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FRACTURE TRANSVERSALE [5 records]

Record 1 2015-07-07

English

Subject field(s)
  • Bones and Joints
  • Radiography (Medicine)
DEF

[A] fracture in which the fracture line is at right angles to the long axis of the bone.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Os et articulations
  • Radiographie (Médecine)
DEF

Fracture perpendiculaire à l’axe longitudinal de l’os lésé.

Spanish

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Record 2 2004-09-04

English

Subject field(s)
  • Tectonics

French

Domaine(s)
  • Tectonique

Spanish

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Record 3 2002-11-20

English

Subject field(s)
  • Xylology (The Study of Wood)
DEF

Separation of the wood cells, often appearing as barely distinct fine irregular lines across the grain.

OBS

Such breaks are often due to internal strains resulting from unequal longitudinal shrinkage or to external forces.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Xylologie (Étude des bois)
DEF

Séparation complète ou partielle des tissus du bois intervenant en travers du fil.

Spanish

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Record 4 1996-03-21

English

Subject field(s)
  • Bones and Joints
CONT

The vast majority of fractures of the distal radius with dorsal displacement (Colles' type) are best treated by closed methods.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Os et articulations
CONT

Un garçon de 13 ans a été victime, à la suite d’une chute sur le poignet en flexion dorsale, d’une fracture transversale du scaphoïde associée à une fracture déplacée de l'extrémité inférieure du radius.

CONT

Pour Merle d’Aubigné, la fracture de l’extrémité inférieure du radius serait la plus fréquente de toutes les lésions osseuses et pour Ménégaux, la fracture la plus courante des membres.

Spanish

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Record 5 1992-09-16

English

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

Transverse ischioacetabular fracture. The fracture line passes through the ischiopubic junction, the acetabular cavity and the ischial spine.

French

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

Fracture transversale de l'ischion et du cotyle. Le trait de fracture passe par la jonction ischio-pubienne, la cavité cotyloïde et l'épine sciatique.

Spanish

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