See Also: Magic Realism(dictionary)
magic realism(encyclopedia)
crista ethmoidalis(medicine)
crista ethmoidalis maxillae(medicine)
crista ethmoidalis ossis palatini(medicine)
Herbal medicine (botanical medicine, herbology, phytomedicine)(health)
realism(encyclopedia)
realism(dictionary)
New Realism(encyclopedia)
realism(dictionary)

crista ethmoidalis maxillae (medicine) and magic realism (sh)


crista ethmoidalis maxillae (medicine)


crista ethmoidalis maxillae -->
ethmoidal crest of maxilla


A ridge on the upper part of the nasal surface of the frontal process of the maxilla that gives attachment to the anterior portion of the middle nasal concha.

Synonym: crista ethmoidalis maxillae.


magic realism (sh)




or magical realism
Latin-American literary phenomenon characterized by the matter-of-fact incorporation of fantastic or mythical elements into otherwise realistic Fiction. The term was first applied to literature in the 1940s by the Cuban novelist Alejo Carpentier (1904-1980), who recognized the tendency of his region's contemporary storytellers as well as contemporary novelists to illuminate the mundane by means of the fabulous. Prominent practitioners include Gabriel Garcia Marquez, Jorge Amado, Jorge Luis Borges, Miguel Angel Asturias, Julio Cortazar, and Isabel Allende

born 1942

.

The term has been applied to literature and Art outside of Latin America as well.