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  2. Sextilis - Wikipedia

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    August panel from a Roman mosaic of the months (from El Djem, Tunisia, first half of 3rd century AD) Sextilis (lit. ' sixth ') or mensis Sextilis was the Latin name for what was originally the sixth month in the Roman calendar, when March (Martius, "Mars' month") was the first of ten months in the year. After the calendar reform that produced a ...

  3. Human embryonic development - Wikipedia

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    The normal period of gestation (pregnancy) is about nine months or 40 weeks. The germinal stage refers to the time from fertilization through the development of the early embryo until implantation is completed in the uterus. The germinal stage takes around 10 days. [1] During this stage, the zygote divides in a process called cleavage.

  4. Neoplasm - Wikipedia

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    The process that occurs to form or produce a neoplasm is called neoplasia. The growth of a neoplasm is uncoordinated with that of the normal surrounding tissue, and persists in growing abnormally, even if the original trigger is removed. [3] [4] [5] This abnormal growth usually forms a mass, which may be called a tumour or tumor. [6]

  5. Cancer - Wikipedia

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    Galen stated that "cancer of the breast is so called because of the fancied resemblance to a crab given by the lateral prolongations of the tumor and the adjacent distended veins". [223]: 738 Celsus (c. 25 BC – 50 AD) translated karkinos into the Latin cancer, also meaning crab and recommended surgery as treatment. [221]

  6. Warburg hypothesis - Wikipedia

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    The hypothesis was postulated by the Nobel laureate Otto Heinrich Warburg in 1924. [3] He hypothesized that cancer, malignant growth, and tumor growth are caused by the fact that tumor cells mainly generate energy (as e.g., adenosine triphosphate / ATP) by non-oxidative breakdown of glucose (a process called glycolysis).

  7. How is the treatment different for cancer patients? - AOL

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    The 44-year-old actress — who was diagnosed with an aggressive form of breast cancer called luminal B in February following a risk-assessment test — told the magazine that she has undergone a ...

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  9. October was once the 8th month of the year - AOL

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    Many know that the prefix oct- means eight, as in octopus or octagon. But why does October, the 10th month of the year, have this prefix?