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TRANSIENT DAMAGE [5 records]

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Record 1 2025-05-16

English

Subject field(s)
  • Human Diseases - Various
  • Nervous System
  • Vessels (Medicine)
CONT

A transient ischemic attack(TIA) is a short period of symptoms similar to those of a stroke. It's caused by a brief blockage of blood flow to the brain. A TIA usually lasts only a few minutes and doesn’t cause long-term damage.

Key term(s)
  • transient ischaemic attack
  • transient cerebral ischaemia

French

Domaine(s)
  • Maladies humaines diverses
  • Système nerveux
  • Vaisseaux (Médecine)
CONT

Les causes les plus fréquentes d'AIT sont un caillot sanguin ou la présence de plaque qui bloque la circulation du sang vers le cerveau.

OBS

AVC : accident vasculaire cérébral.

Spanish

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Record 2 2011-07-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Epidermis and Dermis
DEF

The accumulation of excessive layers of stratum corneum.

CONT

As lymphatic damage progresses, the edema and anatomic distortion that were initially transient develop into the permanent changes of elephantiasis. Pitting edema yields to brawny edema, and both thickening of subcutaneous tissue and hyperkeratosis develop.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Épiderme et derme
DEF

Hyperplasie de la couche cornée de l'épiderme.

CONT

Hyperkératose : [Elle] se localise aux orifices folliculaires donnant un aspect de piqueté blanc râpeux au toucher : hyperkératose ponctuée. Elle réalise également des squames sèches adhérentes à la face inférieure desquelles on retrouve, après arrachement, des crampons kératosiques caractéristiques.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Epidermis y dermis
DEF

Alteración de la piel caracterizada por hipertrofia de la capa córnea.

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Record 3 - external organization data 2008-02-07

English

Subject field(s)
  • Inventory and Material Management
  • Nuclear Power Stations
  • Compartment - Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission
CONT

Any deterioration or failure of one or more components or pieces of equipment affecting a single system that requires the candidate to perform a routine equipment changeover, within a limited time frame, to prevent equipment damage or a system transient due to an impending automatic action to protect the equipment involved.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Gestion des stocks et du matériel
  • Centrales nucléaires
  • Tiroir - Commission canadienne de sûreté nucléaire
CONT

Toute détérioration ou défectuosité d'un ou de plusieurs éléments ou pièces d'équipement touchant un seul système, qui exige que le candidat effectue une permutation normale d'équipement, dans un laps de temps limité, afin d'éviter que l'équipement ne soit endommagé ou qu'un système ne soit perturbé par une action automatique visant à protéger l'équipement en question.

Spanish

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Record 4 2002-02-20

English

Subject field(s)
  • Photoengraving
  • Transport of Goods
DEF

Damage during shipping after manufacturing.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Photogravure
  • Transport de marchandises

Spanish

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Record 5 1987-01-21

English

Subject field(s)
  • Nervous System
OBS

One patient, whose left hemisphere lesion produced a transient posterior aphasia, is believed to be the first patient reported in the literature whose secondary mania followed damage to the hemisphere documented to be dominant for both handedness and speech.(Medline)

OBS

Mania secondary to left and right hemisphere damage. Jampala VC; Abrams R. Am. J. Psychiatry (U.S.), Sept. 1983, 140 (9) p. 1197-9.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Système nerveux

Spanish

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