(Encyclopedia) button, knoblike appendage used on wearing apparel either for ornament or for fastening. Although buttons were sometimes used as fasteners by Greeks and Romans, they were more often…
(Encyclopedia) chloramphenicolchloramphenicolklōrˌămfĕnˈəkŏlˌ [key], antibiotic effective against a wide range of gram-negative and gram-positive bacteria (see Gram's stain). It was originally…
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Annaba
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[key], formerly Bône (bōn), city, capital of Annaba prov.,
extreme NE Algeria, a port on the Mediterranean Sea. One of the country's…
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(Encyclopedia) vertebrate, any animal having a backbone or spinal column. Verbrates can be traced back to the Silurian period. In the adults of nearly all forms the backbone consists of a series of…
(Encyclopedia) polycythemiapolycythemiapŏlˌēsīthēˈmēə [key], condition characterized by an increase in the production of red blood cells, or erythrocytes, in the blood. Primary polycythemia, also…
(Encyclopedia) elephant bird, extinct, flightless bird of the family Aepyornithidae. Once native to the island of Madagascar, these gigantic birds may have survived until as late as 1649. Today, they…
(Encyclopedia) Eustachian tubeEustachian tubey&oomacr;stāˈshən [key] [for Bartolomeo Eustachi], a hollow structure of bone and cartilage extending from the middle ear to the rear of the throat,…
William S. Burroughs writer The controversial Beat Generation writer will be best remembered for his hip, yet slightly insane novel, Naked Lunch. In a book review, the New York Times said…
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