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  • 11Mammogram — An X ray of the breast with the breast in a device that compresses and flattens it. There are two basic mammogram tests screening mammograms and diagnostic mammograms. A screening mammogram is one done in women who have no signs of breast cancer …

    Medical dictionary

  • 12insensible — (adj.) c.1400, lacking the power to feel with the senses, from L. insensibilis that cannot be felt, from in not (see IN (Cf. in ) (1)) + sensibilis (see SENSIBLE (Cf. sensible)). Also sometimes in M.E. incapable of being felt or perceived by the… …

    Etymology dictionary

  • 13Impalpable — Im*pal pa*ble, a. [Pref. im not + palpable: cf. F. impalpable.] 1. Not palpable; that cannot be felt; extremely fine, so that no grit can be perceived by touch. Impalpable powder. Boyle. [1913 Webster] 2. Not material; intangible; incorporeal.… …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 14Screening mammogram — A mammogram (an X ray of the breast) in women who have no signs of breast cancer. It usually involves two X rays of each breast. The aim of a screening mammogram is to detect a tumor that cannot be felt. A screening mammogram is different from a… …

    Medical dictionary

  • 15microcalcification — A tiny deposit of calcium in the breast that cannot be felt but can be detected on a mammogram. A cluster of these very small specks of calcium may indicate that cancer is present …

    English dictionary of cancer terms

  • 16impalpable — [im pal′pə bəl] adj. [Fr < ML impalpabilis: see IN 2 & PALPABLE] 1. that cannot be felt by touching 2. too slight or subtle to be grasped easily by the mind impalpability n. impalpably adv …

    English World dictionary

  • 17im|pal´pa|bly — im|pal|pa|ble «ihm PAL puh buhl», adjective. 1. that cannot be felt by touching; intangible: »Color is impalpable. Sunlight and shadows are impalpable. A thread of a spider s web is so thin as to be almost impalpable. 2. Figurative. very hard to… …

    Useful english dictionary

  • 18im|pal|pa|ble — «ihm PAL puh buhl», adjective. 1. that cannot be felt by touching; intangible: »Color is impalpable. Sunlight and shadows are impalpable. A thread of a spider s web is so thin as to be almost impalpable. 2. Figurative. very hard to understand:… …

    Useful english dictionary

  • 19literature — /lit euhr euh cheuhr, choor , li treuh /, n. 1. writings in which expression and form, in connection with ideas of permanent and universal interest, are characteristic or essential features, as poetry, novels, history, biography, and essays. 2.… …

    Universalium

  • 20HEBREW GRAMMAR — The following entry is divided into two sections: an Introduction for the non specialist and (II) a detailed survey. [i] HEBREW GRAMMAR: AN INTRODUCTION There are four main phases in the history of the Hebrew language: the biblical or classical,… …

    Encyclopedia of Judaism