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11Vagina — This article is about the body part. For other uses, see Vagina (disambiguation). Vagina …
12Urination — Manneken Pis, bronze sculpture in Brussels, Belgium Urination, also known as micturition, voiding, peeing, weeing, pissing, and more rarely, emiction, is the ejection of urine from the urinary bladder through the urethra to the outside of the… …
13Judas Chair — The Judas Chair, also known as the Judas Cradle, was a torture device allegedly used by the Spanish Inquisition. In Italian it was known as the culla di Giuda ; in German the Judaswiege ; and in French as la veille the wake or nightwatch (as with …
14Gastric mucosa — Infobox Anatomy Name = PAGENAME Latin = tunica mucosa gastris GraySubject = 247 GrayPage = 1166 Caption = Stomach Caption2 = Section of mucous membrane of human stomach, near the cardiac orifice. X 45. c. Cardiac glands. d. Their ducts. cr. Gland …
15parturition — /pahr too rish euhn, tyoo , choo /, n. Biol. the process of bringing forth young. [1640 50; < LL parturition (s. of parturitio) travail, equiv. to L parturit(us) (ptp. of parturire; see PARTURIENT) + ion ION] * * * I or birth or childbirth or… …
16vena contracta — /vee neuh keuhn trak teuh/, pl. venae contractae /vee nee keuhn trak tee/. Hydraul. any of the locations in a jet of fluid emerging from an orifice where the cross section of the jet is at a minimum, esp. the location of minimum cross section… …
17test — 1. To prove; to try a substance; to determine the chemical nature of a substance by means of reagents. 2. A method of examination, as to determine the presence or absence of a definite disease or of some substance in any of the fluids, tissues,… …
18jet — i. An aircraft powered by one or more gas turbine engines. ii. A gas turbine engine may be referred to as a jet engine. iii. A strong, well defined stream of fluid either issuing from an orifice or moving in a contracted duct, such as the jet of… …
19Vena — Ve na, n.; pl. {Ven[ae]}. [L. See {Vein}.] A vein. [1913 Webster] {Vena cava}; pl. {Ven[ae] cav[ae]}. [L., literally, hollow vein.] (Anat.) Any one of the great systemic veins connected directly with the heart. {Vena contracta}. [L., literally,… …
20Vena cava — Vena Ve na, n.; pl. {Ven[ae]}. [L. See {Vein}.] A vein. [1913 Webster] {Vena cava}; pl. {Ven[ae] cav[ae]}. [L., literally, hollow vein.] (Anat.) Any one of the great systemic veins connected directly with the heart. {Vena contracta}. [L.,… …
