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CHEMO-RECEPTOR-TRIGGER-ZONE


check date: 24/08/2001
checker: Pamela
origination date: 18/09/2000
originator: Carlos
subject field: medicine: body-part

Conceptual Structures
ISAPART-OF-BRAIN
ANCESTORSALL
ANIMAL-PART
ANIMATE
ANIMATE-PART
BODY-PART
INTERNAL-ANIMAL-PART
OBJECT
PART-OF-BRAIN
PART-OF-CENTRAL-NERVOUS-SYSTEM
PART-OF-NERVOUS-SYSTEM
PART-OF-PHYSIOLOGICAL-SYSTEM
PHYSICAL-OBJECT
SEPARABLE-ENTITY


English
chemo receptor trigger zoneterm type: main entry term
part of speech: noun
number: singular
reliability code: 10
definition: part of the brain that, when stimulated by some chemical agent, such as anticancer drugs, activates a different part of the brain, thus causing a sudden reaction, such as nausea. (en)

Spanish
zona gatillo del quimioceptorterm type: main entry term
part of speech: noun
number: singular
gender: feminine
reliability code: 10
definition: parte del cerebro que, cuando resulta estimulada por algún agente químico, como los medicamentos contra el cáncer, activa otra parte del cerebro y causa una reacción brusca, como las náuseas. (es)