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2 unusual facts about swelling


Root trainer

The swelling of the root both inside and outside of the girdled point causes branching within the container, yet greatly minimized any open wounds at harvest.

Swelling

Die swell, the increase in cross-sectional area of an extrudate after exiting a die


Battle of Agrigentum

Hannibal Gisco, the commander of Agrigentum and the son of Gisgo, gathered many of the people who lived in the area surrounding the city behind the city walls, swelling the population of the city to about 50,000; his garrison, however, was relatively small.

Compression therapy

Cold compression therapy, to reduce pain and swelling from a sports or activity injury

Daniel M. Buechlein

On January 18, 2008, Buechlein was diagnosed with Hodgkin's lymphoma, more commonly known as Hodgkin's disease, having experienced heavy fatigue and a swelling under his right arm and then undergoing medical tests on the previous January 13.

Eastern green mamba

However, patients bitten by the eastern green mamba develop swelling of the entire bitten limb and also show mild haemostatic disturbances (Warrell DA; MacKay et al. 1966).

Evangelical Lutheran Church of St. Peter

After years in work camps to pay back the cost of passage, in a failed attempt by the British to produce naval stores on the lands of the Livingston family in today's Columbia County, some of the Germans settled in today's Rhinebeck, swelling the population of an area lightly settled by the Dutch a few decades before.

Foundation for New Era Philanthropy

Using the swelling funds from these churches, Bennett expanded further, establishing offices in Radnor, Pennsylvania.

Kawai Musical Instruments

-- Conducted by whom? --> at California Polytechnic University (Pomona) in 1998, Kawai's ABS action parts were shown to be stronger than comparable wooden parts and far less susceptible to shrinking and swelling due to humidity.

Kunur River

With water from several small streams swelling it during the monsoons, it often floods large areas of Ausgram and Mangalkot police stations of Bardhaman district.

Lactobionic acid

Potassium lactobionate is added to organ preservation solutions such as Viaspan or CoStorSol to provide osmotic support and prevent cell swelling.

Lateral lingual swelling

During the third week there appears, immediately behind the ventral ends of the two halves of the mandibular arch, a rounded swelling named the tuberculum impar, which was described by His as undergoing enlargement to form the buccal part of the tongue.

Matt Maguire

But soon after Maguire was diagnosed with Compartment syndrome and required a further eight operations to relieve him of the pain and swelling.

MMRV vaccine

Rare but serious adverse events reported following ProQuad vaccination include allergic reactions, including swelling of the lips, tongue, or face; difficulty breathing or closing of the throat; hives; paleness; weakness; dizziness; a fast heart beat; deafness; long-term seizures, coma, or lowered consciousness; permanent brain damage; seizures (jerking or staring) caused by fever; or temporary low platelet count.

Ped

Columnar structure is common in the subsoil of sodium affected soils and soils rich in swelling clays such as the semectites and the kandite Halloysite.

Periorbital puffiness

Puffy eyes are usually only a temporary cosmetic worry, but occasionally, individuals become concerned about the cosmetic effect of periorbital swelling and seek surgical correction.

Post viral cerebellar ataxia

Steroids may be needed for swelling (inflammation) of the cerebellum (such as from multiple sclerosis).

Skeg

In time hydrodynamic improvements took place, pioneered by George Downing who also created the first removable skeg, a teak wood skeg in a teak wood box which was supposed to hold in place due to the swelling of woods in water.

Spavin

Bog spavin, a swelling condition that does not cause lameness, but may be produced by something that does

Tuberculum impar

During the third week of embryological development there appears, immediately behind the ventral ends of the two halves of the mandibular arch, a rounded swelling named the tuberculum impar, which was described by His as undergoing enlargement to form the buccal part of the tongue.

Watsonville Riots

Filipino laborers frequenting pool halls or attending street fairs in Stockton, Dinuba, Exeter, and Fresno risked being attacked by nativists threatened by the swelling labor pool as well as the Filipino's presumed predatory sexual nature.


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