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TUBER [3 records]

Record 1 2018-04-16

English

Subject field(s)
  • Morphology and General Physiology
  • Bones and Joints
Universal entry(ies)
tuber
Latin
A02.0.00.024
classification system code, see observation
DEF

A smooth, round, broad [osseous] eminence.

OBS

tuber; tuberosity: terms derived from the Terminologia Anatomica.

OBS

A02.0.00.024: Terminologia Anatomica identifying number.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Morphologie et physiologie générale
  • Os et articulations
Entrée(s) universelle(s)
tuber
Latin
A02.0.00.024
classification system code, see observation
DEF

[...] proéminence [osseuse] arrondie, lisse et volumineuse.

OBS

tubérosité; bosse : termes dérivés de la Terminologia Anatomica.

OBS

A02.0.00.024 : numéro d'identification de la Terminologia Anatomica.

Spanish

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Record 2 2009-05-11

English

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

The essential lesion of tuberous sclerosis, presenting as a pale, firm, nodular phakomalike glial hamartomatous brain lesion ...

CONT

For an individual with tuberous sclerosis, the brain lesions called tubers can disrupt the information highways in the brain such that processing information is difficult or impossible.

OBS

[The tuber] sometimes becomes calcified [or sclerotic; it] develops predominantly in the cerebral hemispheres, cerebellum, medulla and spinal cord.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Symptômes (Médecine)
  • Système nerveux
DEF

Lésion essentielle de la sclérose [tubéreuse se] présentant [comme] une lésion cérébrale hamartomateuse gliale, pâle, ferme, noduleuse et semblable à un phacome.

CONT

[...] moins de 50 % des tubers sont calcifiés à l'âge adulte.

Spanish

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Record 3 1999-01-18

English

Subject field(s)
  • Oil Drilling
DEF

To run and cement casing at a certain depth in the wellbore.

CONT

It is customary to set casing in the completion of a producing well.

CONT

To pull the drill stem out of the wellbore... is necessary to change the bit, ...to run electric logs, ...to run casing, and for other reasons.

Key term(s)
  • set pipe

French

Domaine(s)
  • Forage des puits de pétrole
CONT

Au fur et à mesure que l'on fore un puits, il est nécessaire de le cuveler, c'est-à-dire d'en consolider les parois à l'aide d'une colonne de tubes d'acier. Cette opération dite de «tubage» doit être organisée avec soin puisque, le diamètre du forage s'en trouvant réduit, elle ne peut se renouveler qu'un nombre limite de fois.

Spanish

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