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aborigine - Etymology dictionary

21.10.2020 — (n.) 1858, mistaken singular of aborigines (1540s; the correct singular is aboriginal), from L. Aborigines the first ancestors of the Romans; the first inhabitants ...
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formic acid - Medical dictionary

25.09.2020 — HCOOH; the smallest carboxylic acid; a strong caustic, used as an astringent and counterirritant. * * * formic acid n a colorless pungent fuming vesicant liquid ...
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variance - Etymology dictionary

03.11.2020 — mid 14c., fact of undergoing change, from O.Fr. variance, from L. variantia, from variare to change (see VARY (Cf. vary)). Meaning state of disagreement is ...
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organomegaly - Medical dictionary

04.08.2020 — SYN: visceromegaly. * * * or·ga·no·meg·a·ly .ȯr gə nō meg ə lē n, pl lies abnormal enlargement of the viscera called also splanchnomegaly, visceromegaly ...
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substratum - Etymology dictionary

13.10.2020 — 1630s, from Mod.L. substratum (pl. substrata), neut. sing. pp. of L. substernere to spread underneath, from sub (see SUB (Cf. sub )) + sternere (see STRATUM ...
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cubitus valgus - Medical dictionary

20.07.2020 — deformity of the elbow in which the forearm (judged with the palm facing forward) deviates away from the midline of the body when extended. (A) Cubitus varus; (B) ...
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Acetabulum - Medical dictionary

08.07.2020 — The cup shaped socket of the hip joint. In fact, in Latin an “acetabulum” is cup, a vinegar cup. The acetabulum is a feature of the pelvis. The head (upper end) of ...
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swamp - Etymology dictionary

10.10.2020 — 1624 (first used by Capt. John Smith, in reference to Virginia), perhaps a dialectal survival from an O.E. cognate of O.N. svoppr sponge, fungus, from P.Gmc.
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Apheresis - Medical dictionary

10.06.2020 — aph·e·re·sis (af-ə-reґsis) [Gr. aphairesis removal] any procedure in which blood is withdrawn from a donor, a fluid or solid portion (plasma, leukocytes, platelets, etc.) ...
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light bulb - Etymology dictionary

14.01.2021 — Look at other dictionaries: light bulb — light ,bulb noun count a glass object that you put in an electric light to produce light. A light bulb is often simply called a ...
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cardiac cycle - Medical dictionary

25.02.2021 — The atria contract simultaneously and force blood into the relaxed ventricles. The ventricles then contract very strongly and pump blood out through the aorta and ...
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sulcated tongue - Medical dictionary

19.09.2020 — Look at other dictionaries: fissured tongue — a sometimes familial condition characterized by the presence on the dorsal surface of the tongue of numerous ...
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cloture - Etymology dictionary

10.10.2020 — 1871, the French word for the action of closing, applied to debates in the French Assembly, then to the House of Commons and U.S. Congress, from Fr. clôture, ...
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Knickerbocker - Etymology dictionary

28.10.2020 — descendant of Dutch settlers of New York, 1831, from Diedrich Knickerbocker, the name under which Washington Irving published his popular History of New ...
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hypodermic needle - Medical dictionary

11.06.2020 — n 1) NEEDLE (2) 2) a hypodermic syringe complete with needle * * * a short, slender, hollow needle used in injecting drugs beneath the skin.
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alpha fetoprotein - Medical dictionary

03.08.2020 — al·pha fe·to·pro·tein (alґfə fe″to proґtēn) a plasma protein produced by the fetal liver, yolk sac, and gastrointestinal tract; serum levels decline markedly by the ...
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Pentecost - Wikipedia

The Christian holiday of Pentecost is celebrated on the 50th day (the seventh Sunday) from Easter Sunday. It commemorates the descent of the Holy Spirit upon the Apostles and other followers of Jesus Christ while they were in Jerusalem celebrating the Feast of Weeks, as described in the Acts of the Apostles (Acts 2:1–31).. The holiday is also called "White Sunday" or "Whitsunday" or "Whitsun ...
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Academic Dictionaries and Encyclopedias - 09/2021

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