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BUTTON BONE [2 records]

Record 1 2018-02-16

English

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

In osteochondritis dissecans, a small button-shaped fragment of bone of increased density demarcated from the underlying bone by a radiolucent band.

French

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

Image caractéristique de l'ostéochondrite disséquante à la phase de nécrose circonscrite se traduisant par un séquestre osseux, plus ou moins volumineux et de densité homogène normale ou légèrement renforcée, apparaissant nettement séparé de l'os sain par une ligne claire, arciforme, régulière, qui correspond au sillon d'élimination.

Spanish

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Record 2 1987-05-20

English

Subject field(s)
  • Meats and Meat Industries
OBS

That portion of bone, cartilage and adherent connecting meat tissue that has been removed from the back ribs in the further processing of pork loins.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Salaison, boucherie et charcuterie
OBS

Source : L'établissement de noms spécifiques pour morceaux de Viande au détail. News Release Communique, Consumer and Corporate Affairs Canada, October 25, 1977.

Spanish

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