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71Genu — The Latin word for the knee. When the knee is referred to in medicine, it is just called the knee. However, the word genu is also used in medicine as in: genu recurvatum (hyperextension of the knee), genu valgum (knock knee) and genu varum… …
72takin — noun Etymology: Mishmi (Tibeto Burman language of northeast India) Date: 1850 a large heavily built bovid ruminant (Budorcas taxicolor) of Tibet and adjacent areas of Asia that is related to the goats and the musk ox and that has horns in both… …
73excursion — Any movement from one point to another, usually with the implied idea of returning again to the original position. lateral e. movement of the mandible to the right or left side. protrusive e. movement of the mandible to a …
74Mennell sign — an examining thumb is placed over the posterosuperior spine of the sacrum and then made to slide, first outward and then inward. If on pressure over the former point tenderness is detected, it is due to a sensitive deposit in the structures of… …
75breaststroke — noun Date: 1867 a swimming stroke executed in a prone position by coordinating a kick in which the legs are brought forward with the knees together and the feet are turned outward and whipped back with a glide and a backward sweeping movement of… …
76premature — premature, untimely, forward, advanced, precocious are comparable though rarely interchangeable when they mean unduly early in coming, happening, or developing. Premature applies usually to something which takes place before its due or proper… …
77literature — /lit euhr euh cheuhr, choor , li treuh /, n. 1. writings in which expression and form, in connection with ideas of permanent and universal interest, are characteristic or essential features, as poetry, novels, history, biography, and essays. 2.… …
78Glossary of ballet — Ballet is a formalized type of dance; ballet dance is usually performed on stage as part of a ballet dance work which includes mime, acting, and is set to music. Dancers can perform either en pointe or demi pointe; in ballet class, the dancers… …
79biblical literature — Introduction four bodies of written works: the Old Testament writings according to the Hebrew canon; intertestamental works, including the Old Testament Apocrypha; the New Testament writings; and the New Testament Apocrypha. The Old… …
80joint — /joynt/, n. 1. the place at which two things, or separate parts of one thing, are joined or united, either rigidly or in such a way as to permit motion; juncture. 2. a connection between pieces of wood, metal, or the like, often reinforced with… …
