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  • 91drack — I. n Australian rubbish. An Australian variant form of the more common dreck. II. adj Australian scruffy, shabby, dowdy. The adjective is formed from the earlier noun, itself a var iant of dreck. drag n 1. women s clothing, as worn by men,… …

    Contemporary slang

  • 92Health —    Burma, like neighboring Asian countries, has a sophisticated tradition of indigenous medicine, and many long established customs, such as frequent bathing and a diet rich in fruits and vegetables, are healthful. But the history of modern… …

    Historical Dictionary of Burma (Myanmar)

  • 93atheroma — n. degeneration of the walls of the arteries due to the formation in them of fatty plaques and scar tissue. This limits blood circulation and predisposes to thrombosis. It is common in adults in Western countries. A diet rich in animal fats (see… …

    The new mediacal dictionary

  • 94French paradox — /frɛntʃ ˈpærədɒks/ (say french paruhdoks) noun the apparently inexplicable finding that the French population as a whole, despite a diet rich in fats and carbohydrates, have much lower levels of heart disease and obesity than other Western… …

  • 95Wolfdietrich — Wolf|diet|rich (männlicher Vorname) …

    Die deutsche Rechtschreibung

  • 96nu|tri|ent — «NOO tree uhnt, NYOO », adjective, noun. –adj. nourishing. –n. a nourishing substance, especially as an element or ingredient of a foodstuff: »a diet rich in nutrients. ╂[< Latin nūtriēns, entis, present participle of nūtrīre nourish] …

    Useful english dictionary

  • 97NATIONAL JEWISH CENTER FOR IMMUNOLOGY AND RESPIRATORY MEDICINE — NATIONAL JEWISH CENTER FOR IMMUNOLOGY AND RESPIRATORY MEDICINE, non sectarian hospital and research facility in Denver, Colorado, for respiratory, immune and allergic disorders. As early as the 1860s, hundreds and later thousands of men and women …

    Encyclopedia of Judaism

  • 98japan — japanner, n. /jeuh pan /, n., adj., v., japanned, japanning. n. 1. any of various hard, durable, black varnishes, originally from Japan, for coating wood, metal, or other surfaces. 2. work varnished and figured in the Japanese manner. 3. Japans,… …

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  • 99Japan — /jeuh pan /, n. 1. a constitutional monarchy on a chain of islands off the E coast of Asia: main islands, Hokkaido, Honshu, Kyushu, and Shikoku. 125,716,637; 141,529 sq. mi. (366,560 sq. km). Cap.: Tokyo. Japanese, Nihon, Nippon. 2. Sea of, the… …

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  • 100nutritional disease — Introduction       any of the nutrient related diseases and conditions that cause illness in humans. They may include deficiencies or excesses in the diet, obesity and eating disorders, and chronic diseases such as cardiovascular disease,… …

    Universalium