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EDAD ADULTA [5 records]

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Alphabetical list of terms

Record 1 2024-02-22

English

Subject field(s)
  • Sociology (General)
DEF

A boy or a girl from puberty to adulthood; person in his teens.

OBS

teens: the years from thirteen through nineteen.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Sociologie (Généralités)
OBS

adolescence : Âge qui succède à l'enfance et précède l'âge adulte (environ de 12 à 18 ans chez les filles, 14 à 20 ans chez les garçons), immédiatement après la puberté.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Sociología (Generalidades)
DEF

Persona que está en el período de transición entre la infancia y la edad adulta.

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Record 2 2021-01-18

English

Subject field(s)
  • Marine Biology
  • Fish
  • Aquaculture
CONT

… significant prevalence of infection was detected among wild Atlantic Salmon smolts and returning adults in the Margaree River watershed ...

OBS

returning adult; return adult: designations usually used in the plural.

Key term(s)
  • returning adults
  • return adults

French

Domaine(s)
  • Biologie marine
  • Poissons
  • Aquaculture
CONT

[…] une prévalence considérable de l'infection a été détectée chez les saumoneaux atlantiques sauvages et les adultes de retour dans le bassin hydrographique de la rivière Margaree […]

OBS

adulte de retour : désignation habituellement utilisée au pluriel.

Key term(s)
  • adultes de retour

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Biología Marina
  • Peces
  • Acuicultura
DEF

Reo que ha pasado al menos un invierno en el mar y retorna al río para reproducirse por primera vez.

OBS

reo : Trucha, con pintas irregulares, que en la edad adulta migra al mar y vuelve a los ríos para desovar.

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Record 3 2021-01-18

English

Subject field(s)
  • Aquaculture
CONT

Capture-based aquaculture ... is … the practice of collecting live material from the wild and its use under aquaculture conditions. ... It encompasses a range of activities, from the capture of larvae, juveniles and subadults of desirable fish and invertebrate species as seed material for grow-out in captive conditions, to the taking of adults as broodstock and the use of wild-caught fishes and invertebrates for feed.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Aquaculture

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Acuicultura
DEF

Práctica de recoger en el medio natural material "de siembra", desde las primeras etapas de la vida hasta la edad adulta, para su engorde hasta que alcance una talla comercial utilizando técnicas de acuicultura.

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Record 4 2019-11-04

English

Subject field(s)
  • Symptoms (Medicine)
  • Nervous System
DEF

[A disorder characterized by] difficulties in the acquisition and use of language due to deficits in the comprehension or production of vocabulary, sentence structure, and discourse.

CONT

[A] language disorder is a communication disorder in which a person has persistent difficulties in learning and using various forms of language (i.e., spoken, written, sign language). Individuals with language disorder have language abilities that are significantly below those expected for their age, which limits the ability to communicate or effectively participate in many social, academic, or professional environments.

OBS

language disability; language disorder: Although there is a distinction between "disability" and "disorder," both designations are used interchangeably in this context.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Symptômes (Médecine)
  • Système nerveux
DEF

[Trouble caractérisé par] des difficultés dans l'acquisition et l'utilisation du langage consécutives à des déficits dans la compréhension ou la production du vocabulaire, dans la structure de la phrase et dans le discours.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Síntomas (Medicina)
  • Sistema nervioso
CONT

Con trastornos del lenguaje o del habla nos referimos a problemas de la comunicación o de otras áreas relacionadas con ésta como las funciones motoras orales. Estos trastornos tienen una sintomatología muy variada, desde la incapacidad de comprensión a la verborrea, y además pueden presentarse desde el nacimiento del niño o manifestarse en la edad adulta.

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Record 5 2012-10-03

English

Subject field(s)
  • Visual Disorders
DEF

[A type of] myopia that continues to increase abnormally rapidly in adult life.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Troubles de la vision

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Trastornos de la visión
DEF

[Miopía] en la que sigue progresando el defecto refractivo durante la edad adulta.

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