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generally any arch shaped structure (but often it refers to the arched roof of an anatomical space) an arched bundle of white fibers at the base of the brain by which the hippocampus of each hemisphere projects to the contralateral hippocampus and to the thalamus and mamillary bodies
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| fortify |
strengthen: make strong or stronger; "This exercise will strengthen your upper body"; "strengthen the relations between the two countries" enclose by or as if by a fortification arm: prepare oneself for a military confrontation; "The U.S. is girding for a conflict in the Middle East"; "troops are building up on the Iraqi border" add nutrients to; "fortified milk" spike: add alcohol to (beverages); "the punch is spiked!"
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| forced feeding |
feeding that consists of the delivery of a nutrient solution (as through a nasal tube) to someone who cannot or will not eat
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| forceps |
an extractor consisting of a pair of pincers used in medical treatment (especially for the delivery of babies)
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| forceps delivery |
delivery in which forceps are inserted through the vagina and used to grasp the head of the fetus and pull it through the birth canal; since the forceps can injure the fetus this procedure has generally given way to cesarean deliveries
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