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Record 1 2003-02-06

English

Subject field(s)
  • Chemical Elements and Compounds
  • Plant and Crop Production
  • Biochemistry
CONT

cyanogenic: [Said of] compounds able to produce cyanide; examples are the cyanogenic glycosides such as amygdalin in peach and apricot stones.

CONT

Cyanogenic glycosides are present in a number of food plants and seeds. Hydrogen cyanide is released from the cyanogenic glycosides when fresh plant material is macerated as in chewing, which allows enzymes and cyanogenic glycosides to come together, releasing hydrogen cyanide.

OBS

glycoside: Any of a class of compounds, many of which are present in plants, which on hydrolysis give a sugar and one or more other compounds, one of which is usu. an alcohol or a phenol.

OBS

glucoside: One of a class of vegetable substances which being treated with dilute acids or alkalis, or subjected to the action of ferments, are resolved into a sugar and some other substance. Now usually restricted to mean a glycoside which on hydrolysis gives glucose.

Key term(s)
  • cyanogen glucoside

French

Domaine(s)
  • Éléments et composés chimiques
  • Cultures (Agriculture)
  • Biochimie
DEF

Glycoside qui libère du cyanure d'hydrogène.

CONT

cyanogène; cyanogénique : [Se dit d'un] composé capable de produire du cyanure; par exemple, les glycosides cyanogènes, telle que l'amygdaline des noyaux de pêche et d'abricot.

CONT

Les racines de manioc (Manihot esculenta) contiennent en effet des quantités plus ou moins importantes, selon les variétés, de glycosides cyanogénétiques - linamarine et lautostraline -, qui sont des substances toxiques puisqu'elles libèrent de l'acide cyanhydrique.

CONT

La linamarine est un glucoside cyanogénétique qui est transformé en acide cyanhydrique toxique ou acide prussique lorsqu'il entre en contact avec la linamarase, une enzyme qui est libérée quand les cellules des racines de manioc se rompent.

Key term(s)
  • glucoside cyanogène

Spanish

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Record 2 1996-03-07

English

Subject field(s)
  • Military (General)
  • Military Administration
OBS

Any court other than a Canadian court [19-10)AL 51/75)

French

Domaine(s)
  • Militaire (Généralités)
  • Administration militaire
OBS

Tout tribunal autre qu'un tribunal canadien. [19-10)Mod. 51/75)

Spanish

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Record 3 1986-06-03

English

Subject field(s)
  • General Vocabulary
OBS

to offer amends, offrir compensation

French

Domaine(s)
  • Vocabulaire général

Spanish

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Record 4 2003-08-27

English

Subject field(s)
  • Meetings and Assemblies (Administration)

French

Domaine(s)
  • Réunions et assemblées (Administration)
OBS

Lorsqu'il correspond à l'anglais "rules and regulations", le terme "règlement" s'emploie au pluriel et désigne les mesures régissant le fonctionnement d'un groupe, d'un organisme, etc.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Reuniones y asambleas (Administración)
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Record 5 1990-06-05

English

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

An irreversible lateral curvature of the spine with rotation of the vertebral bodies in the abnormal area (major curve). Organic and congenital forms are structural, and the functional type may become so. From SALMU, 1983, p. 310 and GOMED, 1979, p. 1306.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Symptômes (Médecine)
  • Appareil locomoteur (Médecine)
DEF

[...] incurvation latérale du rachis, partiellement irréductible, avec rotation des corps vertébraux se traduisant par une gibbosité ou saillie paraspinale. Elle est secondaire à une malformation vertébrale, congénitale ou acquise. Elle est le plus souvent apparemment primitive et de cause obscure. D'après SIRHU, 1984, p. 415 et EMAPP 15865 G20, 1974, p. 1.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Síntomas (Medicina)
  • Sistema musculoesquelético (Medicina)
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Record 6 1989-05-04

English

Subject field(s)
  • Advertising
  • Pricing (Air Transport)
CONT

[offers] a full range of booking and ticketing services for the business and leisure traveler, and [is] able to pass seat sales and other savings on to their customers.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Publicité
  • Tarification (Transport aérien)
OBS

Terme proposé au lieu de "vente de tarifs", autre équivalent utilisé pour rendre cette expression. Pris dans ce sens, le terme vente est un anglicisme.

Spanish

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Record 7 1986-06-16

English

Subject field(s)
  • Private Law

French

Domaine(s)
  • Droit privé

Spanish

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Record 8 1987-05-01

English

Subject field(s)
  • Organizations, Administrative Units and Committees
  • Medical Staff

French

Domaine(s)
  • Organismes, unités administratives et comités
  • Personnel médical

Spanish

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Record 9 2018-03-21

English

Subject field(s)
  • Hair Styling
OBS

finger grip: term officially approved by the Lexicon Project Committee (New Brunswick).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Coiffure
OBS

anneau : terme uniformisé par le Comité du projet de lexiques (Nouveau-Brunswick).

Spanish

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Record 10 1994-07-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Titles of Documents and Works
  • Customs and Excise

French

Domaine(s)
  • Titres de documents et d'œuvres
  • Douanes et accise
OBS

Système des avis préalables d'expédition.

Spanish

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