashes and bone fragments of a human body that are left after cremation in a crematory...

OBS

cremains: a portmanteau of "cremated" and "remains" that is criticized when used in connection with a loved one.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Pompes funèbres
  • Archéologie
DEF

Ce qui reste du corps humain après la crémation.

Spanish

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Record 5 2015-02-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Biochemistry
OBS

dissociation : Separation of a molecule into two or more fragments(atoms, ions, radicals) by collision with a second body or by the absorption of electromagnetic radiation.

OBS

oxyhemoglobin: The red crystalline pigment formed in blood by the combination of oxygen and hemoglobin, without the oxidation of iron.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Biochimie
CONT

On peut comprendre l'importante relation entre la saturation de l'hémoglobine et la tension d'oxygène en examinant la courbe de dissociation de l'oxyhémoglobine où le pourcentage de saturation est en fonction de la tension d'oxygène [...]

OBS

Le degré de combinaison ou de dissociation (l'oxyhémoglobine libérant alors l'oxygène) dépend de la tension d'oxygène dans le milieu entourant l'hémoglobine.

Spanish

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Record 6 2013-04-29

English

Subject field(s)
  • Petrography
DEF

A mappable body of rock characterized by a lack of continuous bedding and the inclusion of fragments of rock of all sizes, contained in a fine-grained deformed matrix.

OBS

The mélange typically consists of a jumble of large blocks of varied lithologies.

OBS

mélange: term used at Natural Resources Canada - Earth Sciences Sector.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Pétrographie

Spanish

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Record 7 2012-12-13

English

Subject field(s)
  • General Medicine, Hygiene and Health
  • Law of Evidence
  • Police
  • Emergency Management
DEF

The anatomical parts of a body that are recovered individually at an incident site.

OBS

body parts; fragments of body; fragments : terms often used by specialists when referring to human remains.

OBS

human remains; remains: terms and definition standardized by the Canadian Capability-Based Planning Terminology Committee and the Translation Bureau.

Key term(s)
  • body part
  • body fragment
  • human body fragment

French

Domaine(s)
  • Médecine générale, hygiène et santé
  • Droit de la preuve
  • Police
  • Gestion des urgences
DEF

Parties anatomiques d'un corps qui sont récupérées individuellement sur un lieu d'incident.

OBS

parties de corps; fragments de corps; fragments : termes souvent utilisés par les spécialistes pour désigner des restes humains.

OBS

restes humains; restes : termes et définition normalisés par le Comité de terminologie de la planification axée sur les capacités au Canada et le Bureau de la traduction.

Key term(s)
  • partie de corps
  • fragment de corps
  • fragment humain
  • fragment

Spanish

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Record 8 2012-01-17

English

Subject field(s)
  • Medical and Surgical Equipment
DEF

An instrument for locating metallic fragments embedded in body tissues.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Équipement médico-chirurgical
DEF

Appareil servant au repérage de corps étrangers métalliques dans les tissus.

Spanish

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Record 9 2011-11-23

English

Subject field(s)
  • Protective Clothing
  • Military Equipment
  • Police
CONT

Frag vests with ballistic (armour) plates are the primary source of protection against shrapnel and small arms projectiles. ... The ballistic plates can be steel, ceramic or high performance polyethylene ...

CONT

Whilst soft flexible body armour can defeat most handgun and sub-machine gun threats, the stopping of high velocity rifle rounds demands a ballistic plate. Almost obsolete steel plates have given way to ceramics and composite materials which are unlikely to cause secondary injury from fragments. Armour plates are placed in pockets in the soft armour carrier, normally to protect chest and back, however the customer may specify additional pockets for smaller side plates... where the vest design permits this. For those vests which do not incorporate chest/back pockets a throw over plate carrying bib is available.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Vêtements de protection
  • Matériel militaire
  • Police
CONT

La principale source de protection contre les fragments et les projectiles d’armes légères est la veste pare-éclats avec plaques de protection balistique. [...] Ces plaques sont soit en acier, en céramique ou en polyéthylène haute performance [...]

Spanish

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Record 10 2005-04-20

English

Subject field(s)
  • Various Metal Ores
DEF

Broken fragments of ore disrupted from the faulted ends of an ore body and contained within the fault between the faulted portions.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Minerais divers (Mines métalliques)

Spanish

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Record 11 2003-04-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Biological Sciences
  • Biotechnology
DEF

Coenzyme consisting of pantothenic acid linked to a mononucleotide based on adenine. It is an intermediate involved in the transfer of acetyl groups (with which it combines to form acetyl-CoA) and other fatty acyl groups which are bound to a thiol group on the molecule. It plays an important role in fatty acid synthesis and oxidation, as well as in the first step of the TCA cycle.

CONT

CoA... was discovered as an essential cofactor for the acetylation of sulfanilamide in the liver and of choline in the brain. It has been established that CoA is involved in many biochemical reactions in the body as an "activator" of normally less reactive carbon fragments and a "transferer" of these fragments to different molecules.... After oxidative decarboxylation of pyruvic acid, CoA combines with the two-carbon acetate fragment to form acetyl-CoA or "active" acetate. Coenzyme A is necessary for the activation, synthesis, and degradation of fatty acids. Synthesis of cholesterol and ultimately the production of steroid hormones are also coenzyme A dependent.

OBS

CoA and CoA-SH are abbreviations for coenzyme A.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Sciences biologiques
  • Biotechnologie
DEF

Coenzyme des transacétylases, qui, grâce à son groupement fonctionnel thiol (présent dans la molécule de mercapto-éthylamine qui le compose), se combine à différents métabolites par une liaison «riche en énergie».

CONT

Le co-enzyme A dérive d'une vitamine du groupe B, l'acide pantothénique, qui est combiné, d'une part à un phosphate lequel est lié par une liaison pyrophosphate à une molécule d'adénosine 3'-5' diphosphate, d'autre part à une molécule de thio-éthylamine (ou cysté-amine). C'est le groupement thiol de cette dernière qui est la partie active de la molécule : son H peut être substitué par divers radicaux acyle (notamment acétyle) pour former des acyl-co-enzymes A ou acides gras activés qui chimiquement sont des thio-esters, composés très réactifs (acétyl-co-enzyme A, par exemple).

OBS

CoA et CoA-SH sont des abréviations de coenzyme A.

OBS

Termes vieillis à éviter : - co-acétylase - co-acylase - co-enzyme d'activation - coenzyme des acylations - coenzyme acétylant - coenzyme de Lipmann.

Key term(s)
  • CoASH

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Ciencias biológicas
  • Biotecnología
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