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  • 31primum mobile — /prddee moom moh bi le /; Eng. /pruy meuhm mob euh lee , pree /, Latin. 1. (in Ptolemaic astronomy) the outermost of the 10 concentric spheres of the universe, making a complete revolution every 24 hours and causing all the others to do likewise …

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  • 32primum mobile — noun /ˌpɹaɪməm ˈməʊbɪli/ a) The outermost sphere of the heavens in Ptolemaic astronomy. b) The prime mover or first cause …

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  • 33Primum non nocere — The Latin words for medical slogan “First do no harm,” a fundamental medical precept of Hippocrates (ca. 460 ca.377 B.C.) …

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  • 34primum mobile — (Lat., first in movement) In Aristotelian cosmology the first or outermost sphere of the heavens. The perfect, spherical rotation of this sphere is directly activated by love of God; the motion is as like the life of God as movement can be. See… …

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  • 35primum mobile — prime mover; initial force of all movement (Aristotelianism) …

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  • 36primum mobile — [ˌprʌɪməm məʊbɪleɪ, ˌpri:məm məʊbɪli] noun 1》 a prime mover. 2》 Astronomy, historical the outer sphere of the Ptolemaic universe, supposed to carry the inner spheres with it. Origin from med. L., lit. first moving thing …

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  • 37primum — pri·mum …

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  • 38primum non nocere — an ancient dictum of medical ethics, usually translated from the Latin as “first do no harm”. This statement of the principle of nonmaleficence is often mistakenly believed to form part of the Hippocratic oath: its source is not known …

    The new mediacal dictionary

  • 39primum mobile* — pri•mum mo•bi•le [[t]ˈpri mʊm ˈmoʊ bɪˌlɛ[/t]] eng. [[t]ˈpraɪ məm ˈmɒb əˌli, ˈpri [/t]] n. Latin. fot (in Ptolemaic astronomy) the outermost sphere of the universe, making a complete revolution every 24 hours and causing all the others to do… …

    From formal English to slang

  • 40primum mobile — /priməm ˈmoʊbəleɪ/ (say preemuhm mohbuhlay) noun 1. (in Ptolemaic astronomy) the outermost of the ten concentric spheres of the universe, making a complete revolution every 24 hours and causing all the others to do likewise. 2. → prime mover (def …