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CYLINDROIDE [3 records]

Record 1 2011-09-07

English

Subject field(s)
  • Mathematics
DEF

A cylindrical surface whose sections perpendicular to the elements are ellipses.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Mathématiques

Spanish

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Record 2 1998-09-09

English

Subject field(s)
  • Genitourinary Tract
DEF

A cast in the urine ... generally resembling hyaline casts, but differing from the latter in that they taper to a slender tail which is often twisted or curled upon itself ....

French

Domaine(s)
  • Appareil génito-urinaire

Spanish

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Record 3 1977-05-04

English

Subject field(s)
  • Paleontology
DEF

[Refers to a] subcircular, parallel-side corallite.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Paléontologie
CONT

[...] un polypier [de Tétracoralliaire est dit] «cylindroïde» [lorsqu'il est] droit ou courbé [...]

Spanish

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