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111pneumatism — ▪ medical theory in medicine, Alexandrian medical school, or sect, based on the theory that life is associated with a subtle vapour called the pneuma; it was, in essence, an attempt to explain respiration. Pneumatism was expounded by… …
112Mule spinners' cancer — or Mule spinners cancer was a cancer, an epithelioma of the scrotum. It was first reported in 1887 in a cotton mule spinner.[1] In 1926 a British Home Office committee strongly favoured the view that this form of cancer was caused by the… …
113Brackstone — This interesting surname, with variant spellings Brackston, Bracstone, Brakeson, Bragston, Braxton, Brogston, etc., is of English locational origin from one of the estimated seven to ten thousand villages and hamlets that have now disappeared… …
114seed — n. & v. n. 1 a a flowering plant s unit of reproduction (esp. in the form of grain) capable of developing into another such plant. b seeds collectively, esp. as collected for sowing (is full of seed; to be kept for seed). 2 a semen. b milt. 3… …
115to wit — adverb as follows • Syn: ↑namely, ↑viz., ↑that is to say, ↑videlicet * * * adverb Etymology: Middle English to witen, literally, to know more at wit …
116JUDGES (Heb. שׁוֹפְטִים), BOOK OF — JUDGES (Heb. שׁוֹפְטִים), BOOK OF, the second book in the second section of the Bible, called Prophets (Nevi im). (See Table: Book of Judges – Contents.) The Book of Judges is named for the series of charismatic leaders of the period between the… …
117be-all and end-all — noun Date: 1605 1. prime cause ; essential element 2. totality 1 …
118Apeiron (cosmology) — The apeiron is a cosmological theory created by Anaximander in the 6th century BC. Anaximander s work is mostly lost. From the few extant fragments, we learn that he believed the beginning or first principle (arche) is an endless, unlimited mass… …
119Joseph Schumpeter — Infobox Scientist name = Joseph Schumpeter caption = Joseph Schumpeter birth date = birth date|1883|2|8|mf=y birth place = Triesch, Moravia, Austria Hungary death date = death date and age|1950|1|8|1883|2|8|mf=y death place = Taconic, Connecticut …
120Kerckhoffs' principle — In cryptography, Kerckhoffs principle (also called Kerckhoffs assumption, axiom or law) was stated by Auguste Kerckhoffs in the 19th century: a cryptosystem should be secure even if everything about the system, except the key, is public knowledge …
