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The title of Ms. Richardson's collection "Bone China" is itself a pun, while her illustrations relate to the practical use of each piece there's a jaw-bone on the mug.
The Dark Side of Fine Bone China Nicole Swengley 2011
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I haven't seen a pearl-shell fish-hook in years, but I swear that Kalakaua accumulated ten thousand of them, to say nothing of human jaw-bone fish-hooks, and feather cloaks, and capes and helmets, and stone adzes, and poi-pounders of phallic design.
SHIN-BONES 2010
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Similarly, reports of jaw-bone decay, or osteonecrosis of the jaw, are also rare and not typically seen in patients being treated for osteoporosis, but rather in some cancer patients being prescribed the medication at higher doses to treat bone metastases.
FDA Panel to Weigh Osteoporosis Drug Risks Jennifer Corbett Dooren 2011
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Researchers speculate that while the drugs do slow the breakdown of bone associated with aging, they might also make the remaining bone brittle and susceptible to the rare thigh fractures and jaw-bone decay.
Data Lacking for Osteoporosis Drugs Jennifer Corbett Dooren 2011
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Earnings: Kroger, Piedmont Natural Gas Researchers speculate that while the drugs slow the breakdown of bone seen with osteoporosis by partly blocking the body's natural process involved in removing and rebuilding bone tissue, the products might also make the remaining bone brittle and susceptible to a rare type of thigh fracture and jaw-bone decay.
FDA Panel to Weigh Osteoporosis Drug Risks Jennifer Corbett Dooren 2011
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Can they simply jaw-bone North Korea in the next several days to changing their mind and not doing anything, not launching anything?
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Grinding can also injure your jaw-bone joint, called the TMJ temporomandibular joint.
You Being Beautiful Michael F. Roizen 2008
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Grinding can also injure your jaw-bone joint, called the TMJ temporomandibular joint.
You Being Beautiful Michael F. Roizen 2008
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The method of reduction is the same in both: - The patient being laid down or seated, the physician is to take hold of his head, and grasping both sides of the jaw-bone with both hands, within and without, he must perform three manoeuvres at once, - rectify the position of the jaw, push it backward, and shut the mouth.
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The jaw-bone is often slightly displaced (subluxated?), and is restored again; it is dislocated but rarely, especially in gaping; in fact, the bone is never dislocated unless it slips while the mouth is opened wide.
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