Cyclopædia
Assuming vessels is required, the following 64 results were found.
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AIRhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/physics/AIR
the hand, applied on the Orifice of a Vessel empty of Air, soon feels the Load of the incumbent Atmosphere.—Thus, glass Vessels, exhausted of their Air, are easily crushed to pieces by the Weight of the air without. So, two small hollow Segments of a...
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ATMOSPHEREhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/unclassified/ATMOSPHERE
sudden; ’tis surprising that every such Change does not entirely break the Frame of our Bodies to pieces. In effect, the Vessels of our Bodies being so much straightened by an increased Pressure, would stagnate the Blood up to the very Heart, and the...
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ALEMBICKhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/unclassified/ALEMBICK
ALEMBICK, or Limbeck, a Chemical Vessel, consisting of a Matrass, fitted with a roundish Head, perforated in a sloping Tube, for the condensed Vapours to pass through in Distillation. See CUCURBIT, and DISTILLATION.Alembic is popularly understood of the...
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SPLENIC Vesselshttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/unclassified/SPLENIC-Vessels
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ILIAC VESSELShttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/unclassified/ILIAC-VESSELS
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MESARAIC Vesselshttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/unclassified/MESARAIC-Vessels
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CERVICAL Vesselshttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/unclassified/CERVICAL-Vessels
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ANASTOMOSIShttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/biotechnology/anatomy/ANASTOMOSIS
or Anastomoses, in Anatomy, is sometimes used to express such an Opening of the Mouths of the Vessels, as lets out their Contents. See VESSEL, etc. The Word is formed from the Greek ἀναστόμωσις (anastomōsis), from ἀνά (ana, through) and στόμα (stoma,...
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- Category: Anatomy
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VESSELhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/unclassified/VESSEL
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DOUBLE Vesselhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/unclassified/DOUBLE-Vessel
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ANCHORhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/unclassified/ANCHOR
ANCHOR, an Instrument used at Sea, and in Rivers; to retain and fasten a Vessel by. See SHIP. An Anchor is a large strong piece of Iron, crooked at one End, and formed into two Barbs, resembling a Hook; fastened at the other end by a Cable. See CABLE,...
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ANIMALhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/unclassified/ANIMAL
respect being only had to the Body, not the Soul, may be defined with Boerhaave to be an organical Body, consisting of Vessels and Juices; and taking in the Matter of its Nutriment, by a Part called a Mouth; whence it is conveyed into another called the...
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ANGEIOLOGYhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/biotechnology/anatomy/ANGEIOLOGY
Angeiologia, in Anatomy, the History, or Description of the Vessels in a human Body; e.g., the Nerves, Arteries, Veins, and Lymphatics. See VESSELS. Angeiology is a Branch of Sarcology. See SARCOLOGY. The Word seems to be derived from ἀγγεῖον, a Vessel,...
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ANGEIOGRAPHYhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/unclassified/ANGEIOGRAPHY
a Description of the Weights, Measures, Vessels, &c. used by the several Nations. See MEASURE, WEIGHT, VESSEL, etc. The Word is compounded of ἀγγεῖον, Vas, Vessel; and γράφω, scribo, I describe. ANGEIOGRAPHY
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ARKhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/mathematics/geometry/ARK
ARK, or Arc, or Arch, Arēs, in Geometry, Astronomy, etc. See ARC. Ark, Arca, in the Scripture-Language, a kind of floating Vessel built by Noah, for the Preservation of the several Species of Animals, from the Deluge. See DELUGE. The Ark has afforded...
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ASPERA ARTERIAhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/unclassified/ASPERA%20ARTERIA
Cartilages, is to keep the Passage for the Air open; but in the capillary Bronchia, they would hinder the subsiding of the Vessels. See BRONCHIA. These Cartilages are tied together by two Membranes, external and internal: the external is composed of...
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ANTHESTERIAhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/mix-d-mathematics/chronology/ANTHESTERIA
had a Name suited to the proper Office of the Day. The first Day of the Feast was called Pithoigia, i.e., Opening of the Vessels, in regard on this Day they opened the Vessels, and tasted the Wine. The second they called Choes, Choës, the Name of a...
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AMPUTATIONhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/biotechnology/anatomy/AMPUTATION
the use of the Saw. This being done, the Gripe may be slackened; to give an opportunity for searching for the large Blood-Vessels, and securing the Hemorrhage at their Mouths, either by the actual Cautery, the Ligature, stitching them up, applying...
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ARTERYhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/biotechnology/anatomy/ARTERY
ordinarily composed of three Coats or Membranes. The first or outermost, nervous or tendinous; being a Thread of fine Blood Vessels with Nerves, for nourishing the other Coats. The second muscular, made up of circular, or rather spiral Fibres; of which...
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ASCENDINGhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/unclassified/ASCENDING
Anatomy, is applied to such Vessels as carry the Blood upwards, or from lower to higher Parts of the Body. See BLOOD and VESSEL. The Ascending Aorta, Aorta ascendens, is the superior Trunk of the Artery, which furnishes the Head. See Aorta. The...
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