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  2. Compound (linguistics) - Wikipedia

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    An endocentric compound (tatpuruṣa in the Sanskrit tradition) consists of a head, i.e. the categorical part that contains the basic meaning of the whole compound, and modifiers, which restrict this meaning. For example, the English compound doghouse, where house is the head and dog is the

  3. Compounding - Wikipedia

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    Due to the rising cost of compounding and drug shortages, some hospitals outsource their compounding needs to large-scale compounding pharmacies, particularly of sterile-injectable medications. Compounding preparations of a given formulation in advance batches, as opposed to preparation for a specific patient on demand, is known as "non ...

  4. English compound - Wikipedia

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    English compound modifiers are constructed in a very similar way to the compound noun. Blackboard Jungle , leftover ingredients , gunmetal sheen , and green monkey disease are only a few examples. A compound modifier is a sequence of modifiers of a noun that function as a single unit.

  5. What is compound interest? How compounding works to ... - AOL

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    Compound interest can help turbocharge your savings and investments or quickly lead to an unruly balance, stuck in a cycle of debt. Learn more about what compound interest is and how it works.

  6. Composition (fine) - Wikipedia

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    Compounding is a legal procedure whereby a criminal or delinquent avoids prosecution in a court of law, potentially leading to the confiscation of his estate or some other punishment, in exchange for his payment to the authorities of a financial penalty or fine.

  7. Word formation - Wikipedia

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    Compounding is the processing of combining two bases, where each base may be a fully-fledged word. For example: desktop is formed by combining desk and top; railway is formed by combining rail and way; firefighter is formed by combining fire and fighter [5] Compounding is a topic relevant to syntax, semantics, and morphology. [2]

  8. Pharmacy - Wikipedia

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    Compounding involves preparing drugs in forms that are different from the generic prescription standard. This may include altering the strength, ingredients, or dosage form. [26] Compounding is a way to create custom drugs for patients who may not be able to take the medication in its standard form, such as due to an allergy or difficulty ...

  9. Longest words - Wikipedia

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    The longest dictionary form word is the word megszentségtelenített, with 21 characters (although it ultimately derives from the word szent meaning: "saint" or "sacred"), and it means "desecrated" or "profaned".