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  2. Stretch marks - Wikipedia

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    More specifically, it affects the dermis by preventing the fibroblasts from forming collagen and elastin fibers necessary to keep rapidly growing skin taut; this can create a lack of supportive material as the skin is stretched, and lead to dermal and epidermal tearing, which in turn can produce scarring in the form of stretch marks. This is ...

  3. Vaginectomy - Wikipedia

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    Total or partial vaginectomy along with other procedures like laser vaporization can be used in the treatment of vaginal intraepithelial neoplasia.These procedures remove the cancerous tissue and provide tissue samples to help identify underlying/invasive cancer while maintaining structure and function of the vagina.

  4. Dakin's solution - Wikipedia

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    Dakin's solution is a dilute solution of sodium hypochlorite (0.4% to 0.5%) and other stabilizing ingredients, traditionally used as an antiseptic, e.g. to cleanse wounds in order to prevent infection. [1] The preparation was for a time called also Carrel–Dakin solution or Carrel–Dakin fluid. [citation needed]

  5. Electric power transmission - Wikipedia

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    The four main models are the short line approximation, the medium line approximation, the long line approximation (with distributed parameters), and the lossless line. In such models, a capital letter such as R refers to the total quantity summed over the line and a lowercase letter such as c refers to the per-unit-length quantity.

  6. Zoophilia - Wikipedia

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    A kylix depicting Silenus having sex with a fawn, dated after 500 BC. Roman oil lamp dating from 1st–3rd century AD depicting a zoophilic act. The historical perspective on zoophilia and bestiality varies greatly, from the prehistoric era, where depictions of bestiality appear in European rock art, [6] to the Middle Ages, where bestiality was met with execution.

  7. Child pornography - Wikipedia

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    Child pornography (also called CP, child sexual abuse material, [1] CSAM, [2] child porn, kiddie porn) is erotic material that depicts persons under the designated age of majority.

  8. SETI@home - Wikipedia

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    SETI@home is a test bed for further development not only of BOINC but of other hardware and software (database) technology. Under SETI@home processing loads, these experimental technologies can be more challenging than expected, as SETI databases do not have typical accounting and business data or relational structures.

  9. Nazca lines - Wikipedia

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    The Nazca lines (/ ˈ n ɑː z k ə /, /-k ɑː / [1]) are a group of geoglyphs made in the soil of the Nazca Desert in southern Peru. [2] They were created between 500 BC and 500 AD by people making depressions or shallow incisions in the desert floor, removing pebbles and leaving different-colored dirt exposed. [ 3 ]