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Lunula

 

a metal crescent-shaped ornament made of bronze, silver, or, less frequently, gold. Lunulae have been known since the end of the Bronze Age. They were common in Egypt as well as among many farming peoples of Europe and Asia and reflected the worship of the moon, which was connected with the cult of fertility. Earrings, pendants, metal details of headdresses, and other ornaments had the form of lunulae. Lunulae were widespread in Rus’ in the tenth to 12th centuries. Crescent-shaped ornaments have been preserved in the folk costumes of certain peoples of India.

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2), en ambos casos la monofilia de este subgenero es soportada por un cambio unico: forma de la lunula trapezoidal, con el margen posterior recto [17.1] (Fig.
Descripcion.--Concha subcuadrada, subequivalva, fuertemente prosogiro; adherida al sustrato en las primeras etapas de crecimiento; extremo anterior pronunciado; lunula muy marcada por lineas incisas.
Using a transverse incision 1 mm distal and parallel to the lunula, the lesion was exposed and removed in toto which revealed a tumour of size 3mm by 1 cm.
he's over the moon Solid gold lunula found in a field by hunter David
Although the distal portion of the matrix is typically visible (as the lunula) in the thumb and forefinger, it is concealed under the proximal nail fold in the rest of the fingers and the toes.
A red-spotted lunula and periungual erythema have been postulated as a sign of acute nail involvement.24
In her physical examination, it was seen that blue pigment changes were present in the lunula regions of the nails of both hands and feet (see Figure 1).
aptogonum 8.62 [+ or -] 3.19 33 Planktosphaeria gelatino 5.21 [+ or -] 0.12 34 Netrium digitus 44.19 [+ or -] 4.72 35 Treubaria crassispina 1.72 [+ or -] 0.00 36 Bulbochaeta species * 20.48 [+ or -] 12.86 37 Clostridium lunula 12.90 [+ or -] 0.44 38 Docidium species * 7.62 [+ or -] 0.00 39 Ankistrodesmus species * 44.44 [+ or -] 0.00 40 Oedogonium species * 7.41 [+ or -] 0.00 41 Scenedesmus species * 38.33 [+ or -] 0.00 42 Spirogyra species * 14.82 [+ or -] 0.00 43 Cladophora species * 2.07 [+ or -] 0.00 44 Netrium species * 17.15 [+ or -] 2.86 S/no.
lunula (Schimper ex Karsten) R,B 3.0 M P 4 Gomez, Moreira et Lopez-Garcia Neoceratium (Ceratium)lunula var.
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