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Wandsworth Wandsworth
Wandsworth inner borough (1991 pop. 237,500) of Greater London, SE London, on the Thames River. An area along the Thames is industrialized, with gasworks, breweries, and candle and paint manufacture. Wandsworth is a railroad junction with five bridges extending over the Thames. In the 18th cent.... Read more
liniment liniment
liniment liquid preparation rubbed on skin, used to relieve muscular aches and pains. It contains some substance that when rubbed over the affected part causes mild irritation and often brings more blood to the painful part. Most liniments contain camphor, oil of turpentine, oil of wintergreen, or... Read more
Semicircular canals Semicircular canals
semicircular canals The sense organ in vertebrates that is concerned with the maintenance of physical equilibrium (sense of balance). It occurs in the inner ear and consists of three looped canals set at right angles to each other and attached to the utriculus. The canals contain a fluid (endolymph)... Read more
Yolk sac Yolk sac
yolk sac In the embryos of vertebrates, a sac arising as a diverticulum of the alimentary canal with which, except in Teleostei, it communicates. In Reptilia, Aves, and Monotremata it contains yolk which nourishes the embryo, and as the yolk is consumed the sac merges with the embryo. In... Read more
Labyrinth (Ear) Labyrinth (Ear)
inner ear The structure in vertebrates, surrounded by the temporal bone of the skull, that contains the organs of balance and hearing. It consists of soft hollow sensory structures (the membranous labyrinth), containing fluid (endolymph), surrounded by fluid (perilymph), and encased in a bony cavity... Read more
blister blister
blister puffy swelling of the outer skin (epidermis) caused by burn, friction, or irritants like poison ivy. A response of the body to protect deeper tissue, blisters generally contain serum, the liquid component of blood. The so-called blood blister, however, forms over ruptured capillaries and... Read more
tympan tympan
tympan, tympanum (pl. tympana). 1. Triangular or segmental face of a pediment contained between the horizontal and raking cornices or horizontal and segmental cornices, often enriched with relief sculpture. 2. Area above a lintel over an opening contained by an arch set above it, e.g. in the west... Read more
Iwakuni Iwakuni
Iwakuni , city (1990 pop. 109,530), Yamaguchi prefecture, SW Honshu, Japan, on the Aki Sea. The site of Iwakuni International Airport, the city contains petrochemical, paper, and metal machine-tool industries. The Kintai Bridge, built in 1673, is famous for providing residents with an escape route... Read more

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