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timbrel
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5dim. of ME timbre < OFr: see prec.6 an ancient type of tambourine
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tilak
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5Sans tilaka6 a religious mark, generally of sandalwood paste, worn on the forehead by Hindu males or females
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tophus n., pl. 3phi 73fj8 5L, tufa6 Med. an abnormal mineral deposit, as of calcium carbonate, about the joints, on the roots of the teeth, etc., in a person who has the gout; chalkstone URL about gout: http://www.highlands-ortho.com/gout.html#diagnosisHow Gout Is Diagnosed A combination of medical history and laboratory studies is necessary to make a definitive diagnosis for gout. The following procedures are usually used: Medical history and physical examination by your physician. Appropriate laboratory tests to check the blood's uric acid level and the presence of uric
acid crystal deposits in the affected joint. These are the diagnostic markers. Systematic exclusion of differential diagnoses like pseudogout. Possibly an X-ray study, to evaluate extent of joint damage. This once I think the dictionary is in grievous error. In gout the deposits are of uric acid or urates. Where in "Tophet" did the editors get the above misinformation? As a bit of trivia, the Dalmation coachhound is the only other mammal similarly afflicted.
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totipalmate
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5prec. + PALMATE6 having all four toes completely united by a web, as ducks, geese, or pelicans
to#ti[pal[ma4tion
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trabecula
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pl. 3lae# 73lc#8 or 3las 5ModL < L, dim. of trabs: see prec.6
1 Anat., Zool. a) a small rod, bar, or bundle of fibers b) a small septum of fibers forming, with others of its kind, an essential part of the framework of an organ or part
2 Bot. a rodlike structure, plate, or bar of tissue, as any of the crossbars in the peristome teeth of mosses
tra[bec$u[lar 73l!r8 or tra[bec$u[late 73lit, 3lat#8
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tragopan
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5ModL < L, fabulous bird < Gr, lit., goat-Pan < tragos, goat (see TRAGEDY) + Pan, Pan6 any of several brightly colored Asiatic pheasants (genus Tragopan) with two erectile, fleshy, hornlike protuberances on the head
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flabellum
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pl. 3bel$la 73!8 5L, a fan, dim. of flabrum, a breeze < flare, to blow < IE *bhlc3: see BLAST6
1 a large fan carried by the pope‘s attendants on ceremonial occasions
2 Zool. a fan-shaped organ or structure of the body
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foramen
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pl. 3ram$i[na 73ram4! n!8 or 3ra4mens 5L, a hole < forare, BORE6 a small opening or perforation, esp. in a bone or in a plant ovule
fo[ram$i[nal 73ram4i n!l8 or fo[ram$i[nate 73nit8
adj.
Especially the foramen magnum, the opening at base of skull where spinal cord joins the brain.
Mentioned once by Alex Williams. But I was confident few would remember it. And I wanted
to repeat ancient joke about the public lecturer who had a skull as a prop. And after the
lecture, an idiot picked up the skull, and pointing to the formen magnum, said: "Think of
all the good vittles that went down that hole!"
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frenulum
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pl. 3lums or 3la 73l!8 5ModL, dim. of frenum: see fol.6
1 a small frenum
2 Zool. a stiff bristle or group of bristles extending from the hind wing of some moths and interlocking with a structure on the front wing, linking the wings together in flight
In human anatomy, the small fold under tongue in midline to floor of mouth. Also a fold attaching
prepuce to glans penis in ventral midline.
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fulmar
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5ON < fdll, foul, unpleasant + mar, sea gull6 any of various tubenose birds (family Procellariidae); esp., a gray sea bird (Fulmarus glacialis) common in arctic regions
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