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121Bousquet, Joë — (1897 1950) writer Born in Carcassonne, Joë Bousquet was paralyzed for most of his life because of a severe wound that he suffered in World War I. He led a reclusive existence as a poet and as a thinker enamoured of shadow and silence. At… …
122dumdum — dum•dum [[t]ˈdʌmˌdʌm[/t]] n. mil a hollow nosed or soft nosed bullet that expands on impact, inflicting a severe wound • Etymology: 1895–1900; after Dum Dum, suburb of Calcutta, India, where the bullets were made …
123dumdum — I. /ˈdʌmdʌm/ (say dumdum) noun a kind of hollow nosed bullet that expands on impact, inflicting a severe wound. Also, dumdum bullet. {named after Dum Dum, town in W Bengal, a former ammunition factory} II. /ˈdʌmdʌm/ (say dumdum) noun Colloquial… …
124mortify — [c]/ˈmɔtəfaɪ / (say mawtuhfuy) verb (mortified, mortifying) –verb (t) 1. to humiliate in feeling, as by a severe wound to the pride or self complacency. 2. to bring (the body, passions, etc.) into subjection by abstinence, ascetic discipline, or… …
125Retracted article on toxicity of MDMA on dopamine cells — Severe dopaminergic neurotoxicity in primates after a common recreational dose regimen of MDMA3,4 methylenedioxymethamphetamine (MDMA) is the chemical name for the psychotropic drug commonly known as ecstasy .] ( ecstasy ) , was a paper by Dr.… …
126Retracted article on dopaminergic neurotoxicity of MDMA — Severe dopaminergic neurotoxicity in primates after a common recreational dose regimen of MDMA[1] ( ecstasy ) , was a paper by Dr. George Ricaurte which was published in the leading journal Science, and later retracted. The retraction of the… …
127Non-voluntary euthanasia — Severe hydrocephalus. Infants like this can be subject to non voluntary euthanasia in the Netherlands if the parents and doctors decide it is the best choice for their child. In other jurisdictions, the doctors involved may be prosecuted …
128therapeutics — /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… …
