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  • 21Apparent death — Playing possum redirects here. For the 1975 album by Carly Simon, see Playing Possum. Apparent death, colloquially known as playing dead or playing possum, is an antipredator behavior observed in a wide range of animals in which they take on the… …

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  • 22Support surface — is a medical term used to describe materials such as mattresses that support people who are bed ridden through illness. Research and development of appropriate support surfaces can alleviate some of the complications of immobility, such as… …

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  • 23Free trade debate — Free trade is one of the most debated topics in economics of the 20th and 21st century Fact|date=December 2007. Arguments over free trade can be divided into economic, moral, and socio political arguments. The academic debate among economists is… …

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  • 24Deep vein thrombosis — DVT redirects here. For other uses, see DVT (disambiguation). Deep vein thrombosis Classification and external resources A deep vein thrombosis in the right leg. Note the swelling and redness. ICD 10 …

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  • 25Fat fetishism — is the strong or exclusive sexual attraction to overweight or obese people.[1] As well as traditional attraction, the topic also incorporates feederism and gaining, where sexual gratification is obtained via the process of gaining body fat. Fat… …

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  • 26avoidance behaviour — Type of activity, exhibited by animals exposed to adverse stimuli, in which the tendency to flee or to act defensively is stronger than the tendency to attack. Vision is the sense that most often produces avoidance behaviour (e.g., small birds… …

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  • 27e-thrombosis — n. The formation of blood clots caused by sitting at a computer for prolonged periods. Also: eThrombosis. Example Citations: Office workers risk being struck down by deep vein thrombosis if they sit at their computer screens for long periods… …

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  • 28immobile — [[t]ɪmo͟ʊbaɪl, AM b(ə)l[/t]] 1) ADJ GRADED: usu v link ADJ Someone or something that is immobile is completely still. Joe remained as immobile as if he had been carved out of rock. Syn: motionless Derived words: immobility [[t]ɪ̱moʊbɪ̱lɪti[/t]] N …

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  • 29Comparative advantage — Economics …

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  • 30Ion Creangă — Creangă redirects here. For other uses, see Creangă (surname). Ion Creangă Nică al lui Ştefan a Petrei Ion Torcălău Ioan Ştefănescu Born 1837 or 1839 Târgu Neamţ Died …

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