| gulf | 1. A hollow place in the earth; an abyss; a deep chasm or basin, "He then surveyed Hell and the gulf between." (Milton) "Between us and you there is a great gulf fixed." (Luke xvi. 26) 2. That which swallows; the gullet. 3. That which swallows irretrievably; a whirlpool; a sucking eddy. "A gulf of ruin, swallowing gold." (Tennyson) 4. <geography> A portion of an ocean or sea extending into the land; a partially land-locked sea; as, the Gulf of Mexico. 5. <chemical> A large deposit of ore in a lode. <geography> Gulf Stream, the warm ocean current of the North Atlantic. It originates in the westward equatorial current, due to the trade winds, is deflected northward by Cape St. Roque through the Gulf of Mexico, and flows parallel to the coast of North America, turning eastward off the island of Nantucket. Its average rate of flow is said to be about two miles an hour. The similar Japan current, or Kuro-Siwo, is sometimes called the Gulf Stream of the Pacific. <botany> Gulf weed, a branching seaweed (Sargassum bacciferum, or sea grape), having numerous berrylike air vessels, found in the Gulf Stream, in the Sargasso Sea, and elsewhere. Origin: F. Golfe, It. Golfo, fr. Gr. Bosom, bay, gulf, LGr. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
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| Gulf War syndrome | <syndrome> A term often but inappropriately applied to various health problems experienced by US military personnel after serving in the Persian Gulf conflict of 1991; symptoms of fatigue, musculoskeletal pain, headaches, dyspnea, memory loss, and diarrhoea have been reported, but an NIH panel has concluded that evidence of a specific syndrome is lacking. Synonym: Persian Gulf syndrome. (05 Mar 2000) |
| persian gulf syndrome | <syndrome> Unexplained symptoms reported by veterans of the persian gulf war with iraq in 1991. The symptoms reported include fatigue, skin rash, muscle and joint pain, headaches, loss of memory, shortness of breath, gastrointestinal and respiratory symptoms, and extreme sensitivity to commonly occurring chemicals. (nature 1994 may 5;369(6475):8) (12 Dec 1998) |
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Synonyms : Operation Desert Shield, Persian Gulf War, 1991, Desert Shield, Operation, Desert Storm, Operation, Shield, Operation Desert, Storm, Operation Desert, War, Gulf
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| gulf | an unbridgeable disparity (as from a failure of understanding) |
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| gulf | a deep wide chasm |
| gulf | an arm of a sea or ocean partly enclosed by land |
| gulf | arm of the Indian Ocean at the entrance to the Red Sea |
| gulf | a gulf of the Aegean on the southeastern coast of Greece |
| gulf | a northeastern arm of the Red Sea |
| gulf | a gulf of the Pacific Ocean between the Alaska Peninsula and the Alexander Archipelago |
| gulf | a gulf of the Mediterranean Sea in southwestern Turkey |
| gulf | a northeastern arm of the Red Sea |
| gulf | a northern arm of the Baltic Sea |
| gulf | a gulf west of Mexico |
| gulf | inlet of the Ionian Sea between central Greece and the Peloponnesus |
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