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| jack | |
<marine biology> Young salmon, usually a male, that matures precociously.
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| jackal | |
1. <zoology> Any one of several species of carnivorous animals ... |
| jackass | |
1. The male ass; a donkey.
2. A conceited dolt; a ... |
| jackdaw | |
<zoology> See Daw.
Source: Websters Dictionary
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| jacket | |
1. A short upper garment, extending downward to the hips; ... |
| jacket crown | |
A hollow crown of acrylic resin, fused porcelain or cast ... |
| jacksaw | |
<zoology> The merganser.
Source: Websters Dictionary
(01 Mar 1998)
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| jackscrew | |
A jack in which a screw is used for lifting, ... |
| jacksnipe | |
<zoology> A small European snipe (Limnocryptes gallinula).
Synonym: judcock, jedcock, juddock, ... |
| Jackson's law | |
Loss of mental functions due to disease retraces in reverse ... |
| Jackson's membrane | |
A thin vascular membrane or veil-like adhesion, covering the anterior ... |
| Jackson's rule | |
After an epileptic attack, simple and quasiautomatic functions are less ... |
| Jackson's sign | |
<clinical sign> During quiet respiration the movement of the paralysed ... |
| Jackson's veil | |
A thin vascular membrane or veil-like adhesion, covering the anterior ... |
| Jackson, Jabez | |
<person> U.S. Surgeon, 1868-1935.
See: Jackson's membrane, Jackson's veil.
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| Jackson, John Hughlings | |
<person> English neurologist, 1835-1911.
See: jacksonian epilepsy, Jackson's law, Jackson's rule, ... |
| jacksonian | |
Described by John Hughlings Jackson.
See: jacksonian epilepsy, Jacksonian seizure.
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| jacksonian epilepsy | |
A brief temporary alteration in movement, sensation or autonomic nerve ... |
| Jacksonian seizure | |
A brief temporary alteration in movement, sensation or autonomic nerve ... |
| jackstone bladder calculus | |
<radiology> Spiculated calculus in urinary bladder, calcium oxalate monohydrate
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| jackstraw | |
1. An effigy stuffed with straw; a scarecrow; hence, a ... |
| jackwood | |
Wood of the jack (Artocarpus integrifolia), used in cabinetwork.
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| jacobaean lily | |
<botany> A bulbous plant (Amaryllis, or Sprekelia, formosissima) from Mexico. ... |
| Jacobaeus operation | |
An obsolete term for pleurolysis.
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| Jacobaeus, Hans | |
<person> Swedish surgeon, 1879-1937.
See: Jacobaeus operation.
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