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FNA [6 records]

Record 1 2018-10-31

English

Subject field(s)
  • Organizations, Administrative Units and Committees
  • Agriculture
OBS

FNA is a management team dedicated to working in the best interest of farmers.

OBS

Farmers of North America understands the need for a sophisticated farmer-centric approach, guaranteeing disciplined attention to member service, working with suppliers with strong product research, development, marketing, sales and distribution while maintaining an active stance in government relations.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Organismes, unités administratives et comités
  • Agriculture

Spanish

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Record 2 2017-08-01

English

Subject field(s)
  • Military Communications
OBS

final network acceptance; FNA: designations standardized by NATO.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Transmissions militaires
OBS

réception définitive du réseau; FNA : désignations normalisées par l'OTAN.

Spanish

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Record 3 2014-04-24

English

Subject field(s)
  • Guns (Land Forces)
DEF

A part of the firing circuit contained within the breech-block contact to the primer on the round.

OBS

firing needle assembly; FNA: apply to the Leopard.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Canons (Forces terrestres)
DEF

Partie du circuit de tir entourant le bloc-culasse, transmettant le courant du contacteur de bloc-culasse à l'amorce de l'obus.

OBS

ensemble du contacteur : s'applique au Leopard.

OBS

ensemble du contacteur : terme et définition uniformisés par le Comité de terminologie française du Conseil de doctrine et de tactique de l'Armée de terre.

Spanish

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Record 4 2011-01-07

English

Subject field(s)
  • Centesis and Samplings
DEF

Removal of a small piece of tissue or fluid (in the case of a cyst) from a suspicious mass in the body by hypodermic needle and syringe.

CONT

Biopsy can consist of surgical excision or percutaneous lymph node biopsy by fine-needle aspiration. Aspiration can establish the diagnosis in infectious processes or metastatic malignancies, but is less helpful in lymphoid malignancies, in which assessment of nodal architecture is often required for diagnosis.

Key term(s)
  • needle aspiration biopsy
  • fine needle aspiration biopsy

French

Domaine(s)
  • Ponctions et prélèvements
DEF

Biopsie comportant l'insertion d'une aiguille fine dans la tumeur et l'aspiration d'une petite quantité de liquide ou de cellules en vue du dépistage du cancer.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Centesis y muestras
DEF

Biopsia en la cual se obtiene el tejido por aspiración a través de una aguja conectada a una jeringa.

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Record 5 1992-05-26

English

Subject field(s)
  • Organizations, Administrative Units and Committees
  • Telephony and Microwave Technology
  • Telephone Switching
OBS

Stentor

French

Domaine(s)
  • Organismes, unités administratives et comités
  • Téléphonie et techniques hyperfréquences
  • Commutation téléphonique

Spanish

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Record 6 1987-04-15

English

Subject field(s)
  • Organizations, Administrative Units and Committees
  • Automatic Control Engineering

French

Domaine(s)
  • Organismes, unités administratives et comités
  • Automatique

Spanish

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