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Birthmarks
Birthmarks Definition Birthmarks are areas of discolored and raised spots found on the skin. Birthmarks are groups of malformed pigment cells or blood vessels. Description Vascular birthmarks are benign (noncancerous) skin growths comprised of rapidly growing or poorly... Read more |
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parapet
parapet. Low wall or barrier at the edge of a balcony, bridge, roof, terrace, or anywhere there is a drop, and therefore danger of persons falling. Originally a feature of defensive architecture on castles and town-walls, it often retained battlements and other features, even when used for... Read more |
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celestial navigation
celestial navigation, or astronomical navigation. The sextant, the chronometer (nowadays possibly a quartz watch), the nautical almanac, and navigation tables (now perhaps some form of calculator or computer) in one form or another remain the essential requirements for celestial navigation, by... Read more |
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Pheochromocytoma
Pheochromocytoma Definition Pheochromocytoma is a tumor of special cells (called chromaffin cells), most often found in the middle of the adrenal gland. Description Because pheochromocytomas arise from chromaffin cells, they are occasionally called chromaffin tumors. Most (90%)... Read more |
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Rhabdomyosarcoma
Rhabdomyosarcoma Definition Rhabdomyosarcoma is a childhood cancer. It begins in cells that will become skeletal muscle cells. Skeletal muscle is attached to bones and is different from the smooth muscle that lines the intestinal tract (esophagus, stomach, small and large... Read more |
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Ashkenazim
Ashkenazim ETHNONYM: Yevrei Orientation Identification. "Ashkenaz" refers to the first settlements of Jews in northwestern Europe, on the banks of the Rhine, and to the culture, conservative of sources and customs, as developed through study of Torah (which can refer to the first five... Read more |
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Basal cell carcinoma
Basal cell carcinoma Definition A basal cell carcinoma is a skin cancer that originates from basal keratinocytes in the top layer of the skin, the epidermis. Sometimes these tumors are called "rodent ulcers." Description Basal keratinocytes are unpigmented skin cells found deep... Read more |
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Hindu
Hindu ETHNONYMS: Hindoo, Gentoo (eighteenth-nineteenth centuries) While Hinduism is undoubtedly one of the world's major religions, whether gauged in terms of its ethical and metaphysical complexities or simply in terms of the numbers of adherents (estimated at 760 million in 1991), it defies... Read more |
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Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease
Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease Definition Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease (CMT) is the name of a group of inherited disorders of the nerves in the peripheral nervous system. These are the nerves throughout the body that communicate motor and sensory information to and from the... Read more |
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VALLEY GARDEN LIKE EDEN'S
...nearer to God's heart in a garden than anywhere else on earth." These words...Sherman Oaks into a virtual Garden of Eden. Thomas' garden is virtually free of weeds...schedule 40 PVC pipe. Thomas has planted several hybrid ... |
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VALLEY GARDEN LIKE EDEN'S.(U)
...nearer to God's heart in a garden than anywhere else on earth.'' These words...Sherman Oaks into a virtual Garden of Eden. Thomas' garden is virtually free of weeds...schedule 40 PVC pipe. Thomas has planted several hybrid ... |
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Consecration of healers.(the Story of Adam and Eve and the Garden of Eden...
...or trees growing anywhere When God created...Eventually God planted a garden full of trees. In...the trees in the garden. Yet, no foliage...brought her back to the garden And showed her a...into the middle of Eden, She who ... |
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Doing the Lambeth walks; The Archbishop of Canterbury opens up his London...
...God's heart in a garden than anywhere else on earth...largest private garden (after Buckingham...under the National Gardens Scheme. Lambeth...For centuries the garden's purpose was...herbaceous border, planted in 1986 by the ... |
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Water gardens transform yard into relaxing refuge
The Garden of Eden had a river...memorable gardens have been...first formal gardens, planted in ancient...An oasis garden, which contained...over a water garden, not only...grow almost anywhere ... |
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Creating a 'garden to go'
...Headline: Creating a 'garden to go' Byline...possible to create a "Garden Of Eden" without investing...money in a permanent garden, as their home was...courtyard, almost anywhere there is a sunny...attention than those ... |
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CREATING AN EDEN PEOPLE WITH GREEN THUMBS ARE USING THEM TO CREATE LUSH...
...folks who owned beach houses planted sea oats to stabilize the dunes...easier if they ``dig out their garden one foot deep and replace the...serious problems facing gardeners anywhere on the beach are summed up...windward side of their yard or garden, ... |
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British Columbia: Canada's mountain paradise.
...hard to beat anywhere in Canada...the western Garden of Eden'. With a...property, planted perennial gardens, and made...buildings and gardens to their original...community events, garden tours, ... |
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Colleyville, Texas, Nursery Serves As Reminder of Once-Thriving Industry.
...of the Colleyville Garden Club. "I've seen...just didn't find anywhere else," Mr. Holzbach...trees may have been planted by Andy Felps, for...Last year we planted a garden by the road...like we were in the Garden of ... |
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Brief encounters: New art from old
...as a seed ready to be planted; his mother's mantle...leaving him to grow in the garden. A metaphor for any child anywhere, perhaps? Close by...garden that is no ordinary garden, it is a remnant of the Garden of ... |
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