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dolicho-(medicine)
dolicho-(dictionary)

dolicho- (iou) and Kharj, Al- (sh)


dolicho- (iou)



dolicho- combining form of Greek dolikhos narrow: see -O-. Cf. BRACHY-, PLATY-.
dolicho'pellic adjective [Greek pella bowl] having or designating a pelvis whose anteroposterior diameter is nearly as great as its transverse diameter L19.

Kharj, Al- (sh)




Oasis, east-central Saudi Arabia.

It lies southeast of Riyadh and is administered with that city. Situated around a series of deepwater pools, it was chosen as the site of a government experimental farm in 1938. Its traditional dairy industry was greatly expanded in 1981 with inauguration of a meat and dairy combine.