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51priapism — priapismic, adj. /pruy euh piz euhm/, n. 1. Pathol. continuous, usually nonsexual erection of the penis, esp. due to disease. 2. prurient behavior or display. [1580 90; PRIAP(US) + ISM] * * * ▪ pathology a persistent, painful erection of… …
52prosthesis — prosthetic /pros thet ik/, adj. prosthetically, adv. /pros thee sis/ for 1; /pros theuh sis/ for 2, n., pl. prostheses / seez/ for 1; / seez / for 2. 1. a device, either external or implanted, that substitutes for or supplements a missing or… …
53therapeutics — /ther euh pyooh tiks/, n. (used with a sing. v.) the branch of medicine concerned with the remedial treatment of disease. [1665 75; see THERAPEUTIC, ICS] * * * Treatment and care to combat disease or alleviate pain or injury. Its tools include… …
54science, philosophy of — Branch of philosophy that attempts to elucidate the nature of scientific inquiry observational procedures, patterns of argument, methods of representation and calculation, metaphysical presuppositions and evaluate the grounds of their validity… …
55heteropteran — ▪ insect order Introduction any member of the insect order Heteroptera, which comprises the so called true bugs. (Some authorities use the name Hemiptera; others consider both the heteropterans and the homopterans to be suborders of the… …
56photography, history of — Introduction method of recording the image of an object through the action of light, or related radiation, on a light sensitive material. The word, derived from the Greek photos (“light”) and graphein (“to draw”), was first used in the… …
57Pituitary adenoma — A benign tumor of the pituitary, the master gland that controls other glands and influences numerous body functions including growth. * * * a benign neoplasm of the anterior pituitary gland; some contain hormone secreting cells (functioning… …
58side — One of the two lateral margins or surfaces of a body, midway between the front and back. [A.S. s.] balancing s. in dentistry, the nonfunctioning s. from which the mandible moves during the working bite. working s. in dentistry, the lateral… …
59Nazi rule over the Danube River — was brought about by force of arms, through annexation of Austria, invasion of Yugoslavia and of the Soviet Union and treaties with the Kingdom of Romania and Hungary, but a legal cover was provided through moves that resulted in a new… …
60Odžaklija — The church Basic information Location Leskovac,   …
