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DECALCIFICATION [2 records]

Record 1 2007-07-17

English

Subject field(s)
  • Bones and Joints
  • Aerospace Medicine
CONT

Radiographic changes typical of RA on posteroanterior hand and wrist radiographs, which must include erosions or unequivocal bony decalcification localized to or most marked adjacent to the involved joints (osteoarthritis changes alone do not qualify).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Os et articulations
  • Médecine aérospatiale
CONT

Atteinte des doigts : [...] décalcification des extrémités osseuses des articulations, atteintes minimes, érosions [...]

OBS

décalcification : terme uniformisé par le Comité d'uniformisation de la terminologie spatiale (CUTS).

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Huesos y articulaciones
  • Medicina aeroespacial
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Record 2 2004-10-26

English

Subject field(s)
  • Erosion and Weathering (Geol.)
  • Geochemistry
  • Soil Science
DEF

Loss or removal of calcium or calcium compounds from a calcified material such as ... soil.

CONT

Decalcification and acidification with water containing carbon dioxide are intrinsically slower ...

OBS

A term used by soil scientists when referring to the removal of calcium ions from a soil by the process of leaching, in which calcium bicarbonate is carried away in solution ...

French

Domaine(s)
  • Érosion et corrosion (Géologie)
  • Géochimie
  • Science du sol
DEF

Processus de départ et entraînement des ions calcium du sol, essentiellement par lessivage.

CONT

La décalcification suit généralement la décarbonatation du sol (départ du calcaire) et constitue la première étape de son évolution vers un type de sol acide.

CONT

La décalcification correspond à un appauvrissement du sol en ions calcium, causé principalement par les eaux de percolation, et accéléré par l'usage de certains engrais dits acidifiants.

CONT

[...] des couches calcaires ont été transformées par décalcification en roches non calcaire [...]

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Erosión y corrosión (Geología)
  • Geoquímica
  • Ciencia del suelo
DEF

Proceso que tiende a eliminar el carbonato cálcico de un horizonte edáfico.

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