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Therapeutics. That part of medical science which treats of the discovery and application of remedies for diseases.
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A customhouse officer who watches the landing of goods from merchant vessels, in order to secure payment of duties.
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A disease of bovine cattle, consisting of a swelling under the throat, which, unless checked, causes strangulation.
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A European fresh-water fish (Tinca tinca, or T. vulgaris) allied to the carp. It is noted for its tenacity of life.
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A genus of marine gastropods having a long, tapering spire. They belong to the Toxoglossa. Called also auger shell.
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A loop or sleeve with a screw thread at one end and a swivel at the other, -- used for tightening a rod, stay, etc.
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A place artificially arranged for keeping or raising living animals, as a park, a pond, an aquarium, a warren, etc.
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A plant of the genus Heliotropium; heliotrope; -- so named because its flowers are supposed to turn toward the sun.
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A small New Zealand owl (Sceloglaux albifacies). It has short wings and long legs, and lives chiefly on the ground.
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Amphibole resulting from the alternation of pyroxene by paramorphism. It is not uncommon in massive eruptive rocks.
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