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101prodrome — prodromal /prod reuh meuhl, preuh droh /, adj. /proh drohm/, n. Pathol. a premonitory symptom. [1635 45; < F < NL prodromus, n. use of Gk pródromos running before. See PRO 2, DROME] * * * …
102rock — rock1 rockless, adj. rocklike, adj. /rok/, n. 1. a large mass of stone forming a hill, cliff, promontory, or the like. 2. Geol. a. mineral matter of variable composition, consolidated or unconsolidated, assembled in masses or considerable… …
103Rock — /rok/, n. a male given name. * * * I In geology, a naturally occurring and coherent aggregate of minerals. The three major classes of rock igneous, sedimentary, and metamorphic are based on the processes that formed them. These three classes are… …
104Homer, Winslow — born Feb. 24, 1836, Boston, Mass., U.S. died Sept. 29, 1910, Prouts Neck, Maine U.S. painter. He served an apprenticeship with a Boston lithographer, then became a freelance illustrator in New York City. He exhibited at the National Academy of… …
1051054, Schism of — ▪ Christianity also called East–West Schism event that precipitated the final separation between the Eastern (Eastern Orthodoxy) Christian churches (Christianity) (led by the patriarch of Constantinople, Michael Cerularius) and the… …
106cardiovascular disease — Introduction any of the diseases, whether congenital or acquired, of the heart and blood vessels (blood vessel). Among the most important are atherosclerosis, rheumatic heart disease, and vascular inflammation. Cardiovascular diseases are a …
107Leprosy — • A chronic infectious disease caused by the bacillus lepr, characterized by the formation of growths in the skin, mucous membranes, peripheral nerves, bones, and internal viscera, producing various deformities and mutilations of the human body …
108Temple of Jerusalem — • In the Bible the sanctuary of Jerusalem bears the Hebrew name of Bet Yehovah (house of Jehovah) Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Temple of Jerusalem Temple of Jerusalem …
109Bernard de Montfaucon — Bernard de Montfaucon † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Bernard de Montfaucon French scholar, b. in 1655, at the château de Soulatge, Department of Aude, arrondissement of Carcassone; d. in Paris, at the Abbey of St Germain des Prés, in 1741 …
110foretoken — 1. noun A prognostic; a premonitory sign; warning or presentment. 2. verb To betoken beforehand; prognosticate; foreshadow; …
