Helen Fenton

Article: Definition and part of speech

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Article

  1. n. One of the segments of an articulated appendage.
  2. n. A distinct portion of an instrument, discourse, literary work, or any other writing, consisting of two or more particulars, or treating of various topics; as, an article in the Constitution. Hence: A clause in a contract, system of regulations, treaty, or the like; a term, condition, or stipulation in a contract; a concise statement; as, articles of agreement.
  3. n. A literary composition, forming an independent portion of a magazine, newspaper, or cyclopedia.
  4. n. Subject; matter; concern; distinct.
  5. n. A distinct part.
  6. n. A particular one of various things; as, an article of merchandise; salt is a necessary article.
  7. n. Precise point of time; moment.
  8. n. One of the three words, a, an, the, used before nouns to limit or define their application. A (or an) is called the indefinite article, the the definite article.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.

Arterialize: Definition and part of speech

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Arterialize

  1. v. t. To transform, as the venous blood, into arterial blood by exposure to oxygen in the lungs; to make arterial.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.

Arteriotomy: Definition and part of speech

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Arteriotomy

  1. n. That part of anatomy which treats of the dissection of the arteries.
  2. n. The opening of an artery, esp. for bloodletting.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.