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  • 61horn — hornish, adj. hornless, adj. hornlessness, n. hornlike, adj. /hawrn/, n. 1. one of the bony, permanent, hollow paired growths, often curved and pointed, that project from the upper part of the head of certain ungulate mammals, as cattle, sheep,… …

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  • 62The Anchor (as Symbol) —     The Anchor (as Symbol)     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► The Anchor (as Symbol)     The anchor, because of the great importance in navigation, was regarded in ancient times as a symbol of safety. The Christians, therefore, in adopting the anchor… …

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  • 63uncus — 1. Any hook shaped process or structure. 2. The anterior, hooked extremity of the parahippocampal gyrus on the basomedial surface of the temporal lobe; the anterior face of the u. corresponds to the olfactory …

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  • 64Human skeleton — The human skeleton consists of both fused and individual bones supported and supplemented by ligaments, tendons, muscles and cartilage. It serves as a scaffold which supports organs, anchors muscles, and protects organs such as the brain, lungs… …

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  • 6510mm Auto — Infobox Firearm Cartridge name=10mm Auto caption=Left to right: .357 SIG, 10mm Auto, .40 S W origin=flagcountry|Swedenflagcountry|United States type=Pistol designer=FFV Norma AB design date=1984 parent= case type=Rimless, straight is SI specs=yes …

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  • 66Chamaeleo zeylanicus — Indian Chameleon Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum …

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  • 67List of medical roots, suffixes and prefixes — This is a list of roots, suffixes, and prefixes used in medical terminology, their meanings, and their etymology. There are a few rules when using medical roots. Firstly, prefixes and suffixes, primarily in Greek, but also in Latin, have a… …

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  • 68Tourniquet — A tourniquet is a constricting or compressing device used to control venous and arterial circulation to an extremity for a period of time. Pressure is applied circumferentially upon the skin and underlying tissues of a limb; this pressure is… …

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  • 69Stone Age — the period in the history of humankind, preceding the Bronze Age and the Iron Age, and marked by the use of stone implements and weapons: subdivided into the Paleolithic, Mesolithic, and Neolithic periods. [1860 65] * * * First known period of… …

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  • 70lagena — 1. SYN: cupular cecum of the cochlear duct. 2. One of the three parts of the membranous labyrinth of the inner ear of lower vertebrates; in mammals, the l. becomes the cochlea. [L. flask] * * * la·ge·na or Brit la·gae·na lə jē nə n …

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