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Dead Sea Scrolls(encyclopedia)
profusion(medicine)
profusion(dictionary)
profusion(dictionary)
dead-eye(medicine)
Dead Sea(encyclopedia)
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Dead Sea Scrolls, the (oh) and profusion (medicine)


Dead Sea Scrolls, the (oh)



a collection of ancient Jewish scrolls (=rolls of paper containing Writing) from around the time of Christ. They contain the oldest copies of parts of the Old Testament of the Bible, and were found near the Dead Sea between 1947 and 1956.

profusion (medicine)


profusion


A score reflecting the number of visible lesions in a region on chest radiographs of individuals with pneumoconiosis.

See: International Labour Organization Classification.

Origin: L. Profusio, a pouring forth, fr. Profundo, to pour forth