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POINT COMPRESSION [1 record]

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Record 1 1977-11-04

English

Subject field(s)
  • Blood
DEF

a region of the body in which the distribution of soft and skeletal parts is such that a static position (...) tends to cause circulatory deficiency and necrosis due to local compression of blood vessels.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Sang
DEF

(...) endroit du corps où une artère peut être comprimée sur l'os sous-jacent pour empêcher le sang de circuler au delà de ce point (...) [Il existe divers points de compression] point de compression de la carotide (...) point de compression de la sous-clavière (...) point de compression de l'artère brachiale (...) point de compression de la fémorale.

Spanish

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