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STRUCTURAL DISRUPTION [3 records]

Record 1 2011-08-10

English

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

Damage inflicted on the body as the direct or indirect result of an external force, with or without disruption of structural continuity.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Méthodes diagnostiques (Médecine)
DEF

Lésion faite, volontairement ou par accident, directement ou indirectement, par une force extérieure, avec ou sans solution de continuité.

CONT

Blessure veineuse.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Procedimientos diagnósticos (Medicina)
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Record 2 2006-08-10

English

Subject field(s)
  • Tectonics
CONT

[Carlin-type] deposits occur in "belts in Paleozoic rocks which appear to be underlain by major structural discontinuities (e.g., thrust faults, deep fault zones in the basement, or along basement margins ...) ...

French

Domaine(s)
  • Tectonique
CONT

Les gisements de type Carlin [...] se trouvent au Nevada, dans des «ceintures» de roches paléozoïques qui semblent surmonter d'importantes discontinuités structurales (p. ex. failles de chevauchement; zones de failles profondes dans le socle ou le long des marges du socle; [...]) [...]

Spanish

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Record 3 1999-01-27

English

Subject field(s)
  • Genetics
DEF

Said of agents(clastogens) capable of inducing chromosome structural changes such as disruption or breakages.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Génétique
DEF

Se dit d'un agent physique ou chimique susceptible de rompre un chromosome en plusieurs segments.

Spanish

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