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THRICE [5 records]

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Record 1 2012-01-30

English

Subject field(s)
  • Nuclear Medicine
DEF

[A test in which] a measured amount of radioactively labelled cyanocobalamin is given orally, followed by a parenteral flushing dose of the nonradioactive vitamin, and the percentage of radioactivity is determined in the urine excreted over a 24-hour period.

OBS

The test is usually performed thrice; first with, then without, added intrinsic factor, then after antibiotic therapy. The results are used in the diagnosis of pernicious anemia and other disorders of vitamin B12 metabolism.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Médecine nucléaire
DEF

Test d'absorption permettant d'étudier le transit urinaire de la vitamine B12 marquée par un isotope radio-actif.

Spanish

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Record 2 1998-05-25

English

Subject field(s)
  • Morphology and General Physiology
  • Plant Biology
OBS

Thrice pinnate, divided pinnately three times.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Morphologie et physiologie générale
  • Biologie végétale
DEF

Trois fois penné.

OBS

Se dit des feuilles dont le pétiole commun porte latéralement des pétioles secondaires qui, à leur tour, en produisent d'autres sur les côtés desquels les folioles sont implantées.

Spanish

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Record 3 1993-05-21

English

Subject field(s)
  • Chemical Engineering
DEF

The formation of a paste.

CONT

... of the caput mortem make a fixed salt, which mix with thrice as much clay; the impastation must take the form of small balls, which dry and distil in a retort.(The Book of Formulas, 17th century manuscript).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Génie chimique
DEF

Opération par laquelle on amène une substance à la consistance de pâte. (Dictionnaire universel de XIXe siècle, 1875).

Spanish

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Record 4 1981-01-28

English

Subject field(s)
  • Laws of the Market (Economy)
OBS

(...) if men are unequally superior to women in different jobs-being twice as productive in beaver, thrice as productive in deer, and half as productive in potatoes-the labor theory of value breaks down : now we must know the demand condition of non-Marxian economics to determine equilibrium prices.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Lois du marché (Économie)

Spanish

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Record 5 1978-08-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Paleontology
  • Botany
OBS

Thrice ternately divided; thrice ternate, as a compound leaf whose primary petiole divides into three secondary petioles, each of which again divides into three, each division having three leaflets.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Paléontologie
  • Botanique
OBS

Se dit des feuilles dont le pétiole commun se divise en trois pétioles secondaires, subdivisés eux-mêmes en trois autres, dont chacun porte trois folioles.

Spanish

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