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81Rectoprostatic fascia — Latin fascia rectoprostatica The rectoprostatic fascia is a membranous partition at the lowest part of the rectovesical pouch. It separates the pros …
82columbarium — /kol euhm bair ee euhm/, n., pl. columbaria / bair ee euh/. 1. a sepulchral vault or other structure with recesses in the walls to receive the ashes of the dead. 2. any one of these recesses. 3. columbary. [1840 50; < L: lit., a nesting box for… …
83molding — /mohl ding/, n. 1. the act or process of molding. 2. something molded. 3. a strip of contoured wood or other material placed just below the juncture of a wall and a ceiling. 4. Archit., Furniture. a. any of various long, narrow, ornamental… …
84Pantheon — pantheonic, adj. /pan thee on , euhn/ or, esp. Brit., /pan thee euhn/, n. 1. a domed circular temple at Rome, erected A.D. 120 124 by Hadrian, used as a church since A.D. 609. 2. (l.c.) a public building containing tombs or memorials of the… …
85Panthéon — /pahonn tay awonn /, n. a national monument in Paris, France, used as a sepulcher for eminent French persons, begun in 1764 by Soufflot as the church of Ste. Geneviève and secularized in 1885. Also called Panthéon Français /frddahonn se /. * * *… …
86Tepe Gawra — Turk. /te pe gow rddah / an archaeological site in N Iraq, near Mosul: excavations have revealed that numerous settlements have occupied this site since c5000 B.C. * * * Ancient city, Mesopotamia. Located near present day Mosul, Iraq, it was… …
87tragedy — /traj i dee/, n., pl. tragedies. 1. a dramatic composition, often in verse, dealing with a serious or somber theme, typically that of a great person destined through a flaw of character or conflict with some overpowering force, as fate or society …
88vargueno — /vahr gayn yoh/, n., pl. varguenos. Sp. Furniture. a fall front desk of the 16th, 17th, and early 18th centuries, having the form of a chest upon a small table. [ < Sp bargueño (work) of Bargas (town near Toledo)] * * * ▪ furniture Spanish… …
89building construction — Techniques and industry involved in the assembly and erection of structures. Early humans built primarily for shelter, using simple methods. Building materials came from the land, and fabrication was dictated by the limits of the materials and… …
90eye, human — ▪ anatomy Introduction specialized sense organ capable of receiving visual images, which are then carried to the brain. Anatomy of the visual apparatus Structures auxiliary to the eye The orbit The eye is protected from mechanical injury… …
