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blennorrhoea (medicine) and Sequoyah (sh)


blennorrhoea (medicine)


blennorrhoea


1. Rarely used term for any mucous discharge, especially from the urethra or vagina.

2. In ophthalmic usage, was synonymous with conjunctivitis, but is now obsolete.

Synonym: blennorrhagia, myxorrhoea.

Origin: blenno-+ G. Rhoia, a flow


Sequoyah (sh)




or Sequoya or Sequoia

born งใ 1760/1770, Taskigi, North Carolina colony
died August 1843, near San Fernando, Mex.

Creator of the Cherokee Writing system.

Sequoyah was probably the son of a British trader. Convinced that the secret of the white people's power was written language, Sequoyah set about developing a Cherokee system. Adapting letters from English, Greek, and Hebrew, he created a system of 86 symbols representing all the syllables of the Cherokee language. Most Cherokee quickly became literate as a result. Sequoyah never learned to speak, read, or write English.