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Record 1 2016-01-12

English

Subject field(s)
  • Symptoms (Medicine)
  • Epidemiology
  • Microbiology and Parasitology
DEF

A recurrence or marked increase in severity of the symptoms of a disease, especially following a period of apparent improvement or stability.

OBS

"Relapses" are sometimes classified as "recrudescences" and "recurrences," they can be either clinical or parasitic, the latter being evidenced only by the reappearance or increase in number of the parasites in the blood. The qualifications "short-term" and "long-term" may be used to designate "relapses" following the primary attack after intervals of less than two or more than six months, respectively.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Symptômes (Médecine)
  • Épidémiologie
  • Microbiologie et parasitologie
DEF

Reprise évolutive d'une maladie qui était en voie de guérison.

OBS

La «rechute» est parfois qualifiée de «recrudescence» ou de «recurrence»; elle peut être soit clinique, soit parasitaire, la seconde n'étant démontrée que par la réapparition ou l'augmentation du nombre des parasites dans le sang. Les expressions «rechute précoce» et «rechute tardive» peuvent être employées pour désigner des «rechutes» survenant respectivement moins de deux mois et plus de six mois après la première atteinte.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Síntomas (Medicina)
  • Epidemiología
  • Microbiología y parasitología
DEF

Reaparición de una cierta enfermedad en un sujeto que todavía no había conseguido curarla completamente.

OBS

recaída: La Fundación del Español Urgente (Fundéu BBVA), con el asesoramiento de la Real Academia Española, indica que la expresión "volver a recaer" es redundante si se alude a la primera "recaída" de una persona. [...] En efecto, el Diccionario académico recoge "recaer" simplemente como "volver a caer", pero en otros diccionarios, como el Clave, se incide más en los ámbitos de uso donde es frecuente, como el médico o el deportivo, y el verbo es definido como "empeorar una persona o volver a caer enferma de la enfermedad de la que se estaba recuperando". De este modo, para referirse a la primera "recaída", lo apropiado es decir "volver a caer" o "recaer" y "no volver a recaer", porque se incurre en una redundancia. En cambio, si la persona se cura y tiempo después vuelve a enfermar por tercera vez, entonces sí podría hablarse de "volver a recaer".

OBS

recaída: Este término se utiliza impropiamente como sinónimo de [recidiva]

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Record 2 2011-03-14

English

Subject field(s)
  • Biochemistry
DEF

Peptides (bits of proteins) that their discoverer, Stanislaw R. Burzynski of the Burzynski Research Institute in Houston, asserts can slow down or reverse tumor growth.

CONT

Antineoplastons are naturally occurring cytodifferentiating agents. Chemically, antineoplastons are medium and small sized peptides, amino acid derivatives and organic acids which exist in blood, tissues and urine. In clinical trials in advanced cancer, in addition to the anticancer activity it was observed that patients suffering from both cancer and Parkinson's disease exhibited marked improvement in parkinsonian symptomatology when treated with antineoplaston A5.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Biochimie

Spanish

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Record 3 2005-07-14

English

Subject field(s)
  • Posology
  • General Medicine
  • Health Law
DEF

... a series or sequence of similar treatments administered to a person over a period of time for a particular health problem ...

CONT

Most often, the first signs of healing occur after 2 to 3 weeks of treatment. It may take 1 to 2 months before beneficial effects are seen. Most patients with severe acne notice a marked improvement after 1 or 2 courses of treatment...

French

Domaine(s)
  • Posologie
  • Médecine générale
  • Droit de la santé
CONT

Série ou suite de traitements semblables administrés à une personne au cours d'une certaine période en raison d'un problème de santé particulier.

Spanish

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Record 4 1997-07-14

English

Subject field(s)
  • Remuneration (Personnel Management)
  • Personnel and Job Evaluation
DEF

The rate paid for outstanding performance or reserved for that level of consistent performance during the rating period for which there can be no marked improvement.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Rémunération (Gestion du personnel)
  • Évaluation du personnel et des emplois

Spanish

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Record 5 1993-07-07

English

Subject field(s)
  • Pharmacodynamics
CONT

Most often, the first signs of healing occur after 2 to 3 weeks of treatment. It may take 1 to 2 months before beneficial effects are seen. Most patients with severe acne notice a marked improvement after 1 or 2 courses of treatment...

French

Domaine(s)
  • Pharmacodynamie
CONT

Les premiers signes de guérison se manifestent le plus souvent après 2 ou 3 semaines de traitement. Les effets bénéfiques peuvent prendre 1 ou 2 mois à apparaître. La plupart des patients atteints d'acné grave notent une nette amélioration après 1 ou 2 séries de traitement [...]

Spanish

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