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spleen, ruptured(medicine)

triumvirate (iou) and ruptured (medicine)


triumvirate (iou)



triumvirate noun & adjective. L16.
[Latin triumviratus, from TRIUMVIR: see -ATE1.]
A. noun.
A group of three people in a joint position of power or authority; spec. (Roman History) the triumviri. Also, the office or function of (each of) such a group. Cf. TRIUMVIR 1. L16.
first triumvirate Roman History a coalition formed by Pompey, Caesar, and Crassus in 60 BC. second triumvirate Roman History a coalition formed by Caesar, Antony, and Lepidus in 43 BC.
transf. A group of three notable or distinguished people or things. M17.
b. adjective. Of or pertaining to a triumvirate; that is a triumvirate. L16.

ruptured (medicine)


ruptured
<medicine> Having a rupture, or hernia.

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