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  • 31storm-tossed tempest-tossed tempest-tost tempest-swept — battered attered adj. 1. In deplorable condition; as, the battered old Ford station wagon. Syn: beat up, beaten up, bedraggled, broken down, dilapidated, ramshackle, tumble down, unsound. [WordNet 1.5] 2. Hit or pounded repeatedly and violently… …

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  • 32children — child; Children Progeny; offspring of parentage. Unborn or recently born human being. Wilson v. Weaver, 358 F.Supp. 1147, 1154. At common law one who had not attained the age of fourteen years, though the meaning now varies in different statutes; …

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  • 33children — child; Children Progeny; offspring of parentage. Unborn or recently born human being. Wilson v. Weaver, 358 F.Supp. 1147, 1154. At common law one who had not attained the age of fourteen years, though the meaning now varies in different statutes; …

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  • 34BCS — battered child syndrome; blood cell separator; bovine calf serum; breast cancer screening; British Cardiovascular Society; Budd Chiari syndrome …

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  • 35BCS — • battered child syndrome; • blood cell separator; • bovine calf serum; • breast cancer screening; • British Cardiovascular Society; • Budd Chiari syndrome …

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  • 36Domestic violence — Domestic disturbance redirects here. For the 2001 film, see Domestic Disturbance. Domestic violence Classification and external resources eMedicine article/805546 MeSH …

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  • 37C. Henry Kempe — Dr. C. Henry Kempe Born April 6, 1922 Breslau, Germany Died March 8, 1984 Hanauma Bay, HI Other names Karl Heinz Kempe Occupation Pediatrician and virologist Known for …

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  • 38abuse — 1 /ə byüz/ vt abused, abus·ing 1: to put to a use other than the one intended: as a: to put to a bad or unfair use abusing the powers of office b: to put to improper or excessive use abuse narcotics …

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  • 39syndrome — The aggregate of symptoms and signs associated with any morbid process, and constituting together the picture of the disease. SEE ALSO: disease. [G. s., a running together, tumultuous concourse; (in med.) a concurrence of symptoms, fr. syn,… …

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  • 40Subpoena duces tecum — A subpoena duces tecum (or subpoena for production of evidence) is a court summons ordering a named party to appear before the court and produce documents or other tangible evidence for use at a hearing or trial. The summons is known by various… …

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