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(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 ...
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, ...
(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...
(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...
1723–90, Scottish economist, educated at Glasgow and Oxford. He became professor of moral philosophy at the Univ. of Glasgow in 1752, and while teac...
river, c.250 mi (400 km) long, rising in Jasper National Park, W Alta., Canada, and flowing generally NE to the Peace River. It receives the Wapiti an...