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CRUSTA [3 records]

Record 1 2011-08-16

English

Subject field(s)
  • Symptoms (Medicine)
DEF

Greasy, yellowish, scaling or crusted patches of plaques on the scalp of an infant in seborrheic dermatitis.

Key term(s)
  • milk crust
  • crusta lactea

French

Domaine(s)
  • Symptômes (Médecine)
DEF

Séborrhée du cuir chevelu du nourrisson, se présentant en nappes confluentes de squames grasses et épaisses.

OBS

Le terme «calotte séborrhéïque» a été privilégié par le Comité de sémiologie médicale.

Spanish

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Record 2 1998-09-29

English

Subject field(s)
  • Blood
DEF

The upper, lighter portion of the blood clot (coagulated plasma and white blood cells), occurring when coagulation is delayed so that the red blood cells have had time to settle; the portion of centrifuged, anticoagulated blood which contains leukocytes and platelets.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Sang
DEF

Désigne la collection de leucocytes et de plaquettes, de couleur blanchâtre, située entre le plasma et les globules rouges après centrifugation ou sédimentation du sang total.

Key term(s)
  • voile leucocyplaquettaire

Spanish

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Record 3 1989-12-13

English

Subject field(s)
  • Beverages

French

Domaine(s)
  • Boissons (Industrie de l'alimentation)
DEF

Boisson servie dans des petits verres, agrémentée de rubans de zestes de citron. Les crustas sont généralement composées d'eau-de-vie (cognac, gin, rhum, whisky, vodka) et jus de citron.

Spanish

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