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OVULAIRE [6 records]

Record 1 2012-01-03

English

Subject field(s)
  • Embryology
DEF

One of the threadlike projections growing in tufts on the external surface of the chorion.

OBS

Plural: chorionic villi.

Key term(s)
  • chorionic villi

French

Domaine(s)
  • Embryologie
DEF

Évagination cylindrique du chorion ovulaire, située au contact direct avec le sang maternel, et représentant la partie essentielle du placenta.

Spanish

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Record 2 2010-10-26

English

Subject field(s)
  • Immunology
  • Human Diseases
DEF

Antigen originating from the secretory gland of miracidia enclosed within eggs, diffusing out through submicroscopic pores in the eggshell and inducing an acute host hypersensitivity response.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Immunologie
  • Maladies humaines
DEF

Antigène originaire de la glande du miracidium avant son éclosion, qui diffuse à travers des pores microscopiques dans l’enveloppe de l’œuf et qui provoque une réaction aiguë d’hypersensibilité.

Spanish

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Record 3 2004-01-07

English

Subject field(s)
  • Biological Sciences
  • Zoology
  • Biotechnology
DEF

Passage of an oocyte from its follicle to the point where it is fertilized just before the egg is laid.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Sciences biologiques
  • Zoologie
  • Biotechnologie
DEF

Rupture du follicule et libération de l’ovocyte (oocyte) mûr, qui passe dans l’oviducte où il sera fécondé.

Key term(s)
  • ponte ovulaire

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Ciencias biológicas
  • Zoología
  • Biotecnología
DEF

Liberación periódica de óvulos en los mamíferos.

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Record 4 1999-02-23

English

Subject field(s)
  • Human Diseases
DEF

Pseudotumor of S. mansoni eggs surrounded by extensive fibrous tissue, generally placed in the omentum, mesenteric lymph nodes, paracaecal region and the wall of the gut.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Maladies humaines
DEF

Pseudo-tumeur inflammatoire d’environ un centimètre de diamètre, constituée d’un tissu conjonctif dense, exubérant, hypervascularisé, infiltré de nombreux granulomes bilharziens à différents stades évolutifs, reliés par un infiltrat inflammatoire polymorphe.

Spanish

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Record 5 1998-03-24

English

Subject field(s)
  • Paleontology
  • Botany
DEF

Like or pertaining to an ovule.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Paléontologie
  • Botanique
OBS

Qui se rapporte à l’ovule.

Spanish

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Record 6 1987-01-30

English

Subject field(s)
  • Fish
OBS

of or relating to the Sphaeriidae - Sphaeriidae (Sphaerium, type genus + idae)

DEF

a cosmopolitan family of minute freshwater bivalve mollusks (suborder Submytilacea) including some that are intermediate hosts of trematode worms. (WEBIN)

French

Domaine(s)
  • Poissons
DEF

famille de mollusques bivalves à coquille trigone ou ovulaire(...) Ce sont des animaux hermaphrodites et vivipares, habitant toutes les eaux douces. Principaux genres : sphaerium, pisidium,(LGRAN)

Spanish

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