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FRAGMENT PEAU [6 records]

Record 1 2024-12-24

English

Subject field(s)
  • Scientific Research Equipment
  • Medical Instruments and Devices
  • Cytology
  • Histology
CONT

A microtome is a device used to cut very thin slices of tissue, called sections, for examination under a microscope. It typically uses a sharp, stationary blade to cut the tissue, and the thickness of the sections can be adjusted by changing the blade or adjusting the settings on the microtome.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Matériel et équipement (Recherche scientifique)
  • Instruments et appareillages médicaux
  • Cytologie
  • Histologie
CONT

Un petit fragment d’organe, de muscle ou de peau est prélevé, inclus dans de la paraffine, puis découpé par un microtome en très fines lamelles dont l'épaisseur s’évalue en microns.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Material y equipo (Investigación científica)
  • Instrumental médico
  • Citología
  • Histología
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Record 2 2012-05-17

English

Subject field(s)
  • Surgery
DEF

A mass of tissue for grafting, usually including skin, only partially removed from one part of the body so that it retains its own blood supply during its transfer to a new location; used to repair defects in an adjacent or distant part of the body.

Key term(s)
  • surgical flap

French

Domaine(s)
  • Chirurgie
DEF

Fragment de peau ou de muscle qui n’ est rattaché à ses tissus d’origine que par un pédicule vascularisé.

OBS

Le lambeau est utilisé pour combler certaines pertes de substances.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Cirugía
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Record 3 2012-01-12

English

Subject field(s)
  • Surgery
CONT

The free jejunal flap is a reliable and innovative tool in the particularly complex situation of a segmental oesophageal loss. It should be considered in similar cases to reconstruct oesophageal continuity or to treat stricture and fistula formations.

OBS

flap: A mass of tissue for grafting, usually including skin, only partially removed from one part of the body so that it retains its own blood supply during its transfer to a new location; used to repair defects in an adjacent or distant part of the body.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Chirurgie
CONT

Le lambeau jéjunal employé dans la reconstruction palatine isolé ou associé à un greffon osseux libre, comporte, malgré sa finesse, des inconvénients[ ...]

OBS

lambeau :Fragment de peau ou de muscle qui n’ est rattaché à ses tissus d’origine que par un pédicule vascularisé.

Spanish

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Record 4 2005-08-10

English

Subject field(s)
  • Centesis and Samplings
CONT

In a core needle biopsy, the physician makes a small skin incision through which a needle is inserted into the lesion to obtain sample tissue. The hollow spring-loaded device is "fired" repeatedly into the abnormality to collect a sufficient amount of breast tissue for analysis.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Ponctions et prélèvements
CONT

Déroulement de la biopsie par forage(au trocart) : La peau et la région du sein contenant l'anomalie sont anesthésiées. Utilisation de la méthode de guidage choisie par le spécialiste(échographie ou stéréotaxie). Une petite coupure de 2 à 4 mm de long est faite sur la peau pour permettre le passage de l'aiguille à biopsie. L'aiguille est insérée dans le sein en avant de l'anomalie et l'appareil est actionné pour prélever un fragment de tissu.

Spanish

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Record 5 2000-01-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Special-Language Phraseology
  • The Skin
  • Surgery

French

Domaine(s)
  • Phraséologie des langues de spécialité
  • Appareil cutané
  • Chirurgie

Spanish

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Record 6 1998-03-10

English

Subject field(s)
  • Parasitoses
  • Centesis and Samplings
  • The Skin
DEF

Action of taking a tiny piece of skin from the iliac crest, incubating it for 30 minutes in distilled water and examining it with a microscope.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Parasitoses
  • Ponctions et prélèvements
  • Appareil cutané
DEF

Prélèvement d’un minuscule fragment de la peau à l'aide de ciseaux courbes, d’un scalpel, d’une lame de rasoir ou d’une pince emporte-pièce.

Spanish

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