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Term , term / tərm/ • n. 1. a word or phrase used to describe a thing or to express a concept, esp. in a particular kind of language or branch of study: the… Inkhorn Term , INKHORN TERM, also inkhornism, inkpot term. Archaic: an obscure and ostentatious WORD usually derived from Latin or Greek, so called because such wor… Trinomial , tri·no·mi·al / trīˈnōmēəl/ • adj. 1. (of an algebraic expression) consisting of three terms. 2. Biol. a systematic name for a taxon consisting of thr… Pyorrhea , py·or·rhe·a / ˌpīəˈrēə/ (also pyorrhea alveolaris, Brit. py·or·rhoe·a) • n. another term for periodontitis. Negros , Negro
The term Negro emerged as a social and political marker for Africans south of the Sahara in the fifteenth century. In its earliest usage it gen… Grampus , gram·pus / ˈgrampəs/ • n. (pl. -pus·es ) a cetacean of the dolphin family, in particular: ∎ another term for Risso's dolphin. ∎ another term for orca…
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