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  • 91enuresis — en•u•re•sis [[t]ˌɛn yəˈri sɪs[/t]] n. pat lack of control of urination; bed wetting; urinary incontinence • Etymology: 1790–1800; < NL < Gk en II+ourē (var. s. of oureîn to urinate) + sis sis en u•ret′ic ˈrɛt ɪk adj …

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  • 92BW — • bacteriological warfare; • Beckwith Wiedemann [syndrome]; • bed wetting; • below waist; • biological warfare; • biological weapon; • birth weight; • bladder washout; • blood Wasserman [reaction]; • body water; • body weight …

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  • 93graves —    From the Middle Ages through to the mid 17th century, most people were buried in simple graves marked (if at all) by a wooden cross, or under a plain flagstone of the church floor; only the elite received inscribed tombstones, effigies, or… …

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  • 94Latham, Charlotte —    .The first issue of Folk Lore Record (1878) contains an article entitled Some West Sussex Superstitions Lingering in 1868 (1 67). Unfortunately, nothing is known about the author, Mrs Charlotte Latham, except that her husband had been rector… …

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  • 95medicine —     Folk medicine is an accumulation of very diverse techniques and beliefs, on which many layers of cultural history have left a mark; it could never have been known in its entirety to any one community, let alone one individual. The two primary …

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  • 96mice —    Used in folk *medicine for a wide range of ailments most commonly for bed wetting, but also for *whooping cough, sore throats, and various fevers. They might be boiled, roasted, fried, or reduced to powder and given in some pleasant or… …

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  • 97enuresis — [en΄yo͞o rē′sis] n. pl. enureses [ModL < Gr enourein, to urinate in: see EN 1 & URINE] inability to control urination; esp., involuntary bed wetting enuretic [en′yo͞oret′ik] adj …

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  • 98urinary incontinence — noun inability to control the flow of urine and involuntary urination • Syn: ↑enuresis • Hypernyms: ↑incontinence, ↑incontinency • Hyponyms: ↑bed wetting, ↑overflow incontinence, ↑ …

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  • 99en|u|re|sis — «EHN yu REE sihs», noun. Medicine. the inability to control urination; bed wetting. ╂[< New Latin enuresis < Greek enoureîn urinate in] …

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  • 100printing — /prin ting/, n. 1. the art, process, or business of producing books, newspapers, etc., by impression from movable types, plates, etc. 2. the act of a person or thing that prints. 3. words, symbols, etc., in printed form. 4. printed material. 5.… …

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