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EMIETTER PAIN [4 records]

Record 1 2011-06-07

English

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

Any static tremor of the hands such as seen typically in paralysis agitans, which takes the form of flexion-extension of the fingers, combined with adduction-abduction of the thumb; the subject appears to be rolling a small object between the thumb and the tips of the fingers.

French

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

Tremblement de repos observable dans la maladie de Parkinson, caractérisé par des mouvements alternés de flexion-extension des doigts et d’adduction-abduction du pouce.

OBS

Le terme «rouler une cigarette» a été privilégié par le Comité de sémiologie médicale.

Spanish

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Record 2 2011-05-17

English

Subject field(s)
  • Small Household Appliances
  • Breadmaking

French

Domaine(s)
  • Petits appareils ménagers
  • Boulangerie

Spanish

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Record 3 2005-11-24

English

Subject field(s)
  • Sugar Industry
CONT

Palm sugar ... also known as jaggery ... is derived from boiling down the sap of various varieties of palm tree. Generally brown in color, it has a coarse, sticky texture and is used in Asian dishes. Logs, tubs, or cans of palm sugar are sold in Asian markets.

OBS

Jaggery [is the] traditional unrefined sugar of India. Although the word is used for the products of both sugarcane and the date palm tree, technically, jaggery refers solely to sugarcane sugar.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Sucrerie (Industrie de l'alimentation)
CONT

Principalement utilisé dans la cuisine asiatique, ce sucre provient de la sève de certaines espèces de palmiers ou du jus de la canne à sucre. Disponible sous plusieurs formes, on le trouve principalement sous forme de beurre que l'on peut tartiner ou encore sous la forme d’un pain solide que l'on peut émietter sur des céréales ou utiliser pour confectionner des bonbons. Le sucre de palme est disponible dans les marchés asiatiques.

Spanish

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Record 4 1990-06-28

English

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

Any static tremor of the hands such as seen typically in paralysis agitans, which takes the form of flexion-extension of the fingers, combined with adduction-abduction of the thumb; the subject appears to be rolling a small object between the thumb and the tips of the fingers.

French

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

Tremblement de repos observable dans la maladie de Parkinson, caractérisé par des mouvements alternés de flexion-extension des doigts et d’adduction-abduction du pouce.

OBS

Définition d’après CAMNE-F, 1985, p. 321.

Spanish

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