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Mi

A syllable applied to the third tone of the scale of C, i. e., to E, in European solmization, but to the third tone of any scale in the American system.

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Infarction 76% connected

The act of stuffing or filling; an overloading and obstruction of any organ or vessel of the body; constipation.

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Component part 1

Furlong 70% connected

A measure of length; the eighth part of a mile; forty rods; two hundred and twenty yards.

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League 70% connected

A measure of length or distance, varying in different countries from about 2.4 to 4.6 English statute miles of 5.280 feet each, and used (as a land m…

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Mile 92% connected

A certain measure of distance, being equivalent in England and the United States to 320 poles or rods, or 5,280 feet.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Accent noun · 78% connection

the relative prominence of a syllable or musical note (especially with regard to stress or pitch); "he put the stress on the wrong syl…

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allophone noun · 78% connection

(linguistics) any of various acoustically different forms of the same phoneme

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Emphasis noun · 78% connection

the relative prominence of a syllable or musical note (especially with regard to stress or pitch); "he put the stress on the wrong syl…

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Phoneme noun · 78% connection

(linguistics) one of a small set of speech sounds that are distinguished by the speakers of a particular language

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Stress noun · 78% connection

the relative prominence of a syllable or musical note (especially with regard to stress or pitch); "he put the stress on the wrong syl…

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Tone noun · 78% connection

(linguistics) a pitch or change in pitch of the voice that serves to distinguish words in tonal languages; "the Beijing dialect uses f…

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Angioplasty noun · 78% connection

an operation to repair a damaged blood vessel or unblock a coronary artery

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Anticoagulant noun · 78% connection

medicine that prevents or retards the clotting of blood

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Arteria coronaria noun · 78% connection

the artery that branches from the aorta to supply blood to the heart

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Atherosclerosis noun · 78% connection

a stage of arteriosclerosis involving fatty deposits (atheromas) inside the arterial walls, thus narrowing the arteries

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Atrial fibrillation noun · 78% connection

fibrillation of the muscles of the atria of the heart

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Cardiac arrhythmia noun · 78% connection

an abnormal rate of muscle contractions in the heart

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Cardiogram noun · 78% connection

a graphical recording of the cardiac cycle produced by an electrocardiograph

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Cardiomyopathy noun · 78% connection

a disorder (usually of unknown origin) of the heart muscle (myocardium)

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Cholesterol noun · 78% connection

an animal sterol that is normally synthesized by the liver; the most abundant steroid in animal tissues

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Coronary artery noun · 78% connection

the artery that branches from the aorta to supply blood to the heart

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Coronary artery disease noun · 78% connection

a stage of arteriosclerosis involving fatty deposits (atheromas) inside the arterial walls, thus narrowing the arteries

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A unknown · 78% connection

The name of the sixth tone in the model major scale (that in C), or the first tone of the minor scale, which is named after it the sca…

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C unknown · 78% connection

The keynote of the normal or "natural" scale, which has neither flats nor sharps in its signature; also, the third note of the relativ…

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D unknown · 78% connection

The nominal of the second tone in the model major scale (that in C), or of the fourth tone in the relative minor scale of C (that in A…

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Ditone noun · 78% connection

The Greek major third, which comprehend two major tones (the modern major third contains one major and one minor whole tone).

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E unknown · 78% connection

E is the third tone of the model diatonic scale. E/ (E flat) is a tone which is intermediate between D and E.

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F verb · 78% connection

The name of the fourth tone of the model scale, or scale of C. F sharp (F /) is a tone intermediate between F and G.

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Fa noun · 78% connection

A syllable applied to the fourth tone of the diatonic scale in solmization.

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G unknown · 78% connection

G is the name of the fifth tone of the natural or model scale; -- called also sol by the Italians and French. It was also originally u…

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Heavy syllable noun · 78% connection

a syllable with a branching nucleus or a branching rime.; "A heavy syllable consists of a long vowel or a diphthong, or a short vowel…

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Keynote noun · 78% connection

The tonic or first tone of the scale in which a piece or passage is written; the fundamental tone of the chord, to which all the modul…

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La noun · 78% connection

A syllable applied to the sixth tone of the scale in music in solmization.

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Light adjective · 78% connection

(used of vowels or syllables) pronounced with little or no stress; "a syllable that ends in a short vowel is a light syllable"; "a wea…

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