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TRIADA [7 records]

Record 1 2023-03-30

English

Subject field(s)
  • Bacterial Diseases
  • Animal Diseases
DEF

A febrile disease typically characterized by a skin eruption, such as typhus, epidemic cerebral meningitis, and the infections caused by tick-borne rickettsiae ...

CONT

Rickettsiae comprise a group of microorganisms that phylogenetically occupy a position between bacteria and viruses. ... A general characteristic of rickettsiae is that mammals and arthropods are natural hosts. Rickettsioses usually are transmitted to humans by arthropods. ... Eighteen rickettsioses, caused by ... rickettsiae, are recognized ...

OBS

spotted fever: term also used to refer specifically to the "Rocky Mountain spotted fever" or to any tick-borne rickettsiosis. It is therefore preferable to use one of the other terms.

OBS

Plural form of rickettsiosis: rickettsioses.

OBS

spotted fever: This term appears under the entry "fever" in the Dorland's illustrated medical dictionary.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Maladies bactériennes
  • Maladies des animaux
DEF

Maladie infectieuse fébrile et généralement exanthématique [...] due à des rickettsies, et transmise par des arthropodes.

OBS

Les rickettsioses comprennent notamment les typhus, dont le typhus exanthématique, les fièvres boutonneuses transmises par les tiques, la fièvre des tranchées transmise par le pou et la fièvre Q.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Enfermedades bacterianas
  • Enfermedades de los animales
DEF

Zoonosis causada por [las bacterias] rickettsias, afecta [...] a mamíferos e insectos vectores.

OBS

Las manifestaciones clínicas, tras un período de incubación que dura una media de 7 días, incluyen la tríada fiebre, cefalea y exantema, excepto en la fiebre Q en la que no aparece erupción alguna.

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Record 2 2011-09-09

English

Subject field(s)
  • Human Diseases - Various
  • Genetics
OBS

Manifestations include elevated concentrations of homogentisic acid in urine, which darkens on standing or undergoing alkalinization; ochronosis; and arthritis.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Maladies humaines diverses
  • Génétique
DEF

Présence d'alcaptone dans l'urine, mise en évidence par l'apparition d'une coloration rouge sombre de l'urine exposée à l'air.

OBS

Résultat d'une dégradation incomplète de deux acides aminés, la phénylalanine et la tyrosine, l'alcaptonurie peut ne s'accompagner d'aucun signe clinique.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Enfermedades humanas varias
  • Genética
DEF

Enfermedad hereditaria muy rara caracterizada [por la presencia de alcaptón en la orina y] por una tríada típica : excreción de grandes cantidades de orina de color oscuro, ocronosis(pigmentación del tejido conjuntivo) y artrosis degenerativa de las grandes articulaciones.

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Record 3 2003-06-23

English

Subject field(s)
  • Vacuum Tubes (Electronics)
  • Television (Radioelectricity)
CONT

Corresponding to each mask hole is a triad of red, green and blue light-emitting phosphor dots superposed on a black matrix.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Tubes et lampes (Électronique)
  • Télévision (Radioélectricité)
CONT

Le point image en couleur se caractérise par l'excitation simultanée des trois luminophores appartenant au même triplet.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Tubos de vacío (Electrónica)
  • Televisión (Radioelectricidad)
DEF

Grupo formado por un granito de fósforo rojo, otro azul y otro verde que, en la pantalla del cromoscopio de un televisor permite la formación de uno de los puntos luminiscentes de la imagen.

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Record 4 2003-06-23

English

Subject field(s)
  • Paleontology

French

Domaine(s)
  • Paléontologie
CONT

Typiquement [...], il se produisait trois sortes de thèques groupées en triades.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Paleontología
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Record 5 2003-02-05

English

Subject field(s)
  • Computer Programs and Programming
DEF

A group of three characters or bits.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Programmes et programmation (Informatique)
DEF

Groupe de trois chiffres.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Programas y programación (Informática)
DEF

Grupo de tres caracteres o de tres bits.

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Record 6 2002-12-16

English

Subject field(s)
  • Various Proper Names
  • Endocrine System and Metabolism
  • Sports (General)
OBS

First described in the early 1990’s, the female athlete triad refers to disordered eating, amenorrhea, and osteoporosis.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Appellations diverses
  • Systèmes endocrinien et métabolique
  • Sports (Généralités)

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Denominaciones varias
  • Sistemas endocrino y metabólico
  • Deportes (Generalidades)
OBS

En 1992, la Tríada del Atletismo Femenino fue el centro de una conferencia de consenso titulada Grupo de Trabajo sobre Temas de la Mujer, en el Colegio Americano de Medicina Deportiva.

OBS

Los tres componentes de la Tríada son : deórdenes alimenticios, amenorrea, osteoporosis.

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Record 7 1990-02-05

English

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

The association of iridocyclitis, band keratopathy and cataract in juvenile rheumatoid arthritis. From CORHE, 1986, p. 1107.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Symptômes (Médecine)
  • Oeil
  • Appareil locomoteur (Médecine)
DEF

Association d'uvéite antérieure chronique, de kératopathie en bande et de cataracte dans le rhumatisme chronique de l'enfant D'après SEZOS, 1982, p. 73e.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Síntomas (Medicina)
  • Ojo
  • Sistema musculoesquelético (Medicina)
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