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HOMBRO [9 records]

Record 1 2025-01-31

English

Subject field(s)
  • Immunology
  • Medication
  • Symptoms (Medicine)
CONT

Shoulder injury related to vaccine administration (SIRVA) is a preventable occurrence caused by the injection of a vaccine into the shoulder capsule rather than the deltoid muscle. As a result, inflammation of the shoulder structures causes patients to experience pain, a decreased range of motion, and a decreased quality of life.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Immunologie
  • Médicaments
  • Symptômes (Médecine)

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Inmunología
  • Medicamentos
  • Síntomas (Medicina)
CONT

Lesión de hombro relacionada con la administración de vacunas: ¿Qué sabemos sobre su incidencia e impacto?

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Record 2 2023-05-16

English

Subject field(s)
  • Gas Industry
OBS

shoulder: term related to gas cylinders.

OBS

shoulder: term standardized by the International Organization for Standardization (ISO).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Industrie du gaz
OBS

ogive : terme relatif aux bouteilles à gaz.

OBS

ogive : terme normalisé par l'Organisation internationale de normalisation (ISO).

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Industria del gas
DEF

Parte del cilindro que une la brida con el cuerpo.

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Record 3 2017-08-24

English

Subject field(s)
  • Percussion Instruments
DEF

Found just below the head, ... the upper, curved part of the bell.

CONT

The yoke is the beam from which the bell hangs. The canon and crown make up the top of the bell and the thicker portion is called the shoulder. The purpose of these parts is to provide stability.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Instruments de musique à percussion
CONT

[Les cloches] peuvent réfléchir à leur mélodie grâce à leur cerveau, si on continu de descendre on trouve les épaules. Elles ont ensuite une panse que l'on peut comparer à notre ventre, derrière son ventre se cache le battant.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Instrumentos de percusión
CONT

Se distinguen diferentes partes en las campanas: la corona, el hombro, el tercio, el medio, el medio pie y el pie.

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Record 4 2013-08-08

English

Subject field(s)
  • Prosthetic Dentistry
DEF

A bearing surface, usually cervical or paracervical (in a preparation) made with the aim of increasing the support and/or thickness of a restoration.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Dentisterie prothétique
DEF

Surface d'appui, le plus souvent cervicale ou paracervicale, réalisée lors d'une préparation dans le but d'augmenter la sustentation et/ou l'épaisseur d'une restauration ou d'une prothèse.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Prótesis dental
DEF

Superficie normalmente cervical o paracervical, realizada durante una preparación, con el fin de aumentar el soporte y/o el espesor de la restauración de una prótesis.

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Record 5 2011-05-20

English

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

[Shoulder in which] the angle from the point of the shoulder to the withers is too close to the vertical, inhibiting desirable movement of the front legs.

CONT

The slope of the horse's shoulder is very important. The horse with a straight shoulder will have a hard gait.

French

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

[Épaule dont] l'angle de la pointe de l'épaule au garrot est trop à la verticale.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Cría de ganado caballar
  • Carreras de caballos y deportes ecuestres
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Record 6 2001-01-29

English

Subject field(s)
  • Handball
OBS

Technique/tactics.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Handball
OBS

Technique/tactique.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Balonmano
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Record 7 2001-01-12

English

Subject field(s)
  • Racquet Sports
DEF

The link between the frame head, the bridge and the shaft.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Sports de raquette
DEF

La liaison entre la tête, le pont et le manche.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Deportes de raqueta
DEF

Nexos de unión entre marco, puente y cuello.

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Record 8 1996-01-05

English

Subject field(s)
  • Racquet Sports
CONT

Lob over your opponent's non-playing shoulder to his backhand corner because the smash is more difficult to play if you have to move diagonally backwards to reach the ball.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Sports de raquette
CONT

Diriger le lob par-dessus l'épaule libre de l'adversaire et sur son revers : quand on doit reculer en diagonale pour atteindre la balle, il devient difficile de faire un smash.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Deportes de raqueta
CONT

Dirija el globo por encima del hombro pasivo del adversario hacia su esquina del revés, ya que la acción de retroceder en diagonal dificultará su smash.

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Record 9 1994-01-24

English

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

A sign of amyloid disease characterized by bilateral swelling of the shoulder joints. The periarticular swellings feel hard and rubbery; their appearance suggests the shoulder pads worn in playing American football.

French

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

Signe d'amylose caractérisé par l'atteinte bilatérale des articulations de l'épaule. Les nodules périarticulaires sont durs et caoutchouteux; leur aspect évoque les protections d'épaule des joueurs de football américain.

Spanish

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