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5Fr d=tente < d=tendre, to relax, unbend < d=3 (L dis3), from + tendre, to stretch: see TEND26 Mech. a part that stops or releases a movement, as a catch for controlling the striking of a clock
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A very serious surgical emergency is torsion of the bowel. Detorsion is correcting that problem. Medical term is "volvulus". http://www.fascrs.org/coresubjects/2002/arnell.html
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detumescence
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5< L detumescens, prp. of detumescere, to stop swelling, subside: see DE3 & TUMESCENCE6a gradual shrinking of a swelling, as, specif., an erection
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All good things must come to an end.
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deuterium
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5ModL: see fol. & 3IUM6a hydrogen isotope used in nuclear reactors, accelerators, etc.: symbol, D; at. wt., 2.0141; sp. gr., 2.0; melt. pt., 3254.54UC; boil. pt., 3249.7UC: see HEAVY WATER
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deuterogamy
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5ML deuterogamia < Gr: see DEUTERO3 & 3GAMY6a marriage after the death or divorce of the first spouse
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But remember, the descamisados that poor tragic Evita sang about were the real poverty
stricken down-and-outers of Argentina. Your teenagers might not enjoy comparison.
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Dear WW: It took me a while to think of "dereistic" with a smile. How about the carpenter
in Chaucer's Miller's Tale, who builds an Ark in his basement, and when he hears Nicholas
who got goosed with a hot iron yell "Water!" thought the Second Flood had arrived
and launched his creation crashing to the floor. That's dereistic thinking at work.
Incidentally, I have trouble with that part of the story. I dpibt tjat the smith would work after
dark, or the carpenter either for that matter.
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