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Prosthion
- noun - craniometric point that is the most anterior point in the midline on the alveolar process of the maxilla
Provision
- noun - a stipulated condition; "he accepted subject to one provision"
- a store or supply of something (especially of food or clothing or arms)
- supply with provisions
- the activity of supplying or providing something
- the cognitive process of thinking about what you will do in the event of something happening; "his planning for retirement was hindered by several uncertainties"
Pulsation
- noun - (electronics) a sharp transient wave in the normal electrical state (or a series of such transients); "the pulsations seemed to be coming from a star"
- a periodically recurring phenomenon that alternately increases and decreases some quantity
- the rhythmic contraction and expansion of the arteries with each beat of the heart; "he could feel the beat of her heart"
Purgation
- noun - a ceremonial cleansing from defilement or uncleanness by the performance of appropriate rites
- purging the body by the use of a cathartic to stimulate evacuation of the bowels
- the act of clearing yourself (or another) from some stigma or charge
Pygmalion
- noun - (Greek mythology) a king who created a statue of a woman and fell in love with it; Aphrodite brought the sculpture to life as Galatea
Quotation
- noun - a passage or expression that is quoted or cited
- a short note recognizing a source of information or of a quoted passage; "the student's essay failed to list several important citations"; "the acknowledgments are usually printed at the front of a book"; "the article includes mention of similar clinical cases"
- a statement of the current market price of a security or commodity
- the practice of quoting from books or plays etc.; "since he lacks originality he must rely on quotation"
Radiation
- noun - (medicine) the treatment of disease (especially cancer) by exposure to a radioactive substance
- a radial arrangement of nerve fibers connecting different parts of the brain
- energy that is radiated or transmitted in the form of rays or waves or particles
- syndrome resulting from exposure to ionizing radiation (e.g., exposure to radioactive chemicals or to nuclear explosions); low doses cause diarrhea and nausea and vomiting and sometimes loss of hair; greater exposure can cause sterility and cataracts and some forms of cancer and other diseases; severe exposure can cause death within hours; "he was suffering from radiation"
- the act of spreading outward from a central source
- the spontaneous emission of a stream of particles or electromagnetic rays in nuclear decay
- the spread of a group of organisms into new habitats
Rebellion
- noun - organized opposition to authority; a conflict in which one faction tries to wrest control from another
- refusal to accept some authority or code or convention; "each generation must have its own rebellion"; "his body was in rebellion against fatigue"
- Uprising
Reboation
- - Repetition of a bellow.
Recaption
- - The act of retaking, as of one who has escaped after arrest; reprisal; the retaking of one's own goods, chattels, wife, or children, without force or violence, from one who has taken them and who wrongfully detains them.