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(l ´l s s s ´n s) (KEY) or Lelio Sozzini (l ´ly ) (KEY) , 1525–62, Italian religious reformer. After becoming interested in Protestantism, Soci...
(s l k ´s s) (KEY) , occupational disease of the lungs caused by inhalation of free silica (quartz) dust over a prolonged period of time. Free silica...
cavity or hollow space in the body, usually filled with air or blood. In humans the paranasal sinuses, mucus-lined cavities in the bones of the face, ...
(p ´t r yäns sän´r däm) (KEY) , 1597–1665, Dutch painter. Born in Assendelft, he spent most of his life in Haarlem. Saenredam was a painter of ...
1859–1934, American pathologist, b. Albany, N.Y., M.D. Albany Medical College, 1883. He was professor of bacteriology at Columbian (now George Washi...
(s j lâr´ ) (KEY) , genus of fossil club moss allied to Lepidodendron, abundant in the Carboniferous period. The thick trunk was rarely branched an...