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Record 1 2024-09-12

English

Subject field(s)
  • Human Diseases - Various
DEF

A condition characterized by the formation of calculi and concretions in the hollow organs or ducts of the body.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Maladies humaines diverses
DEF

Maladie caractérisée par la présence de calculs dans un organe ou dans son canal excréteur.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Enfermedades humanas varias
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Record 2 2024-06-14

English

Subject field(s)
  • String Instruments
DEF

The hollow chamber providing resonance and forming the body of a stringed musical instrument.

Key term(s)
  • sound-box

French

Domaine(s)
  • Instruments de musique à cordes
DEF

Partie creuse de l'instrument qui sert à augmenter les vibrations des cordes.

Spanish

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Record 3 2024-05-31

English

Subject field(s)
  • Fungi and Myxomycetes
  • Mushroom Growing
DEF

A spherical, cylindrical, or flask-shaped hollow fruiting body in various ascomycetous fungi that contains the asci and usually opens by a terminal pore.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Champignons et myxomycètes
  • Culture des champignons
DEF

Enveloppe microscopique de la fructification ayant la forme d'une bouteille et renfermant les asques chez les champignons ascomycètes.

Spanish

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Record 4 2023-03-30

English

Subject field(s)
  • Diagnostic Procedures (Medicine)
DEF

The visual examination of the interior of a hollow body organ by use of an endoscope coupled to a video camera.

CONT

In videoendoscopy, transmission of the image by a coherent fiber bundle is replaced by electronic video technology, so that the endoscopist, instead of peering into a lens with one eye, can look at a television screen with binocular vision.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Méthodes diagnostiques (Médecine)
DEF

Endoscopie assistée par une caméra vidéo fixée à l'extrémité de l'endoscope.

CONT

La vidéo-endoscopie utilise une transmission électronique de l'image sur un moniteur de télévision.

CONT

Dans ces domaines [chirurgie digestive, gynécologique et pulmonaire], pratiquement toutes les interventions peuvent être réalisées sous vidéo-endoscopie, mais il faut distinguer les opérations qui sont désormais du domaine quasi exclusif de la chirurgie vidéo-endoscopique et celles qui restent du domaine de l'exploit.

Spanish

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Record 5 2023-02-20

English

Subject field(s)
  • String Instruments
DEF

A guitar... having a hollow body in which the vibrations of the strings resonate to produce sound [and] which does not require electrical amplification...

French

Domaine(s)
  • Instruments de musique à cordes

Spanish

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Record 6 2017-11-08

English

Subject field(s)
  • Morphology and General Physiology
Universal entry(ies)
cavitates
Latin, plural
A01.1.00.047
classification system code, see observation
DEF

[The] hollow spaces within the body that help protect, separate and support internal organs.

OBS

body cavities; cavities: terms derived from the Terminologia Anatomica.

OBS

A01.1.00.047: Terminologia Anatomica identifying number.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Morphologie et physiologie générale
Entrée(s) universelle(s)
cavitates
Latin, plural
A01.1.00.047
classification system code, see observation
OBS

cavités corporelles; cavités : termes dérivés de la Terminologia Anatomica.

OBS

A01.1.00.047 : numéro d'identification de la Terminologia Anatomica.

Key term(s)
  • cavités du corps

Spanish

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Record 7 2017-07-12

English

Subject field(s)
  • Percussion Instruments
DEF

A hollow body of cast metal, formed to ring, or emit a clear musical sound, by the sonorous vibration of its entire circumference, when struck by a clapper, hammer, or other appliance.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Instruments de musique à percussion
DEF

Instrument creux, évasé, en métal sonore (bronze), dont on tire des vibrations retentissantes et prolongées en en frappant les parois, de l'intérieur avec un battant ou de l'extérieur avec un marteau.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Instrumentos de percusión
DEF

Instrumento de bronce que, por percusión de un badajo inferior o de un martillo externo, da sonidos de largo alcance.

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Record 8 2016-02-28

English

Subject field(s)
  • Security Devices
  • Small Arms
  • Airfields
CONT

Insert a pyrotechnic device into the pistol according to instructions in the launcher's manual. Screamers load hollow end first; bangers load fuse end first... Hold pistol away from the body and fire in the direction of birds. Screamers travel more than 60 metres; bangers travel more than 25 metres.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Dispositifs de sécurité
  • Armes légères
  • Aérodromes
OBS

Désigne un des appareils utilisés dans les aérodromes pour effaroucher les oiseaux.

Spanish

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Record 9 2016-02-28

English

Subject field(s)
  • Security Devices
  • Small Arms
  • Airfields
OBS

Insert a pyrotechnic device into the pistol according to instructions in the launcher's manual. Screamers load hollow end first; bangers load fuse end first... Hold pistol away from the body and fire in the direction of birds. Screamers travel more than 60 metres; bangers travel more than 25 metres.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Dispositifs de sécurité
  • Armes légères
  • Aérodromes

Spanish

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Record 10 2014-11-04

English

Subject field(s)
  • Sponges, Hydrozoans and Jellyfish
CONT

Corals belong to the large and varied phylum of coelenterates, which are simple multicellular animals. The phylum's name is from the Greek koilos, hollow, and enteron, gut, because the main body cavity of its members is the digestive cavity.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Éponges, hydres et méduses
DEF

Groupe zoologique rassemblant les Cnidaires et les Cténaires.

CONT

[...] les coraux appartiennent au grand embranchement des Cœlentérés. Ce nom vient du grec koilos qui signifie cavité et enteron qui veut dire intestin; en effet, la cavité digestive est la principale cavité du corps de ces animaux.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Esponjas, hidrozoarios y medusas
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Record 11 2012-02-21

English

Subject field(s)
  • Mineralogy
  • Geology
DEF

A hollow, rounded or subrounded body, which has a lining of mineral crystals pointing inward...

CONT

A geode is a rock whose crystal-filled interior can be hollow or filled. The crystals that form within the mineral crust of the geode is called cruze. From the outside, geodes look like rounded, but otherwise ordinary rocks.

OBS

Distinguished from vugs which are residual or solution cavities in veins or rocks, and may be crystal-lined.

OBS

Unlike a "druse," a geode is separable (by weathering) as a discrete nodule or concretion from the rock in which it occurs and its inner crystals are not of the same minerals as those of the enclosing rock. A geode tends to be slightly flattened with its equatorial plane parallel to the bedding.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Minéralogie
  • Géologie
DEF

Masse pierreuse sphérique ou ovoïde, creuse, dont l'intérieur est tapissé de cristaux.

CONT

[...] «des géodes», subsphériques, dont l'intérieur est creux et présente parfois des cristaux bien développés tels les géodes calcaires des «Terres Noires» jurassiques dont la cavité est souvent hérissée de cristaux limpides de quartz pyramidé [...]

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Mineralogía
  • Geología
DEF

Masa mineral hueca cuyas paredes internas están recubiertas por cristales.

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Record 12 2010-05-25

English

Subject field(s)
  • Surgical Instruments
DEF

Short, hollow cylinder or tube for insertion into a canal, vessel, passageway, body cavity, or duct.

OBS

Cannulae usually consist of a small-length rigid or semirigid plastic or metal tube, a handle, and a valve. The valve regulates the pressure within the cavity. Most cannulae are fitted with a trocar or stylet during insertion. After insertion, the trocar is withdrawn, providing a rigid or semirigid structure that can be connected to an external tube, catheter, or connector for the injection or withdrawal of substances. Cannulae may also provide a port through which diagnostic or surgical instruments are passed to gain access to and operate on internal structures. They can be used in a great variety of therapeutic and diagnostic procedures.

PHR

arterial, aortic, arthroscopy drainage, aspirating, brain, bronchial, coronary artery, coronary sinus, ear, epidural, exploring, eye, infusion, irrigation, perfusion, ventricular, washout cannula.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Instruments chirurgicaux
DEF

Tube creux, rigide ou souple, rectiligne, courbe ou coudé, utilisé pour permettre le passage d'air ou de liquide dans une cavité ou un conduit naturels, ou dans un vaisseau ou un canal abordé chirurgicalement.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Instrumental quirúrgico
DEF

Tubo de calibre, forma y materia variables, abierto por ambos extremos, que se introduce en una abertura natural o accidental del cuerpo, generalmente con un trocar en su interior en el acto de la introducción.

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Record 13 2009-05-29

English

Subject field(s)
  • Suspension (Mechanical Components)
  • Aircraft Airframe
CONT

An oil damper system consisting of a piston mounted at the end of a rod movable in a hollow cylindrical body such that it drives the oil out of the space between the piston and the bottom of the hollow damper body and into a flexible buffer chamber to the outside of which is applied a pressurised gas.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Suspension (Composants mécaniques)
  • Cellule d'aéronefs
CONT

La présente invention concerne un système amortisseur à huile, constitué d'un piston monté à l'extrémité d'une tige mobile, se déplaçant dans un corps cylindrique creux en chassant l'huile comprise entre le piston et le fond du corps creux de l'amortisseur vers une chambre de réserve déformable sur l'extérieur de laquelle est appliqué un gaz sous pression [...]

Spanish

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Record 14 2008-11-17

English

Subject field(s)
  • Taps and Plumbing Accessories
CONT

Plug valves are valves with [spherical, ] cylindrical or conically-tapered "plugs" which can be rotated inside the valve body to control flow through the valve. The plugs in plug valves have one or more hollow passageways going sideways through the plug, so that fluid can flow through the plug when the valve is open.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Robinetterie et accessoires
DEF

[...] appareil de robinetterie dont l'obturateur (tournant) comporte un passage orientable par rotation autour d'un axe orthogonal à l'axe de l'écoulement du fluide.

OBS

[Les robinets se désignent, en général, par le nom de leur obturateur.] La forme du tournant est conique, cylindrique ou sphérique. Le corps et le tournant possèdent tous deux des orifices (lumières) qui viennent se contrarier (fermeture) ou se superposer (ouverture) suivant la position angulaire du tournant dans le corps. La forme et la section des lumières et leur nombre, ainsi que la disposition des tubulures du corps («voies»), sont variables selon les modèles.

Spanish

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Record 15 2008-10-09

English

Subject field(s)
  • Plumbing Fixtures
CONT

whirlpool tub/jacuzzi tub/air jet bathtub.

CONT

Once you choose between an air-jet bathtub and a whirlpool system, your cares will bubble away.

OBS

An air jet of an air massage system used with a bathtub having a wall defining opposite visible and hidden surfaces and defining a number of openings through the bathtub wall. The air jet comprises a hollow body having opposed inlet and outlet ends and a unidirectional flow device disposed therebetween. [Text accompanied by an illustration]

French

Domaine(s)
  • Appareils sanitaires
CONT

Si vous n'avez jamais fait l'expérience d'une baignoire à jets d'air, vous aimerez en apprendre un peu plus sur la sensation que procure l'air en mouvement dans l'eau et sur votre peau.

Spanish

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Record 16 2008-04-03

English

Subject field(s)
  • Aircraft Systems
CONT

A typical micronic type filter... utilizes an element made of specially treated paper which is formed in vertical convolutions(wrinkles). An internal spring holds the elements in shape. The micronic element is designed to prevent the passage of solids greater than 10 microns(0. 000394 inch) in size. In the event that the filter element becomes clogged, the spring loaded relief valve in the filter head will bypass the fluid after a differential pressure of 50 p. s. i. has been built up. Hydraulic fluid enters the filter through the inlet port in the filter body and flows around the element inside the bowl. Filtering takes place as the fluid passes through the element into the hollow core, leaving the foreign material on the outside of the element.

OBS

micron filter: term officially approved by the Aeronautical Terminology Standardization Committee (ATSC) - Helicopters.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Circuits des aéronefs
OBS

filter micronique : terme uniformisé par les Comités d'uniformisation de la terminologie aéronautique (CUTA) - Hélicoptères et Maintenance.

Spanish

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Record 17 2005-05-03

English

Subject field(s)
  • Animal Anatomy
  • Horse Husbandry
  • Horse Racing and Equestrian Sports
CONT

A horse with a short neck set on low, but carried high(so that there is a noticeable dip in front of the withers and outward bulge under the neck) will be more inclined to do a high action gait in some ventroflexion(hollow body position) than one with a neck set on low and carried low.

CONT

The ewe neck is the one whose underneck shows a considerable bulge, while its topline shows a dip in front of the withers.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Anatomie animale
  • Élevage des chevaux
  • Courses hippiques et sports équestres
DEF

Dépression en avant du garrot.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Anatomía animal
  • Cría de ganado caballar
  • Carreras de caballos y deportes ecuestres
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Record 18 2001-03-15

English

Subject field(s)
  • Oil Drilling
DEF

A device made up in the drill string that, when actuated, delivers a heavy downward blow to the string.

CONT

A bumper jar has a hollow body that moves upward when the drill string is picked up. When the string is dropped quickly, the jar body produces a sharp downward blow on the tubing or pipe made up below the jar. If downward blows can free a fish, a bumper jar can be very effective.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Forage des puits de pétrole

Spanish

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Record 19 1998-07-02

English

Subject field(s)
  • Morphology and General Physiology
DEF

A recess cavity or hollow space in the body.

OBS

May be a normal air cavity such as the maxillary sinus or pathological as in a draining fistula from an infected tooth.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Morphologie et physiologie générale
DEF

Chambre ou cavité corporelle.

OBS

Surtout dans un os. Peut être une cavité aérienne normale, comme le sinus maxillaire, ou pathologique, comme dans une fistule de drainage d'une dent infectée.

Spanish

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Record 20 1998-06-29

English

Subject field(s)
  • Medical Instruments and Devices
DEF

A flexible instrument for direct visual examination of the interior or hollow organs or body cavities, constructed of fibers having special optical properties.

Key term(s)
  • fibrescope

French

Domaine(s)
  • Instruments et appareillages médicaux
DEF

Appareil flexible d'exploration et de traitement des cavités et des conduits du corps qui comporte une extrémité proximale, un corps souple et une extrémité distale.

Spanish

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Record 21 1998-03-24

English

Subject field(s)
  • Acupuncture
OBS

The eight exta meridians have no reciprocal connections between the solid and hollow organs, or the interior and surface of the body. Their function is supposed to be like that of a lake, regulating the excess or deficiency of water in the rivers-the main meridians. Six of the eight extra meridians have no acupuncture points of their own. They use the acupuncture points of the twelve main meridians. They do not have a circulation of energy. The exceptions are the Governing Vessel and Conception Vessel, which not only have their own acupuncture points but have their own circulation of energy.

OBS

These extra meridians are also known as "Odd Meridians", "Irregular Vessels", "Curious Meridians" or even as "Marvelous Vessels" when the treatment with it produced marvelous results in chronic diseases while acupuncture treatment on 12 Main Meridians failed.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Acupuncture
OBS

Ce sont des vaisseaux très importants : d'une part du fait de leur origine ou de leur trajet ils transportent dans tout l'organisme la plus grande partie de l'énergie ancestrale, d'autre part ils jouent le rôle de réservoirs qui captent le trop-plein de l'énergie quand elle est en excès et la cèdent quand celle-ci devient insuffisante.

OBS

en chinois : qi jing.

Spanish

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Record 22 1990-05-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Insects, Centipedes, Spiders, and Scorpions
OBS

setal: pertaining to setae or insect hairs.

OBS

pit : a hollow or indentation in the surface of a body.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Insectes, mille-pattes, araignées et scorpions
CONT

(...) Quand une soie se dresse en leur centre on les appelle pores sétigères.

Spanish

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Record 23 1988-12-22

English

Subject field(s)
  • Lubrication Technology
  • Physics of Solids
DEF

A force which opposes the motion of any body which is rolling over the surface of another

DEF

The force resisting the rolling of a body on a plane and due to the fact that the rolling body is moving up the side of the hollow caused by the elastic deformation of the plane. It is much smaller than sliding friction, especially with hard surfaces, hence the use of wheels and ball bearings.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Tribologie
  • Physique des solides
DEF

frottement d'un corps qui roule sur un autre.

OBS

(...) chaque fois que cela est possible, on remplace le glissement par un roulement sur billes, rouleaux, galets ou aiguilles.

Spanish

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Record 24 1987-09-24

English

Subject field(s)
  • Mollusks, Echinoderms and Prochordates
DEF

A small hollow, usually at the center of the base of the body whorl in a loosely spiral gastropod shell.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Mollusques, échinodermes et procordés
CONT

Chez certains Gastropodes, les parties internes des tours ne sont pas soudées entre elles et l'axe columellaire est creux, c'est l'ombilic.

Spanish

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Record 25 1987-02-03

English

Subject field(s)
  • Surgical Instruments
OBS

trocar : A hollow, cylindrical instrument with a sharp tip that is designed to pierce the wall of a body cavity, organ, or hollow structure, usually to drain or infuse liquid.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Instruments chirurgicaux

Spanish

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Record 26 1977-07-20

English

Subject field(s)
  • Paleontology
OBS

[Ammonites of the family sonniniidae have] a great variety of forms, ranging from stout planulates to oxycones, mostly well ribbed, many tuberculate or spinous, nearly all with [a] hollow keel, which tends to die out in later whorls or body chamber. Sutures [are] simple to complex, [the] umbilical lobe [is] short, never much retracted. [The] aptychus [is] shiny with coarse folds(Cornaptychus). "M. Jur.(Baj-L. Bath.) ".

French

Domaine(s)
  • Paléontologie
OBS

[Les ammonites de la famille des sonninidae sont] discoïdes ou lenticulaires, généralement [avec une] carène creuse, [une] costulation flexueuse, [et] parfois [des] tubercules chez le jeune. [La] suture [est] généralement ascendante.

Spanish

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Record 27 1977-03-07

English

Subject field(s)
  • Paleontology
DEF

[A member of the subclass Asteroidea], having generally hollow arms which contain large lobes of body cavity and enclosed organs; radial canals located on outside of skeleton Ordovician-Recent.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Paléontologie
DEF

[...] Stelléride présentant la structure étoilée typique, et formé, en principe, de cinq branches, les «bras», réunies au niveau d'une partie centrale plane, le «disque».

Spanish

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