pertaining

  • 31pert. — pertaining. * * * …

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  • 32pert. — pertaining …

    From formal English to slang

  • 33Dorsal — Pertaining to the back or posterior side of a structure. Dorsal comes from the Latin word dorsum meaning the back. The dorsal surface of the hand is the back of the hand, the side opposite the palm. The dorsal surface of the foot is the back of… …

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  • 34PERTO — Pertaining To .... (Governmental » Transportation) Pertaining To .... (Governmental » US Government) Pertaining To .... (Governmental » NASA) Pertaining To .... (Governmental » Military) …

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  • 35political — Pertaining to the government. Re Kemp, 16 Wis 359, 396. Pertaining to the establishment of a form of government. Commonwealth v McCarthy, 281 Mass 253, 183 NE 495, 85 ALR 1141. Pertaining to the activity of, or work for, a political party;… …

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  • 36Atlantoaxial — Pertaining to the first and second cervical vertebrae which meet at a joint called the atlantoaxial joint. The uppermost cervical vertebra (the atlas) rotates about the odontoid process of the second cervical vertebra (the axis). The joint… …

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  • 37Bulbar — Pertaining to a bulb, in medicine any rounded mass of tissue (that is shaped somewhat like a crocus or tulip bulb). For example, the bulbar conjunctiva is that part of the conjunctiva, a clear membrane of the eye, which covers the outer rounded… …

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  • 38Carotid — Pertaining to the carotid artery and the area near that key artery located in the front of the neck though which blood from the heart goes to the brain. There are 2 carotid arteries the right and left common carotid arteries on each side of the… …

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  • 39Genital — Pertaining to the external and internal organs of reproduction. (Not to be confused with genetic.) * * * 1. Relating to reproduction or generation. 2. Relating to the primary female or male sex organs or genitals. 3. Relating to or characterized… …

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  • 40Humoral — Pertaining to elements in the blood or other body fluids. In medicine, humor refers to a fluid (or semifluid) substance. Thus, the aqueous humor is the fluid normally present in the front and rear chambers of the eye. The humors were part of an… …

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