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Doctors of the Church
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doctor
doctor originally (in Middle English) a person skilled in, and therefore entitled to teach or speak authoritatively on, any branch of knowledge, a learned person; the word comes via Old French from Latin doctor ‘teacher’, from docere ‘teach’.From this developed the... Read more |
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Fathers of the Church
Fathers of the Church collective name for the Christian writers of early times whose work is considered generally orthodox. A convenient definition includes all such writers up to and including St. Gregory I (St. Gregory the Great) in the West and St. John of Damascus in the East (see ... Read more |
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Nausea and Vomiting
Nausea and vomiting Definition Nausea is the sensation of being about to vomit. Vomiting, or emesis, is the expelling from the stomach of undigested food through the mouth. Description Nausea is a reaction to a number of causes that include overeating, infection, or... Read more |
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Juris Doctor
JURIS DOCTOR The degree awarded to an individual upon the successful completion of law school. Juris doctor, or doctor of jurisprudence, commonly abbreviated J.D., is the degree commonly conferred by law schools. It is required in all states except California (which includes an option called law... Read more |
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Animal Magnetism
ANIMAL MAGNETISM "Animal magnetism" is a term popularized by the Viennese doctor Franz Mesmer. In M Read more |
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Gaspard Bauhin
Gaspard Bauhin , 1560-1624, Swiss botanist and doctor of medicine, of French descent. His early classification of plants by genus and species in his chief work, the Pinax theatri botanici (1623), anticipated the binomial arrangement of Linnaeus. Bauhin reformed anatomical nomenclature, especially... Read more |
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harmattan
harmattan, an easterly wind which occasionally blows during the dry season (December, January, February) on the west coast of Africa, coming off the land, instead of the more normal wind which blows off the sea. It is a very dry wind, usually accompanied by dust storms the wind has picked up from... Read more |
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Patients Rights
PATIENTS' RIGHTS The legal interests of persons who submit to medical treatment. For many years, common medical practice meant that physicians made decisions for their patients. This paternalistic view has gradually been supplanted by one promoting patient autonomy, whereby patients and doctors... Read more |
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Jane Alexander
ALEXANDER, Jane 1939– PERSONAL Original name, Jane Quigley; born October 28, 1939, in Boston, MA; daughter of Thomas (a doctor) and Ruth Elizabeth (maiden name, Pearson; a nurse) Quigley; married Robert Alexander (an actor... Read more |
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