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toxemia

(Encyclopedia)toxemia tŏksēˈmēə [key], disease state caused by the presence in the blood of bacterial toxins or other harmful substances. The effects of the bacterial toxins known as endotoxins are relatively ...

Belo, Carlos Felipe Ximenes

(Encyclopedia)Belo, Carlos Felipe Ximenes cärˈlo͞osh fālēˈpā shēmĕˈnĕsh ;bāˈlō [key], 1948–, East Timorese Roman Catholic bishop and human-rights activist. He studied theology in Portugal and Rome i...

Woden

(Encyclopedia)Woden ōˈdĭn [key], in Germanic religion and mythology, the supreme god. His cult, although widespread among the Germanic tribes, was sometimes subordinated to that of his son Thor. With his brother...

brasses, monumental

(Encyclopedia)brasses, monumental, or sepulchral brasses, memorials to the dead, in use in churches on the Continent and in England in the 13th cent. and for several centuries following. They are usually set in the...

green turtle

(Encyclopedia)green turtle: see sea turtle.

Huanghai

(Encyclopedia)Huanghai: see Yellow Sea, China. ...

scuba

(Encyclopedia)scuba: see diving, deep-sea.

Pontus Euxinus

(Encyclopedia)Pontus Euxinus: see Black Sea.

Propontis

(Encyclopedia)Propontis: see Marmara, Sea of.

Parris Island

(Encyclopedia)Parris Island: see Sea Islands.