Thin, pebbly skin. Mandarins are smaller and less spherical than common oranges (which are a mandarin hybrid). The taste is considered less sour, as well as sweeter and stronger. A ripe mandarin is firm to slightly soft, heavy for its size, and pebbly-skinned.andarin are usually eaten plain or in fruit salads. Specifically reddish-orange mandarin cultivars can be marketed as tangerines, but this is not a botanical classification.
Patent ductus arteriosus (PDA) is a condition wherein the ductus arteriosus fails to close after birth. Early symptoms are uncommon, but in the first year of life include increased 'work of breathing' and poor weight gain. An uncorrected PDA may lead to congestive heart failure with increasing age.
patent ductus arteriosus: examples and translations in context. 1  Pedea should not be used prophylactically (used before there is a proof of a patent ductus arteriosus). 2  If the condition is unchanged after the second course of therapy, surgery of the patent ductus arteriosus may then be necessary. Si l'Ã©tat persiste aprÃ¨s le second traitement, une intervention chirurgicale sur le canal artÃ©riel persistant peut Ãªtre nÃ©cessaire. This invention is a device and method for treating a patent ductus arteriosus in a human. Cette invention se rapporte Ã  un dispositif et Ã  un procÃ©dÃ© permettant le traitement de la persistance du canal artÃ©riel chez un humain.