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Pyxis Corporation was a San Diego company co-founded by Ronald R. Taylor and investor Tim Wollaeger in 1987. The company is the first to develop MedStation products in 1990 and is also a market leader for automated medication management, [ 1 ] developing an automated dispensing cabinet under the name Pyxis .
Pyxis may also refer to: Pyxis (vessel), a piece of ancient Greek pottery; Pyxis, a turtle genus; Pyxis, a type of capsular fruit where the upper part falls off; Pyxis, a Japanese idol duo consists of Miku Itō and Moe Toyota; Pyxis Corporation, a manufacturer of medical technologies and automated dispensing cabinet (ADC) for medications
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NGC 2818 is a planetary nebula located in the southern constellation Pyxis (The Compass). It consists largely of glowing gases from the star's outer layers ejected during the final stages of its life when it had run out of the fuel necessary to sustain its core fusion processes. The remnants of its core will remain as a white dwarf. [3]
CIBC Mellon was founded in 1996 after CIBC joined with Mellon Financial Corporation in a 50-50 joint venture named CIBC Mellon Global Securities Services (CMGSS). [6] The following year, 1997, CIBC purchased a 50% stake in The R-M Trust Company from Mellon, which would become CMGSS's sister company, CIBC Mellon Trust Company (CMTC). [7]
Pyxis [a] is a small and faint constellation in the southern sky. Abbreviated from Pyxis Nautica, its name is Latin for a mariner's compass (contrasting with Circinus, which represents a draftsman's compasses). Pyxis was introduced by Nicolas-Louis de Lacaille in the 18th century, and is counted among the 88 modern constellations.
Attic red-figure pyxis, c. 470–460 BC. A pyxis (Greek: πυξίς; pl.: pyxides) is a shape of vessel from the classical world, usually a cylindrical box with a separate lid and no handles. [1] They were used to hold cosmetics, trinkets or jewellery, but were also used for dispensing incense and by physicians to contain medicine. [2]
Pyxis arachnoides matzi Bour, 1979 Pyxis arachnoides oblonga Bour, 1985 The spider tortoise ( Pyxis arachnoides ) is a species of tortoise in the family Testudinidae that is endemic to Madagascar and is one of only two species in the genus Pyxis .