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11Bougie — A thin cylinder of rubber, plastic, metal or another material that a physician inserts into or though a body passageway, such as the esophagus, to diagnose or treat a condition. A bougie may be used to widen a passageway, guide another instrument …
12Modern Orthodox Judaism — Rabbi Mosheh Lichtenstein, a Modern Orthodox rabbi who serves as a Rosh Yeshiva in Har Etzion Part of a series on …
13Bowel obstruction — Classification and external resources Upright abdominal X ray demonstrating a small bowel obstruction. Note multiple air fluid levels. ICD 10 K …
14Shmita — (Hebrew: שמיטה, literally release ), also called the Sabbatical Year, is the seventh year of the seven year agricultural cycle mandated by the Torah for the Land of Israel, and still observed in contemporary Judaism. During Shmita, the land is… …
15Endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography — Intervention Duodenoscopic image of two pigment stones extracted from common bile duct after sphincterotomy. ICD 9 CM …
16George Dempster (lawyer) — George Dempster (1732 ndash; 1818) was a Scottish lawyer who was elected member of Parliament for the Perth Burghs. Dempster was educated at Dundee Grammar School (c.1739–c.1748) and possibly also at the small parish school at Leuchars, Fife. On… …
17George Hanger, 4th Baron Coleraine — (13 October 1751 31 March 1824) was an British soldier, author, and eccentric. He was born into a prosperous family in Gloucestershire, being the third son of seven children. His father, was Gabriel Hanger, a Parliamentarian, who in 1762 was… …
18Self-expandable metallic stent — A self expandable metallic stent (or SEMS) is a metallic tube, or stent, used in order to hold open a structure in the gastrointestinal tract in order to allow the passage of food, chyme, stool, or other secretions required for digestion. SEMS… …
19Homosexuality and Conservative Judaism — Homosexuality has been a pivotal issue for Conservative Judaism since the 1980s. A major Jewish denomination in the U.S., Conservative Judaism has wrestled with homosexuality as a matter of Jewish law and institutional policy. As with other… …
20Défense des droits de la femme — A Vindication of the Rights of Woman: with Strictures on Political and Moral Subjects Défense des droits de la femme Première page de la première édition américaine …
