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Volvulus :: Volvulus (n.) The spasmodic contraction of the intestines which causes colic.

Traction :: Traction (n.) Specifically, the act of drawing a body along a plane by motive power, as the drawing of a carriage by men or horses, the towing of a boat by a tug..

Hydramine :: Hydramine (n.) One of a series of artificial, organic bases, usually produced as thick viscous liquids by the action of ammonia on ethylene oxide. They have the properties both of alcohol and amines..

Irresistible :: Irresistible (a.) That can not be successfully resisted or opposed; superior to opposition; resistless; overpowering; as, an irresistible attraction..

Folly :: Folly (n.) The result of a foolish action or enterprise.

Positive :: Positive (a.) Having the power of direct action or influence; as, a positive voice in legislation..

Hundreder :: Hundreder (n.) A person competent to serve on a jury, in an action for land in the hundred to which he belongs..

Inflection :: Inflection (n.) Same as Diffraction.

Magneto-electricity :: Magneto-electricity (n.) That branch of science which treats of the development of electricity by the action of magnets; -- the counterpart of electro-magnetism.

Fix :: Fix (v. t.) To render (an impression) permanent by treating with such applications as will make it insensible to the action of light.

Putrefaction :: Putrefaction (n.) The condition of being putrefied; also, that which putrefied..

Febrile :: Febrile (a.) Pertaining to fever; indicating fever, or derived from it; as, febrile symptoms; febrile action..

Antiperistaltic :: Antiperistaltic (a.) Opposed to, or checking motion; acting upward; -- applied to an inverted action of the intestinal tube..

Eolian :: Eolian (a.) Formed, or deposited, by the action of wind, as dunes..

Patefaction :: Patefaction (n.) The act of opening, disclosing, or manifesting; open declaration..

Crotchet :: Crotchet (n.) An instrument of a hooked form, used in certain cases in the extraction of a fetus..

Conscience :: Conscience (n.) The faculty, power, or inward principle which decides as to the character of one's own actions, purposes, and affections, warning against and condemning that which is wrong, and approving and prompting to that which is right; the moral faculty passing judgment on one's self; the moral sense..

Repercussion :: Repercussion (n.) The subsidence of a tumor or eruption by the action of a repellent.

Path :: Path (n.) A way, course, or track, in which anything moves or has moved; route; passage; an established way; as, the path of a meteor, of a caravan, of a storm, of a pestilence. Also used figuratively, of a course of life or action..

Refrain :: Refrain (v. i.) To keep one's self from action or interference; to hold aloof; to forbear; to abstain.

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