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DELICATE SKIN [6 records]

Record 1 2017-05-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Cosmetology
  • Personal Esthetics
CONT

To apply an eye contour product without pulling delicate skin, gently "pat" a small amount around the eye using fingertips.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Cosmétologie
  • Esthétique et soins corporels
CONT

Et si le produit contour des yeux est souvent étiqueté également «contour des lèvres», c'est parce que la peau des lèvres, justement, ressemble à celle du contour de l'œil pour ce qui est de la minceur et de la rareté du sébum.

Spanish

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Record 2 2013-11-15

English

Subject field(s)
  • Makeup and Costumes
  • Personal Esthetics

French

Domaine(s)
  • Maquillage et costumes
  • Esthétique et soins corporels

Spanish

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Record 3 2008-07-29

English

Subject field(s)
  • Surgical Instruments
DEF

Standard thumb-operated, wishbone type forceps for grasping tissue, with a rat-tooth tip with a single point on one side fitting in between two teeth on the other.

OBS

Proper name : Adson Tissue Forceps.... Features : tips-1x2 sharp interlocking teeth; jaws-fine, diamond serrations. Grasping delicate tissue and skin.

OBS

There are many types of Adson forceps: Adson artery forceps; Adson dissecting forceps; Adson dressing forceps; Adson dural forceps; Adson ear forceps; Adson hemostatic or haemostatic forceps; Adson hypophyseal forceps; Adson lung grasping forceps; Adson micro forceps; Adson suture forceps; etc.

OBS

Adson forceps can be: toothed or non-toothed ; smooth or serrated; straight or curved; with fenestrated handle; with tungsten carbide inserts or with serrated tungsten carbide suture platform; etc.

OBS

In medical eponyms, the possessive form, such as "Adson’s tissue forceps", often disappears over the years. For that reason, the written form "Adson tissue forceps" is also found. Alfred Washington Adson. American neurosurgeon, 1887-1951.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Instruments chirurgicaux
OBS

Avec l'usage, il arrive que le nom de l'inventeur ne soit plus utilisé comme complément de nom, mais soit mis en apposition et se comporte, dès lors, comme un adjectif de relation. On parlera alors de «pince à dissection Adson» et non plus de «pince à dissection d'Adson». Alfred W. Adson (1887-1951), neuro-chirurgien américain.

Spanish

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Record 4 2008-07-29

English

Subject field(s)
  • Surgical Instruments
DEF

A forceps with scissorlike handles, used to grasp and remove lint, drainage tubes, necrosed tissue, and other small foreign bodies from wounds

OBS

Proper name : Dressing Forceps.... Features : jaws-horizontal serrations-round tips; cutter shank-horizontal serrations. Uses : To hold gauze sponges and dressings, also delicate handling of tissue, for example, donated tissue and skin grafts.

OBS

In medical language, dressing forceps is defined as a slender forceps used for grasping or holding gauze or sutures and removing small fragments of necrosed tissues and other foreign bodies in dressing wounds. These forceps are widely used to care wounds and remove dressings. ... Dressing forceps may be curved or straight tipped with serrated beak. In some cases it may be smooth. They have scissor-like handles for grasping lint, drainages tubes, etc.

OBS

There are many types of dressing forceps: Adson Bayonet dressing forceps, Adson micro dressing forceps, Cheron dressing forceps, Collin dressing forceps, Cushing dressing forceps, Gerald dressing forceps, Gross dressing forceps, Hudson dressing forceps, McIndoe dressing forceps, Potts-Smith dressing forceps, general thumb dressing forceps, etc.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Instruments chirurgicaux
OBS

Il existe plusieurs variétés de pinces à pansement : pince à pansement Bozeman, pince à pansement Bozeman-Douglas, pince à pansement Bryant, pince à pansement Cheron, pince à pansement Duplay, pince à pansement Gross, pince à pansement Gross-Maier, pince à pansement Maier, pince à pansement Martin, pince à pansement Pelkman, pince à pansement Sims-Maier; etc.

Spanish

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Record 5 2004-07-02

English

Subject field(s)
  • Horse Husbandry
CONT

A beautiful, delicate head characterizes the Arabian, often with a "dished" or concave profile below large, prominent eyes; a high-set, arched neck; and a naturally high tail carriage. The back is short and straight; the withers are pronounced and long; the chest is muscular, deep and broad; the shoulders long and sloping; the legs muscular with broad strong joints and clearly defined tendons; and the hooves small with very tough horn, wide at the heel. These points of "type" give the Arabian its distinctive beauty. The ideal height for an Arabian is between 14. 2 and 15 hands and may be chestnut, gray, bay, and black. White markings on the face and legs are common. The coat is fine and silky and the skin is invariably black. The mane and tail are full.

CONT

The Arab is possibly the most beautiful and most noble of all breeds of horse. There is no other horse that has the perfect combination of courage, stamina and speed, along with loyalty and gentle affection. Its hot-blooded nature and stunning good looks have been admired for hundreds of years. Many of the world’s breeds have been developed by crossing the Arab with more cold-blooded, docile horses with a heavier build.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Élevage des chevaux
DEF

Cheval issu d'un père et d'une mère eux-mêmes de pur sang arabe. Son énergie, sa résistance et sa conformation en font un coursier remarquable.

CONT

Le Pur-sang arabe est le cheval le plus fin et le plus élégant au monde [...] C'est une des plus anciennes races, son origine est mal connue, mais on sait au moins qu'elle est orientale : cheval mongol selon les uns, arabe modifié selon les autres ou descendant des chevaux sauvages d'Asie ou d'Afrique.

OBS

Sa taille varie de 1,40 à 1,55 mètre.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Cría de ganado caballar
OBS

Pura Sangre Árabe [...] se trata de una de las razas más antiguas que existen. Su origen se encuentra en el cruce entre el caballo del Sur de Oriente Medio con los caballos del norte de Mongolia.

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Record 6 2000-10-16

English

Subject field(s)
  • Botany
  • Beverages
CONT

Inside the endocarp and completely surrounding each individual coffee bean is a delicate spermoderm(seed skin) commercially called the "silver skin". Malformation frequently produces a single bean called a "pea berry" that is completely circular and not flat on one side.

OBS

Normally, each coffee cherry contains two beans. Occasionally a cherry will form with only one bean. These are called peaberries and are frequently separated from other coffee and sold as its own distinct grade.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Botanique
  • Boissons (Industrie de l'alimentation)
DEF

Grain de café de forme sensiblement ovoïde, résultant du développement d'une seule graine dans le fruit.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Botánica
  • Bebidas
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