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FUNDI [3 records]

Record 1 2019-03-14

English

Subject field(s)
  • The Eye
Universal entry(ies)
DEF

The concave interior of the eye, consisting of the retina, the choroid, the sclera, the optic disk, and blood vessels, seen by means of the ophthalmoscope.

OBS

ocular fundi; eye fundi : plural.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Oeil
Entrée(s) universelle(s)
DEF

Partie de l'œil que l'on peut observer directement au travers de ses milieux transparents avec un ophtalmoscope (c'est-à-dire la papille optique, la rétine qui l'entoure et ses vaisseaux).

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Ojo
Entrada(s) universal(es)
DEF

Parte posterior e interna del globo ocular.

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Record 2 2012-01-17

English

Subject field(s)
  • Environment
  • Neology and Linguistic Borrowing
CONT

some recent work by two researchers... at the biodeterioration information centre of the University of Aston, shows that some common fundi will thrive on polythene that has been oxidized beforehand.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Environnement
  • Néologie et emprunts
DEF

Détérioration de produits à valeur économique, provoquée directement ou indirectement par des organismes vivants.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Medio ambiente
  • Neología y préstamos
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Record 3 2001-10-05

English

Subject field(s)
  • Medication
DEF

Any of a group of biologically active metabolites of Tolypocladium inflatum Gams and certain other fundi.

CONT

Immunosuppressants (azathioprine, cyclosporin).

OBS

The major forms are cyclosporin A and C, which are cyclic oligopeptides with immunosuppressive, antifungal, and antipyretic effects. As immunosuppressants, cyclosporins affect primarily the T cell lymphocytes.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Médicaments
DEF

Médicament immunosuppresseur utilisé contre le rejet des greffes, contre les maladies auto-immunes, et contre les agents du paludisme et de la schistosomiase. (D'après le Monde, 5 mars 1984, p. V).

OBS

Polypeptide produit par un champignon, Tolypocladium inflatum.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Medicamentos
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