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Menstruation disorders Menstruation disorders
Oligomenorrhea Definition Medical dictionaries define oligomenorrhea as infrequent or very light menstruation . But physicians typically apply a narrower definition, restricting the diagnosis of oligomenorrhea to women whose periods were regularly established before they developed problems with... Read more
Learning Curve Learning Curve
Learning curve The timeline of learning. When a person is introduced to new information or a new skill, it may take several learning sessions to acquire that knowledge or skill. Psychologists refer to this acquisition process as the learning curve. In general, this term refers to the time it... Read more
Keri Hulme Keri Hulme
HULME, Keri Nationality: New Zealander. Born: Christchurch, 9 March 1947. Education: North Beach primary school; Aranui High School; Canterbury University, Christchurch. Career: Formerly, senior postwoman, Greymouth, and director for New Zealand television; writer-in-residence, Canterbury... Read more
South Island South Island
South Island (1996 pop. 900,114), 58,093 sq mi (150,461 sq km), New Zealand. It is the larger but less populous of the two principal islands of the country. It is separated from the North Island by Cook Strait and from Stewart Island by Foveaux Strait. The Clutha and Waitaki are the largest rivers.... Read more
Christchurch Christchurch
Christchurch city (1996 pop. 309,027), E South Island, New Zealand, on the Avon River. It is the third largest city in New Zealand and the commercial center of the productive Canterbury Plains. Industries include food processing, meatpacking, woolens manufacturing, aquaculture, software... Read more
Kumbakonam Kumbakonam
Kumbakonam , city (1991 pop. 150,869), Tamil Nadu state, SE India, on the Kaveri River. Its district, in the richest part of the river delta, has one of the highest population densities in India. Kumbakonam is an agricultural trading center in an area known for its rice and betel leaves.... Read more
Edgar Wallace Edgar Wallace
Edgar Wallace (Richard Horatio Edgar Wallace), 1875-1932, English novelist and playwright, b. Greenwich. He was the author of more than 150 detective and adventure novels, of which as many as 5 million were sold in a year. The Terror (1930), which is typical of his work, still ranks high as a... Read more
reformatory reformatory
reformatory. Until 1908 children under 16 years of age could be imprisoned with adults. As late as 1880 there were over 1,000 children in Irish prisons, including nearly 150 aged under 12. Reformatories for convicted children aged 12 to 16 were established from 1858, while industrial schools for... Read more
George Edmund Street George Edmund Street
George Edmund Street 1824-81, English architect. One of the foremost champions of the Gothic revival, he did much church work, including St. Mary Magdalene, Paddington, London; St. James the Less, Westminster; St. Paul's American Church in Rome; and restorations to the Bristol Cathedral and to... Read more
longevity longevity
longevity , term denoting the length or duration of the life of an animal or plant, often used to indicate an unusually long life. The average human life-span of threescore and ten years cited in the Bible has been attained only in recent years in areas of the world where man has been largely freed... Read more

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