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  2. Pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis - Wikipedia

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    Subsequently, the word was used in Frank Scully's puzzle book Bedside Manna, after which time, members of the N.P.L. campaigned to include the word in major dictionaries. [ 9 ] [ 10 ] This 45-letter word, referred to as "p45", [ 11 ] first appeared in the 1939 supplement to the Merriam-Webster New International Dictionary, Second Edition .

  3. U.S. Army Garrison Schweinfurt - Wikipedia

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    United States Army Garrison Schweinfurt (USAG Schweinfurt) was a United States Army military community located in and around Schweinfurt, Germany from 1945 to 2014. The garrison comprised two installations (Conn and Ledward Barracks), two housing areas (Askren Manor and Yorktown Village Housing Area), and two local training areas (Brönnhof or Area M) in Pfändhausen, to the north of ...

  4. So Long - Wikipedia

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    So Long may refer to: "So Long" (ABBA song), 1974 "So Long!" (AKB48 song), 2013 "So Long" (Diplo song), 2019 "So Long" (Russ Morgan song), 1940; covered by the Charioteers (1940), Ruth Brown (1949), and many others "So Long", a song by the Cat Empire from So Many Nights, 2007 "So Long", a song by Everlast from the End of Days film soundtrack, 1999

  5. Praxinoscope - Wikipedia

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    This ultimate elaboration of the device used long strips with hundreds of narrative images. The praxinoscope was an animation device, the successor to the zoetrope. It was invented in France in 1877 by Charles-Émile Reynaud. Like the zoetrope, it used a strip of pictures placed around the inner surface of a spinning cylinder.

  6. Vascular closure device - Wikipedia

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    An external vascular closure device of radial artery following a cardiac catheterization. The device allows for gradual release of pressure over the puncture site, reducing patient discomfort, until closure is achieved. Prior to the development of VCD's, the main method for closing the femoral artery was manual compression.

  7. Atrial septal defect - Wikipedia

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    Percutaneous closure of an ASD is currently only indicated for the closure of secundum ASDs with a sufficient rim of tissue around the septal defect so that the closure device does not impinge upon the superior vena cava, inferior vena cava, or the tricuspid or mitral valves. The Amplatzer Septal Occluder (ASO) is commonly used to close ASDs ...

  8. Door closer - Wikipedia

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    Another device for smaller domestic doors used a loop of rope or skein fixed to the door frame, that was twisted, with a piece of wood placed in between the twists to push the door. The opening of the door twists the skein further, when the door is released the rope's torsional force pushes the arm back against the door, thereby closing it.

  9. Drawing up a comprehensive list of words in English is important as a reference when learning a language as it will show the equivalent words you need to learn in the other language to achieve fluency. A big list will constantly show you what words you don't know and what you need to work on and is useful for testing yourself.