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TWISTED RIB [2 records]

Record 1 1994-07-06

English

Subject field(s)
  • Textile Weaving (Textile Industries)
CONT

Twisted rib is produced by knitting the knit stitches of the rib into the back of the loop.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Tissage (Industries du textile)
CONT

La côte torse se tricote comme la côte ordinaire mais prenant toujours les mailles endroit par derrière.

CONT

Les côtes simples, dont la côte torse, sont extensibles et réversibles; elles sont employées en bordures et en finition.

Spanish

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Record 2 1992-09-16

English

Subject field(s)
  • Radiography (Medicine)
  • Musculoskeletal System
DEF

Thinned rib seen in neurofibromatosis and regenerated ribs after resection, and occasionally in Gorham’s disease, hyperparathyroidism, Morquio’s disease, Melnick-Needless syndrome, osteogenesis imperfecta, paraplegia, polyomyelitis, rheumatoid arthritis, sclerodermia, severe osteoporosis, trisomy 13 syndrome, and trisomy 18 syndrome.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Radiographie (Médecine)
  • Appareil locomoteur (Médecine)
DEF

Aspect résultant d'une dysplasie costale : le bord des côtes est ondulé, avec rétrécissements et zones hypoplasiques. S'observe notamment dans la neurofibromatose de von Recklinghausen.

Spanish

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