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SUFFOCANT [6 records]

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Record 1 2022-10-28

English

Subject field(s)
  • Translation (General)
DEF

Referring to heat that is physically hard to bear.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Traduction (Généralités)
DEF

Se dit d’une chaleur qui est difficile à supporter physiquement.

Spanish

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Record 2 2012-02-03

English

Subject field(s)
  • CBRNE Weapons
  • Respiratory System
  • Toxicology
DEF

In military medicine, a casualty gas, such as phosgene, that causes irritation and inflammation of the bronchial tubes and lungs.

Key term(s)
  • suffocating agent

French

Domaine(s)
  • Armes CBRNE
  • Appareil respiratoire
  • Toxicologie
OBS

suffocant : Se dit de ce qui gêne ou fait perdre la respiration; étouffant, asphyxiant.

Key term(s)
  • toxique suffocant

Spanish

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Record 3 2012-02-03

English

Subject field(s)
  • CBRNE Weapons
  • Toxicology
  • Respiratory System
DEF

Any gas, such as carbon monoxide, used to asphyxiate in chemical warfare.

CONT

"poison gases": Substances used in chemical warfare for their nuisance value or to cause casualties: they consist of tear gases, nose gases, choking gases, asphyxiating gases and blister gases.

OBS

Term extracted from the "Disarmament and Peace Keeping" glossary with the permission of the United Nations Office at Geneva.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Armes CBRNE
  • Toxicologie
  • Appareil respiratoire
DEF

Gaz de combat provoquant l’asphyxie.

OBS

Termes tirés du lexique «Désarmement et Maintien de la Paix» avec l’autorisation de l’Office des Nations Unies à Genève.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Armas QBRNE
  • Toxicología
  • Aparato respiratorio
DEF

Gas tóxico que dificulta o impide la respiración.

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Record 4 2012-01-30

English

Subject field(s)
  • Respiratory System
DEF

Pneumothorax in which a valve effect in the ruptured bleb or alveolar tissue permits air to enter the pneumothorax cavity during inspiration, but traps it during expiration, so that pressure builds up, displaces the mediastinum to the opposite side, and encroaches upon and distorts blood vessels.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Appareil respiratoire
DEF

Pneumothorax spontané dans lequel la communication pleuro-pulmonaire fait office de clapet; la pression de l’air intrapleural augmente, provoquant une compression du poumon.

Spanish

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Record 5 2008-06-16

English

Subject field(s)
  • Respiratory System
  • Toxicology
DEF

Producing the feeling of strangulation.

CONT

a choking cloud of dust.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Appareil respiratoire
  • Toxicologie
DEF

Se dit de ce qui gêne ou fait perdre la respiration; étouffant, asphyxiant.

CONT

Chaleur suffocante. Fumée suffocante.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Aparato respiratorio
  • Toxicología
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Record 6 2007-11-27

English

Subject field(s)
  • CBRNE Weapons
  • Toxicology
DEF

A chemical warfare agent [that] produces irritation to [the] eyes and the upper respiratory tract and damage to the lungs, primarily causing pulmonary edema.

OBS

[Choking agents] include phosgene, diphosgene, chlorine, and chloropicrin.

OBS

choking agent: term extracted from the "Disarmament and Peace Keeping" glossary with the permission of the United Nations Office at Geneva.

Key term(s)
  • lung damaging agent

French

Domaine(s)
  • Armes CBRNE
  • Toxicologie
DEF

[Agent de guerre chimique] très volatil qui, lorsqu’il est inhalé, provoque une irritation et de graves lésions au niveau des bronches et des poumons [, ce qui] entraîne [habituellement] une mort par asphyxie.

OBS

Le phosgène, le diphosgène, le chlore et la chloropicrine sont des agents suffocants.

OBS

suffocant : terme tiré du lexique «Désarmement et Maintien de la Paix» avec l'autorisation de l'Office des Nations Unies à Genève.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Armas QBRNE
  • Toxicología
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