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111Western Africa — ▪ region, Africa Introduction region lying south of the Sahara and east and north of the Atlantic Ocean. It is latitudinally divided into two parallel belts of land: the western portion of the Sudan, a geographic area that stretches across… …
112Communion under Both Kinds — • Communion under one kind is the reception of the Sacrament of the Eucharist under the species or appearance of bread alone, or of wine alone, Communion under two or both kinds, the distinct reception under the two or both species, sub utraque… …
113Aswang Shape-Shifter — Variations: Ungo This species of ASWANG is found throughout the Philippines. It can look either male or female but typically appears as an old woman with bloodshot eyes, long black HAIR, and a long black tongue. A sorcerer can decide to become… …
114GREETINGS AND CONGRATULATIONS — Although Jews have adopted the languages of the countries in which they live, they have always tended to retain traditional forms of greetings and congratulations either in Hebrew or Yiddish and occasionally in Aramaic, and some of these forms of …
115PIKKU'AḤ NEFESH — (Heb. פִּקּוּחַ נֶפֶשׁ; regard for human life ), the rabbinical term applied to the duty to save human life in a situation in which it is imperiled. The danger to life may be due to a grave state of illness or other direct peril (sakkanat… …
116False Face Society — The False Face Society is the best known of many medicinal societies among the Iroquois. The society is best known for its dramatic wooden masks, the false faces. The masks are used in healing rituals which invoke spirits and a dream world. Those …
117AMULET — From earliest times, man has tried to protect himself from misfortune by the use of objects which he considered holy or otherwise (e.g., magically) potent. One of the ways of doing this was to keep the object close to his person, frequently… …
118Revier — A revier (abbreviated from German Krankenrevier , or sick bay, dispensary ) in the language of Nazi camps was a barrack for sick concentration camp inmates. Most of the medical personnel were inmates themselves. The conditions in reviers varied… …
119Negative predictive value — In statistics and diagnostic testing, the negative predictive value (NPV) is a summary statistic used to describe the performance of a diagnostic testing procedure. It is defined as the proportion of subjects with a negative test result who are… …
120invalid — I. a. 1. Weak, of no weight, of no force. 2. (Law.) Void, null, of no legal force, null and void. 3. Unsound, unfounded, baseless, untrue, fallacious, that does not hold (good). II. a. Weak, feeble, infirm, sick, sickly, weakly, frail,… …
