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allograft
allograft (homograft) A graft of tissue from a donor of one genotype to a host of a different genotype but of the same species. If the donor and recipient are not closely related, the graft is likely to be rejected. If the graft takes place from one part to another part of the same individual it is... Read more |
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June Anderson
June Anderson An American opera singer, June Anderson (born 1953) specialized in roles from operas by Donizetti, Rossini, and Bellini that require bel canto singing, although she sang operas by many other composers. June Anderson was born in 1953 in Boston and raised in Connecticut. When she... Read more |
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relief etching
relief etching. A method of etching in which the parts of the design that take the ink are raised above the surface of the plate rather than incised into the plate (as in conventional etching). The design is drawn on the plate in an acid-resisting varnish. The plate is then immersed in acid, which... Read more |
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Cushing syndrome
Cushing's syndrome Definition Cushing's syndrome is a relatively rare endocrine (hormonal) disorder resulting from excessive exposure to the hormone cortisol. The disorder, which leads to a variety of symptoms and physical abnormalities, is most commonly caused by taking... Read more |
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Politics
322. Politics See also 185. GOVERNMENT . activism the attitude of taking an active part in events, especially in a social context. Read more |
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Arthur Mitchell
Arthur Mitchell 1934— Choreographer, dancer Members of the Dance Theatre of Harlem call Arthur Mitchell the "Pied Piper of Dance." Mitchell, one of the first blacks to succeed in the field of classical ballet, founded the Dance Theatre of Harlem in 1969 in an effort to provide minority... Read more |
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Earths Interior
EARTH'S INTERIOR CONCEPT For the most part, this book is concerned with geologic, geophysical, and geochemical processes that take place on or near Earth's surface. Even the essay Plate Tectonics, which takes up one of the central ideas in modern earth sciences, discusses... Read more |
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Robbie Williams
Robbie Williams Singer, songwriter For the Record… Selected discography Sources After five years with the British boy toy band Take That, Robbie Williams left the group and was dismissed and discredited by the music press in the United Kingdom. He proved the critics wrong by winning over new... Read more |
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Entirety
ENTIRETY The whole, in contradistinction to a moiety or part only. When land is conveyed to husband and wife, they do not take by moieties, but both are seised of the entirety. Parceners, on the other hand, have not an entirety of interest, but each is properly entitled to the whole of a distinct... Read more |
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