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Friday, March 20, 2009
haemostat
haemostat
: A clamp used in
surgery
to close the severed end of a
blood vessel
to stop bleeding.
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to speak rapidly and without stopping
abstemious
Marked by, or spent in, abstinence ; as, an abstemious life.
Nureongi
Nureongi (누렁이) and Hwangu (황구; 黃狗) are Korean terms meaning "Yellow Dog" used to refer to tannish mongrel or landrace of dog in...
Epigraphy
Epigraphy (from the Greek : ἐπιγραφή epi-graphē , literally "on-writing", "inscription") is the study of inscriptions ...