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Symbol for joule .
1. A placing close together or side by side; apposition.
2. The situation of being close together or side by side.
Symbol for joule .
1. A decision or opinion given after judging; especially, a formal decision given by a court.
2. (Capitalized) The final judging of mankind by God.
3. The process of forming an opinion by discerning and comparing.
4. The capacity for judging; discernment.
1. The act or process of proving to be just, right, or reasonable.
2. A pronouncement that someone or something is free from guilt or blame.
3. The adjustment of spaces in a line of printed text so the margins are even.
A syndrome characterized by hyperbilirubinemia and deposition of bile pigment in the skin, mucous membranes and sclera with resulting yellow appearance of the patient; called also icterus.
1. Cervical (def. 1).
2. Pertaining to a jugular vein.
3. A jugular vein.
Type 1 diabetes mellitus.
A class of "jawless" fish, which includes two extant groups: the lampreys and the hagfish. Superclass: Agnatha; subphylum: Vertebrata; phylum: Chordata; kingdom: Animalia.
Any of certain large veins of the neck, especially one (external jugular vein) collecting blood from the superficial parts of the head, or one (internal jugular vein) collecting blood from within the skull. See also anterior jugular vein.
Type 1 diabetes mellitus.
That portion of the small intestine which extends from the duodenum to the ileum, called also "intestinum jejunum."
Arcus venosus jugularis. A transverse connecting trunk between the anterior jugular veins of either side.
Bartter's syndrome.
An articulation; the place of union or junction between two or more bones of the skeleton, especially a junction that admits of more or less motion of one or more bones.
The place of meeting or of coming together, as of two different organs or types of tissue.
1. A placing close together or side by side; apposition.
2. The situation of being close together or side by side.
SI unit of energy and heat, being the work done by a force of 1 newton acting over a distance of 1 meter. Symbol, J.
Pertaining to a junction.