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Chestnut blight
Chestnut Blight The American chestnut ( Castanea dentata) formerly was the most prevalent tree in the mountains of the eastern United States, comprising more than 25 percent of the forest. Chestnut was a fast growing, valuable tree. Its wood was used in all phases of... Read more |
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chestnut
chestnut name for any species of the genus Castanea, deciduous trees of the family Fagaceae ( beech or oak family) widely distributed in the Northern Hemisphere. They are characterized by thin-shelled, sweet, edible nuts borne in a bristly bur. The common American chestnut, C. dentata, is... Read more |
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pessary
pessary (pess-er-i) n. 1. a plastic device, often ring-shaped, that fits into the vagina and keeps the uterus in position: used to treat prolapse. 2. (vaginal suppository) a plug or cylinder of soft material containing a drug that is fitted into the vagina for the treatment of such disorders as... Read more |
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Colporrhaphy
Colporrhaphy Definition Colporrhaphy is the surgical repair of a defect in the vaginal wall, including a cystocele (when the bladder protrudes into the vagina) and a rectocele (when the rectum protrudes into the vagina). Purpose A prolapse occurs when an organ falls or... Read more |
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Vulvar cancer
Vulvar cancer Definition Vulvar cancer refers to an abnormal, cancerous growth in the external female genitalia. Description Vulvar cancer is a rare disease that occurs mainly in elderly women. The vulva refers to the external female genitalia, which includes the labia,... Read more |
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Sexual intercourse
sexual intercourse (coitus; copulation; mating) The process by which spermatozoa from a male are deposited in the body of a female during sexual reproduction. In mammals the penis of the male becomes erect and stiff as its tissues become filled with blood, enabling it to be inserted into the vagina... Read more |
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Prolapse
prolapse (proh-laps) n. downward displacement of an organ or tissue from its normal position. p. of the rectum descent of the rectum to lie outside the anus. p. of the uterus descent of the cervix, or the whole of the uterus, into the vagina. The cervix may be visible at the vaginal opening or the... Read more |
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Carnal Knowledge
CARNAL KNOWLEDGE Copulation; the act of a man having sexual relations with a woman. Penetration is an essential element of sexual intercourse, and there is carnal knowledge if even the slightest penetration of the female by the male organ takes place. It is not required that the hymen be ruptured... Read more |
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Episiotomy
Episiotomy Definition An episiotomy is a surgical incision made in the perineum, the area between the vagina and anus. Episiotomies are done during the second stage of labor to expand the opening of the vagina to prevent tearing of the area during the delivery of the... Read more |
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douche
douche A douche is a stream of water or other liquid directed at the body or into one of its orifices; in French it is simply a shower. Douching in English usage usually refers to washing out the vagina, both for hygienic purposes, especially when there is an infection, and after sexual intercourse,... Read more |
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The Critics: Public View ADVENTURES IN CONTEMPORARY ART NO 10: VAGINA DENTATA
There is a challenging atmosphere to the gallery at the Tate filled with works by Cathy de Monchaux. The organic shapes on geometric grids are attractive from a distance, but up close they suggest a grotesque - if sumptuous - sexuality. Don't touch my waist, Balming rusty wounds and Assuaging |
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Talking about "down there": the politics of publicizing the female body...
...disrupting the taboos that surround the vagina is driven, in part, by the fact that...is this: if we cannot talk about the vagina openly, respectfully, and publicly...eliminating violence against all persons. The Vagina Monologues opens with the cryptic line...the play's primary subject matter: ... |
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Feminists at CC seek dialogue.(Commentary/Editorial)
...You Know" as its heading. In it the term vagina dentata is explained. (The vagina dentata, or "toothed vagina," appears in the myths...and they spoke out loud about the vagina dentata. They might get some disgusted looks from... |
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Deformed Discourse: The Function of the Monster in Medieval Thought and...
...es in der Legende zum Bild: `Vagina dentata. "Les sept peches." Vienna...ankommt, hat mit einer vagina dentata nicht das Geringste zu tun. Der...Einzeldenkmals. Ebenfalls eine `vagina dentata' entdeckt Williams auf einer Illustration... |
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This comedy has bite Female revenge tale borrows cultural myth, elements of...
...Christy Lemire , Associated Press Teeth Vagina dentata myth comes to life. * Grade: B...teenage girl who discovers that her vagina has teeth. Yes, she is a living example of the vagina dentata myth, a concept that actor Mitchell... |
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Sex satire `Teeth' provides feminist bite
...critique of horniness and as a gleeful inversion of the vagina dentata myth. It's all the more striking because the movie...search, discovers she might actually have the fabled vagina dentata, and consults a gynecologist. Until that gynecologist... |
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Deliciously funny 'Teeth' takes bite out of common male fear
...its incisors into a cross-cultural myth known as vagina dentata. Or, as Juno might call it, "Vaggie D." Depending...unconscious or a practical warning against promiscuity, vagina dentata makes a memorable impression -- and an ideal premise... |
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Teeth-totaling! Actors Celebrate Flick About Needle-y Naughty Bits.
...black comedy about an adolescent girl coping with vagina dentata--premiered on Monday, Jan. 14, at MoMA's Celeste...went on to say that he thinks the paranoid notion of vagina dentata, a myth typically associated with ancient cultures... |
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Ladies! Open Up Your Purses.(Culture)
...unquestioningly have-that vaginas and handbags are totally synonymous...on that LeSportsac zipper! Vagina dentata, anyone? And that crazed...m stashing a small brown vagina, with balls, inside a big pink vagina -. " Yikes! I asked Louise... |
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'Teeth' an eclectic parable with a little different bite
...Lichtenstein turns a teenage girl's vagina into a weapon that can kill, or...being the living embodiment of the vagina-dentata myth, Weixler's Dawn is like...first understands what her toothed vagina has wrought, she's ready to... |
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