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  • 81ISLAM - L’art et l’architecture — Peut on parler d’un art islamique, alors que la civilisation née de l’islam s’étend sur quatorze siècles et sur un espace qui va de l’Atlantique au Pacifique, du Maroc jusqu’à l’Indonésie, et que cette civilisation a poussé des ramifications un… …

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  • 82iridescent — iridescent, ente [ iridesɑ̃, ɑ̃t ] adj. • 1842; lat. iris, iridis « arc en ciel » ♦ Littér. Qui a des reflets irisés. iridescent, ente adj. Litt. Qui a des reflets irisés. ⇒IRIDESCENT, ENTE, adj. Qui brille avec des reflets irisés. On est en… …

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  • 83chromatic asymmetry — difference in color in the irides of the two eyes …

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  • 84heterochromic cyclitis — chronic cyclitis producing difference in the color of the two irides, the inflamed eye having the lighter iris …

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  • 85heterochromia iridum — difference of color of the two irides; called also binocular h. Heterochromia iridum …

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  • 86Waardenburg syndrome — any of several hereditary conditions characterized principally by a combination of auditory and pigmentary abnormalities, including hypopigmented or heterochromatic irides and sometimes hypopigmented fundi; pigmentation defects of the skin and… …

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  • 87ANNULI — originis incertae; fabulae illorum vetustatem a rupe Caucatea repetunt et Promethei vincula eo detorquent. Troianis certe temporibus usum Annuli fuisse ignoratum, Plinius affirmat, hâc ratione ductus, quod Homerus eorum nullam fecerit mentionem,… …

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  • 88Iris — die; , <aus gr. ĩris, Gen. íridos »Regenbogen«, urspr. »Band, Straße«>: 1. Regenbogen (Meteor.). 2. (Plur. auch Iriden od. Irides [...de:s]) Regenbogenhaut des Auges (Med.). 3. Schwertlilie …

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  • 89iris — late 14c., flowering plant (Iris germanica), also prismatic rock crystal, from L. iris (pl. irides) iris of the eye, iris plant, rainbow, from Gk. iris (gen. iridos) a rainbow; the lily; iris of the eye, originally messenger of the gods,… …

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  • 90iris — /ˈaɪrəs / (say uyruhs) noun (plural irises or irides /ˈaɪrədiz / (say uyruhdeez)) 1. Anatomy the contractile circular diaphragm forming the coloured portion of the eye and containing a circular opening (the pupil) in its centre. 2. Botany a. a… …