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121roads and highways — ▪ transportation Introduction traveled way on which people, animals, or wheeled vehicles move. In modern usage the term road describes a rural, lesser traveled way, while the word street denotes an urban roadway. Highway refers to a major… …
122tropical sprue — ▪ disease an acquired disease characterized by the small intestine s (small intestine) impaired absorption of fats, vitamins, and minerals. Its cause is unknown; infection, parasite infestation, vitamin deficiency, and food toxins have been …
123Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (CJD) — A degenerative, invariably fatal brain disorder. It affects about one person in every one million people per year worldwide; in the United States there are about 200 cases per year. CJD usually appears in later life and runs a rapid course.… …
124Osho (Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh) — This article is about Indian mystic Osho. For other uses, see Osho (disambiguation). Rajneesh redirects here. For the American city, see Rajneesh, Oregon. Osho Born 11 December 1931 (1931 12 11) …
125Drought in Canada — Average precipitation departures from normal over Canada from autumn 2000 through summer 2002. Precipitation departures are relative to the 1961 90 reference period …
126Marine mammals and sonar — A Humpback whale Active sonar, the transmission equipment used on some ships to assist with navigation, has been suggested[1] to be detrimental to the health and livelihood of some marine animals, although the precise mechanisms for this are not… …
127emotion — noun Etymology: Middle French, from emouvoir to stir up, from Old French esmovoir, from Latin emovēre to remove, displace, from e + movēre to move Date: 1579 1. a. obsolete disturbance b. excitement 2. a. the affective aspect of …
128subacute sclerosing panencephalitis — noun Etymology: panencephalitis from New Latin, from pan + encephalitis Date: 1950 a usually fatal neurological disease of children and young adults caused by infection of the brain by a previously latent measles virus that is marked especially… …
