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FRISSON [7 records]

Record 1 2013-12-13

English

Subject field(s)
  • Symptoms (Medicine)
DEF

A sudden chill, especially one accompanied by fits of shivering. Generally prodromal of certain infections.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Symptômes (Médecine)
DEF

Ascension brusque de la température avec sensation de froid intense et claquement de dents, traduisant, au cours d’un état infectieux, la diffusion dans le sang du germe en cause.

Spanish

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Record 2 2007-08-22

English

Subject field(s)
  • Translation (General)
  • Geology
OBS

Criss-crossed all over the 37 mile long plain at Nazca are an assortment of geometrically straight lines, some running parallel, others crossing over and intersecting other lines. This outstanding geometric ground form remained undiscovered until the early 1930s when it was noticed by the first aerial flights over the area during aerial survey work to locate water sources.

OBS

The watershed consists of low lying moderate sloping low lying hills with thick vegetation, criss-crossed by gentle sloping topography and small discharge zones in the central portion of the watershed.

OBS

If accurate, the prediction method would be critical in an area like California, which is criss-crossed by fault lines that have spawned devastating quakes over the years including ones which ravaged San Francisco in 1989 and Los Angeles in 1994.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Traduction (Généralités)
  • Géologie
OBS

sillonner : Parcourir, traverser d’un bout à l’autre ou en tous sens. [...] En parlant des voies de communications, traverser de part en part, s’étendre dans toutes les directions.

OBS

[...] elle s’aperçut que les mille rides qui le sillonnaient, aussi nombreuses que la peau craquelée d’un brugnon, étaient agitées d’un frisson presque imperceptible [...]

Spanish

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Record 3 2004-11-09

English

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

Convulsive shivering or shaking of the body with a sensation of cold and pallor of the skin as the result of exposure to wet or cold which causes involuntary contraction of the voluntary muscles. The condition usually is the precursor of an acute disorder or feverish illness, and is characteristic of the preliminary stages of malaria.

French

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

Tremblement irrégulier, saccadé, involontaire, plus ou moins généralisé à tout le corps, accompagné de claquement des dents et d’une sensation de froid. Il constitue, par la chaleur musculaire que déterminent les contractions musculaires, un moyen de lutte contre le refroidissement; il s’observe aussi à la phase initiale de certaines infections aiguës, où il accompagne l’ascension thermique et témoigne de la réaction de l’organisme à l’invasion microbienne.

Spanish

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

Estremecimiento general del cuerpo con sensación de frío y calor, indicio generalmente del comienzo de fiebre, dato temprano de algún proceso infeccioso.

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Record 4 1993-01-08

English

Subject field(s)
  • Immunology

French

Domaine(s)
  • Immunologie
CONT

Allo-immunisation post-transfusionnelle. Les transfusions peuvent entraîner une allosensibilisation contre les antigènes de groupes sanguins, les antigènes HLA et les marqueurs allotypiques des protéines plasmatiques. [...] Le rôle des anticorps antileucocytes et antiplaquettes dans les réactions de frisson et d’hyperthermie est prouvé. [...] Mais [...] c'est l'allo-immunisation anti-érythrocytaire qui joue le rôle le plus important dans la pratique transfusionnelle.

Spanish

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Record 5 1990-04-03

English

Subject field(s)
  • Symptoms (Medicine)
DEF

Trembling from cold or fear.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Symptômes (Médecine)
OBS

tremblement du frisson du froid.

Spanish

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Record 6 1986-07-03

English

Subject field(s)
  • Drugs and Drug Addiction
CONT

... the thrill or extreme euphoria, often described as resembling a sexual orgasm is more pronounced when the solution [of heroin] is put into the vein.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Drogues et toxicomanie
CONT

Les héroïnomanes recherchent le thrill, c'est-à-dire un certain frisson, un spasme euphorique, très bref.

Spanish

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Record 7 1986-06-17

English

Subject field(s)
  • Performing Arts

French

Domaine(s)
  • Arts du spectacle
OBS

(cinéma) -10-

Spanish

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