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  • 41ariboflavinosis — Properly hyporiboflavinosis : a nutritional condition produced by a deficiency of riboflavin in the diet, characterized by cheilosis and magenta tongue and usually associated with other manifestations of B vitamin deficiency. * * *… …

    Medical dictionary

  • 42avitaminosis — Properly, hypovitaminosis. conditioned a. a. caused by any number of pathologic states or dysfunctions in which the supply of a vitamin absorbed by the body is inadequate for the needs under particular circumstances; e.g., the reduced bacterial… …

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  • 43Black —    Properly the absence of all colour. In Prov. 7:9 the Hebrew word means, as in the margin of the Revised Version, the pupil of the eye. It is translated apple of the eye in Deut. 32:10; Ps. 17:8; Prov. 7:2. It is a different word which is… …

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  • 44Butler —    Properly a servant in charge of the wine (Gen. 40:1 13; 41:9). The Hebrew word, mashkeh, thus translated is rendered also (plural) cup bearers (1 Kings 10:5; 2 Chr. 9:4). Nehemiah (1:11) was cup bearer to king Artaxerxes. It was a position of… …

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  • 45Hay —    Properly so called, was not in use among the Hebrews; straw was used instead. They cut the grass green as it was needed. The word rendered hay in Prov. 27:25 means the first shoots of the grass. In Isa. 15:6 the Revised Version has correctly… …

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  • 46Jacinth —    Properly a flower of a reddish blue or deep purple (hyacinth), and hence a precious stone of that colour (Rev. 21:20). It has been supposed to designate the same stone as the ligure (Heb. leshem) mentioned in Ex. 28:19 as the first stone of… …

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  • 47Phenice —    Properly Phoenix a palm tree (as in the R.V.), a town with a harbour on the southern side of Crete (Acts 27:12), west of the Fair Havens. It is now called Lutro …

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  • 48Window —    Properly only an opening in a house for the admission of light and air, covered with lattice work, which might be opened or closed (2 Kings 1:2; Acts 20:9). The spies in Jericho and Paul at Damascus were let down from the windows of houses… …

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  • 49migration —   properly, any movement of a living organism across space, or between locations. In geography, most commonly applied to population movements. It can be used to describe daily and seasonal movements (e.g. commuting and holidaying), but is most… …

    Geography glossary

  • 50Handrahan — Properly spelt O Hanrahan, O Hourihane, O Hourahan, and others, but more popularly found as Hanrahan, Hourahan, Hourihan, Hourihane, and Handrahan, this is surname of ancient pre 10th century origins. It derives from the Gaelic O hAnradain which… …

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