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COMPRIME BUCCAL [2 records]

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Record 1 2012-01-04

English

Subject field(s)
  • Medication
DEF

A small, flat, oval tablet to be held between the cheek and gum, permitting direct absorption through the oral mucosa of the medicinal substance contained therein.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Médicaments
DEF

Comprimé généralement non enrobé à dissoudre dans la bouche où se libérera le principe actif par l’action de la salive du patient.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Medicamentos
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Record 2 2010-11-22

English

Subject field(s)
  • Medical Instruments and Devices
  • Routes of Administration (Pharmacology)
DEF

A device or machine for converting a liquid into a fine spray, especially for medical use.

CONT

A medicinal nonventilatory nebulizer (atomizer) is a device that is intended to spray liquid medication in aerosol form into the air that a patient will breathe. ... [Nebulizers are] devices designed to provide aerosolized medication and/or humidification to the patient airways. ... These devices produce both vapor and finely dispersed water droplets in the liquid phase (aerosol mist); they are typically used with a mask or tent or in a breathing circuit. Most nebulizers are either pneumatic (driven by compressed air) or ultrasonic. Most nebulizers include a heating element to provide a warm, humid aerosol. [Nebulizers can be] heated, nonheated or ultrasonic.

Key term(s)
  • nebuliser
  • atomiser
  • vaporiser

French

Domaine(s)
  • Instruments et appareillages médicaux
  • Voies d'administration (Pharmacologie)
DEF

Dispositif permettant de générer un nuage d’aérosol à partir d’une solution ou d’une suspension, en vue de son administration dans les voies aériennes.

CONT

[Les] nébuliseurs pneumatiques […] sont les premiers nébuliseurs à être apparus sur le marché. Ils sont composés de trois parties distinctes : la source de pression qui peut-être un compresseur ou un gaz(oxygène ou air comprimé) ;le nébuliseur(réservoir, cuve, chambre de nébulisation) dans lequel on introduit la solution à nébuliser; l'embout buccal ou le masque relié au nébuliseur.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Instrumental médico
  • Vías de administración (Farmacología)
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