See Also: Herbal medicine (botanical medicine, herbology, phytomedicine)(health)
Medicine Lodge Memorial Hospital- Medicine Lodge(health)
MACAU(tourism)
Macau(encyclopedia)
Air Macau(tourism)
Macau car rental(tourism)
Holiday Inn Macau(tourism)
Macau mortgage(finance)
Air Macau flights(tourism)
Air Macau code(tourism)

autotomy (medicine) and Macau (sh)


autotomy (medicine)


autotomy


The act of casting off a body part as a means of escape; e.g., the limb of a crab or the tail of a lizard.

Origin: auto-+ G. Tome, a cutting


Macau (sh)




or Macao Chinese Aomen

Special administrative region (pop., 2002 est.: 438,000), southern China.

It lies on the South China Sea coast and consists of a small peninsula, which projects from Guangdong province, and two small islands, about 40 mi (64 km) west of Hong Kong. It occupies a total land area of 8.3 sq mi (21.6 sq km). Macao city is the administrative centre. Portuguese traders first arrived in 1513, and it soon became the chief market centre for the trade between China and Japan. It was declared a Portuguese colony in 1849 and an overseas territory in 1951. In 1999 Portugal returned it to Chinese rule. Tourism and gambling are the mainstays of its economy.