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NICKING [4 records]

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Alphabetical list of terms

Record 1 2017-05-12

English

Subject field(s)
  • Symptoms (Medicine)
  • The Eye
DEF

The constriction of a retinal vein at artery-vein-crossing.

CONT

AV nicking: The most commonly accepted belief is that the crossing phenomenon was due to venous compression by a thickened arteriole within the shared sheath (the Gunn sign). Impeded circulation results in a dilated or swollen vein peripheral to the crossing, causing hourglass constrictions on both sides of the crossing and aneurysmal-like swellings.

OBS

arteriovenous nicking: term recommended by the Medical Signs and Symptoms Committee.

Key term(s)
  • A-V nicking

French

Domaine(s)
  • Symptômes (Médecine)
  • Oeil
CONT

Occlusion de la veine centrale de la rétine et de ses branches (OVCR). [...] On retrouvera souvent sur le même œil ou sur l'autre œil des signes d'artérioloscérose majeurs (signes du croisement artério-veineux, avec des veines dilatées et dont le trajet est dévié en baïonnette, car comprimées par une artère rigide), des artères moniformes, irrégulières, rigides.

OBS

signe du croisement : terme privilégié par le Comité de sémiologie médicale.

Key term(s)
  • signe du croisement artérioveineux

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Síntomas (Medicina)
  • Ojo
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Record 2 2011-06-07

English

Subject field(s)
  • Horse Racing and Equestrian Sports
  • Horse Husbandry
DEF

The deliberate severing of any tendon or muscle in the tail of a horse.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Courses hippiques et sports équestres
  • Élevage des chevaux
DEF

Ablation des muscles abaisseurs de la queue du cheval, afin de lui donner un port relevé.

Key term(s)
  • niquetage

Spanish

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Record 3 2010-02-26

English

Subject field(s)
  • Animal Breeding
CONT

Two different models were used to determine the relative importance of additive genetic variation (or heritability) and dominance genetic variation (or nicking).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Amélioration génétique des animaux
OBS

Équivalent proposé par le Centre d'insémination artificielle du Québec. On choisit des parents qui sont complémentaires, par exemple, on croise une vache qui a un certain défaut avec un taureau qui peut corriger ce défaut-là.

Spanish

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Record 4 2008-09-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Plant and Crop Production
  • Genetics
DEF

[A] synchronization of the receptivity of the male sterile plant to the maximum pollen load of the pollinator for cross pollination in hybrid seed production.

OBS

Said to 'nick' when two parents produce high yields of seed of a highly productive and desirable hybrid.

OBS

Term used at the Canadian Grain Commission.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Cultures (Agriculture)
  • Génétique
DEF

Synchronisation de la réceptivité de la plante mâle stérile au pollen du géniteur femelle, dans la production d'une semence hybride.

CONT

On dit qu'il y a synchronisation quand les deux parents produisent l'hybride désiré et que son rendement est élevé.

OBS

Terme en usage à la Commission canadienne des grains.

Spanish

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