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breeze(2)(dictionary)
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breeze 2, verb(dictionary)
breeze 1, noun(dictionary)

breeze-block (oh) and Neri's sign (medicine)


breeze-block (oh)



n [C] BrE
[Date: 1900-2000; Origin: breeze 'small pieces of burnt coal' (18-20 centuries), from French braise]
a light brick used in building, made of cement and cinders
American Equivalent: cinder block

Neri's sign (medicine)


Neri's sign
<clinical sign> In hemiplegia, the knee bends spontaneously when the leg is passively extended.