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• Ignipuncture — (Latin: Ignis (fire) + puncture ) is the original procedure of closing a retina break in retinal separation by transfixation of the break with cautery. The procedure was pioneered and named by Jules Gonin in the early 1900s.Wolfensberger TJ.… …   Wikipedia

• Broken plural — In linguistics, broken plurals are a grammatical phenomenon typical in many Semitic languages of the Middle East and Ethiopia in which a singular noun is broken to form a plural by having its root consonants embedded in a different frame , rather …   Wikipedia

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• Triliteral — In the terminology used to discuss the grammar of the Semitic languages and some other Afro Asiatic languages, a triliteral (Arabic: جذر ثلاثي, transl|sem|ǧaḏr ṯalāṯī ) is a root containing a sequence of three consonants (so also known as a… …   Wikipedia

• ignipuncture — noun The original procedure of closing a retina break in retinal separation by transfixation of the break with cautery …   Wiktionary

• transfix — 1. noun A discontinuous affix, which occurs at more than one position in a word, typical of Semitic languages. 2. verb a) To render motionless, by arousing terror, amazement or awe. b) To …   Wiktionary

• ignipuncture — The original procedure of closing a retinal break in retinal separation by transfixation of the break with cautery. [L. ignis, fire, + puncture] * * * ig·ni·punc·ture ig nə .pəŋ(k) chər …   Medical dictionary

• Semitic root — The roots of verbs and most nouns in the Semitic languages are characterized as a sequence of consonants or radicals (hence also the term consonantal root). Such abstract consonantal roots are used in the formation of actual words by adding the… …   Wikipedia

• bore — Synonyms and related words: acupunctuation, acupuncture, aggravation, annoyance, auger, bad news, be tedious, bedevilment, billow, bite, bore stiff, bore to death, bore to distraction, bore to tears, boring, bother, botheration, bothersomeness,… …   Moby Thesaurus