Literally
101Resorb — Literally, to absorb again. To lose substance. Some of a tooth may be resorbed. * * * To reabsorb; to absorb what has been excreted, as an exudate or pus. [L. re sorbeo, to suck back] * * * re·sorb ( )rē sȯ(ə)rb, zȯ(ə)rb vt to break down and… …
102Subarachnoid — Literally, beneath the arachnoid, the middle of three membranes that cover the central nervous system. In practice, subarachnoid usually refers to the space between the arachnoid and the pia mater, the innermost membrane surrounding the central… …
103insulinemia — Literally, insulin in the circulating blood; usually connotes abnormally large concentrations of insulin in the circulating blood. [insulin + G. haima, blood] * * * in·su·lin·emia or chiefly Brit in·su·lin·ae·mia .in(t) s(ə )lə nē mē ə n the… …
104contiguous — Literally, placed next to or touching. According to Hume the contiguity of events is an important element in our interpretation of their conjunction as causal …
105sense data — Literally, that which is given by the senses. But in response to the question of what exactly is so given, sense data theories posit private showings in the consciousness of the subject. In the case of vision this would be a kind of inner picture …
106Eunuch — Literally bed keeper or chamberlain, and not necessarily in all cases one who was mutilated, although the practice of employing such mutilated persons in Oriental courts was common (2 Kings 9:32; Esther 2:3). The law of Moses excluded them… …
107Providence — Literally means foresight, but is generally used to denote God s preserving and governing all things by means of second causes (Ps. 18:35; 63:8; Acts 17:28; Col. 1:17; Heb. 1:3). God s providence extends to the natural world (Ps. 104:14; 135:5 …
108Egged — Literally, union ; bus transportation cooperative created in 1933 through the merger of four smaller bus cooperatives. In 1951, Egged merged with the northern Shahar bus company and the southern Drom Yehuda bus company, creating a countrywide… …
109Gush Katif — Literally, harvest bloc ; a bloc of 16 settlements in the Gaza Strip between the Mediterranean Sea and the Palestinian towns of Rafah and Khan Younis. The main access road connecting Gush Katif to Israel ran through the Kissufim junction. The… …
110Habimah Theater — Literally, the stage ; Israel s national Hebrew theater, based in Tel Aviv. Founded as a Hebrew language theater by directors Nahum Zemach and Constantin Stanislavsky in Moscow in 1917, it moved permanently to Palestine in 1931. Among its… …
