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  2. Praise of Mahakala - Wikipedia

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    English translation (literal): Let me eloquently praise in rhymes Your mighty wisdom renowned to all With four arms and unique face With three red circular eyes With naturally growing yellow hair With teeth grinding an entire human You uproot sins of passion With a sword in your front right hand You disperse countless doubts With a skull in ...

  3. Ohaguro - Wikipedia

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    Ohaguro. Teeth blackening. Nishiki-e by Utagawa Kunisada, 1820, from the series Mirrors of the modern boudoir. Ohaguro (Japanese: お歯黒, pronounced [ohaɡɯɾo], lit. 'black teeth') is the name given in Japan to the custom of blackening one's teeth with a solution of iron filings and vinegar. It was especially popular between the Heian and ...

  4. Glossary of dentistry - Wikipedia

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    The direction toward the biting edge of anterior teeth or something relating to this edge, such as the terms incisal guidance or incisal edge. This is the sister term to occlusal, which related to the analogous location on posterior teeth. [1] Inferior. The direction toward the feet of a human's body, as opposed to superior, which refers to the ...

  5. Tooth decay - Wikipedia

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    Medication. Paracetamol (acetaminophen), ibuprofen [ 6 ] Frequency. 3.6 billion (2016) [ 7 ] Tooth decay, also known as cavities or caries, [ a ] is the breakdown of teeth due to acids produced by bacteria. [ 6 ] The cavities may be a number of different colors, from yellow to black. [ 1 ]

  6. List of English words from Indigenous languages of the Americas

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    This is a list of English language words borrowed from Indigenous languages of the Americas, either directly or through intermediate European languages such as Spanish or French. It does not cover names of ethnic groups or place names derived from Indigenous languages. Most words of Native American/First Nations language origin are the common ...

  7. List of medical roots, suffixes and prefixes - Wikipedia

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    hole, opening, or aperture, particularly in bone Latin forāmen: foramen magnum-form: used to form adjectives indicating "having the form of" Latin fōrma, form, shape cruciform, cuneiform, falciform fore-before or ahead Old English fōr(e)-, before, in front of foregut, foreshadow fossa: a hollow or depressed area; a trench or channel

  8. Wisdom tooth - Wikipedia

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    Wisdom teeth in the human mouth for permanent teeth. There are none in deciduous (children's) teeth. The third molar, commonly called wisdom tooth, is the most posterior of the three molars in each quadrant of the human dentition. The age at which wisdom teeth come through (erupt) is variable, [1] but this generally occurs between late teens ...

  9. Mouth ulcer - Wikipedia

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    Diagramatic representation of mucosal erosion (left), excoriation (center), and ulceration (right) Simplistic representation of the life cycle of mouth ulcers. An ulcer (/ ˈ ʌ l s ər /; from Latin ulcus, "ulcer, sore") [2] is a break in the skin or mucous membrane with loss of surface tissue and the disintegration and necrosis of epithelial tissue. [3]