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  • 11act of encircling — index coverage (scope) Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …

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  • 12partial encircling endocardial ventriculotomy — the encompassing and isolation of visible areas of endocardial fibrosis in the left ventricle by an incision extending partway through the endocardium; done to relieve ventricular tachycardia in patients with ischemic heart disease …

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  • 13Cerclage — Encircling with a ring, loop, wire, or ligature. Cerlage can be around bone fragments to hold them together. But it usually refers to the cervix. The word comes from the French "circlage" meaning an encircling. * * * 1. Bringing into… …

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  • 14draft netting — encircling fish with a net deployed from shore by a boat and then hauled into shore. Use to catch salmon in estuaries, especially in Ireland …

    Dictionary of ichthyology

  • 15making a set — encircling a school of fish with a net …

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  • 16Cervical cerclage — Encircling of an incompetent cervix (one that is abnormally liable to dilate), with a ring or loop, to prevent a miscarriage. * * * a procedure to help prevent preterm birth delivery. It involves placing a stitch around the cervix of the uterus… …

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  • 17hoventinge — encircling? (as a haven does ships). O. and N. 999. Probably another form of ‘hovening’ or ‘havening,’ a derivative of ‘haven’ (cf. spene, spend; lene, lend). See Dahnert’s Lexicon. s. v. havenung …

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  • 18going round — encircling, going around …

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  • 19spherical shell — encircling layer that is shaped like a sphere …

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  • 20Inner/outer directions — In nations that drive on the right, traffic flows clockwise in the inner lanes (blue) of a beltway and counterclockwise in the outer lanes (red) …

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