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noun
- A mode of arresting hemorrhage resulting from wounds or surgical operations, by passing under the divided vessel a needle, the ends of which are left exposed externally on the cutaneous surface.
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| air pressure |
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noun
- atmospheric pressure
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| assure |
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verb (assur, ing)
- To make sure and secure.
- To give someone confidence in the trustworthiness of something.
- I you, the program will work smoothly when we demonstrate it to the client.
- To reassure.
Translations: - Spanish: asegurar
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Etymology: From (term, assurer, lang=fro) (modern French (term, assurer, lang=fr)), from (term, ad-, lang=la) + (term, securus, , secure, lang=la).
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| atmospheric pressure |
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noun
- The pressure caused by the weight of the atmosphere above an area.
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| blood pressure |
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noun
- The pressure exerted by the blood against the walls of the artery, arteries and veins; it varies during the heartbeat cycle, and according to a person's age, health and physical condition.
- The measurement of a person's blood pressure, expressed as systolic blood pressure and diastolic blood pressure readings.
- The nurse spent all day taking blood pressures at the hospital.
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| bone fissure |
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noun
- a groove or depression in a bone; a sulcus.
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| censure |
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noun
- the act of blame, blaming, criticize, criticizing, or condemn, condemning as wrong; reprehension
- an official reprimand
- the state of excommunication
Translations: (trans-top, the act of blaming)
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(trans-top, the state of excommunication)
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verb (censur, ing)
- to criticize harshly
- to formally rebuke
Translations: Etymology: Originated 1350"1400 from Middle English censure, from Latin censura, cénsÅra (censor's office or assessment), equivalent to census, cénsus (censor) + -ure.
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| closure |
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noun
- an event or occurence that signifies an ending
- a feeling of completeness; the experience of an emotional conclusion, usually to a difficult period
- (computing): an abstraction that represents a function within an environment, a context consisting of the variables that are both bound variable, bound at a particular time during the execution of the program and that are within the function's scope
- (mathematics): the smallest object that both includes the object as a subset and possesses some given property
Translations: Etymology: From closure, from clausura.
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| cocksure |
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adjective
- too confident; overconfident
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| commissure |
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noun
- the place where two things are joined, especially the line where two parts of an anatomical structure join
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| composure |
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noun
- Calmness of mind or matter, self-possession
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| countermeasure |
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noun
- Any action taken to counteract or correct another
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| cynosure |
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noun
- (literally) Cynosure " Ursa Minor, or Polaris the North Star, used as a guide
- something that guides
- something that is the center of attention
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- "The rooms were brilliant with lights and flowers, and gaiety and beauty, and intellect; and the lately shrinking country girl was the of all eyes---the most envied, the most dreaded, the most admired, the most loved." — Alice Cary (1820-1871), Clovernook, or Recollections of our Neighborhood in the West
- "let faith be your cynosure to walk by"
Etymology: French cynosure "Ursa Minor; Polaris", from Latin Cynosura, CynosÅra "Ursa Minor", from Ancient Greek (cynosÅra) "Ursa Minor", literally "dog's tail": , (cynos) "dog's" + á (Åra) "tail".
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| diastolic blood pressure |
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noun
- (physiology) The lowest pressure within the bloodstream, occurring between heart beats, because of a diastole.
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| disclosure |
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noun
- The act of reveal
- Verb, revealing something.
Translations: Etymology: From dis-+clausus, literally away+enclosed.
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| displeasure |
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noun
- A feeling of being displeased with something or someone; dissatisfaction.
- pain, Pain or discomfort.
- disapproval, Disapproval.
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| embrasure |
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noun
- (context, architecture, military) Any of the indentations between the merlons of a battlement.
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| enclosure |
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noun
- (countable) Something enclosed, i.e. inserted into a letter or other package.
- There was an with the letter " a photo.
- (uncountable) The act of enclosing, i.e. the insertion or inclusion of an item in a letter or package.
- ''The of a photo with your letter is appreciated.
- (countable) An area, domain, or amount of something partially or entirely enclosed by barriers.
- He faced punishment for creating the fenced in a public park.
- The glass holds the mercury vapor.
- The winning horse was first into the unsaddling .
- (uncountable) The act of separating and surrounding an area, domain, or amount of something with a barrier.
- The of public land is against the law.
- The experiment requires the of mercury vapor in a glass tube.
- At first, untrained horses resist .
- (context, uncountable, British History) The post-feudal process of subdivision of common lands for individual ownership.
- Strip-farming disappeared after .
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| ensure |
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verb (ensur, ing)
- (transitive) To make sure or certain of something (usually some future event or condition).
Translations: - Spanish: asegurar, asegurarse
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| equilibrium vapor pressure |
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noun - (physics) Alternative form of saturation vapor pressure
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| erasure |
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noun
- The action of erasing; deletion; obliteration.
- The state of having been erased; total blankness.
Translations: (trans-top, action of erasing)
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(trans-top, state of having been erased)
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| exclosure |
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noun - an enclosed area for protection or shelter from dangerous animals, esp. referring to being fenced
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| exposure |
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noun
- (uncountable) the condition of being exposed, uncovered, or unprotected
- Limit your to harsh chemicals.
- Get as much to a new language as you can.
- (countable or uncountable) that part which is facing or exposed to something, e.g. the sun, weather, sky, or a view
- They rented a cabin with a beautiful southern .
- (uncountable) lack of protection from weather or the elements
- The vagrant died of .
- (photography) an instance of taking a photograph
- (photography) the piece of film exposed to light
- (photography) details of the time and f-number used
- (gardening) the amount of sun, wind etc experienced by a particular site
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| fissure |
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noun - a crack or opening, as in a rock
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| fluid measure |
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noun
- any unit of volume, or system of such units
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