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Caves, including some of the largest in the southern hemisphere, extend up into the Takaka hills, so mind the footing and watch for "tomos", or sink holes.
Stuff.co.nz - Stuff By DAVID KILLICK 2010
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Atom derives from the combining form a - (from the Greek a meaning ` not 'and the Greek tomos, meaning ` cut').
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The fact that Puget Sound is the only place in the United States to produce four species -- Pacifics, Virginicas, Kuma-tomos and Olympias -- creates one kind of variety.
The American Oyster Paradise Richard Nalley 2010
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A lobotomy (Greek: lobos: Lobe of brain, tomos: "cut/slice") is a form of psychosurgery, also known as a leukotomy or leucotomy (from Greek leukos: clear or white and tomos meaning "cut/slice").
dailycomic Diary Entry dailycomic 2008
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By Tomos, at Thu Oct 25, 10:34:00 AM tomos - I've now read skimmed Stephen's platform piece on ConservatineHome.
Law Making Assembly on its way. Glyn Davies 2007
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Os dez livros menos importantes da minha vida, dez obras perfeitamente dispensáveis, dez tomos que seriam mais úteis para acender a lareira do que para enriquecer ou henriquecer? o espírito.
Dez, menos um Artur 2007
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Va dividida en cuatro tomos, con el Indice general, y al principio de cada tomo el Indice especial de los títulos que contiene.
The State's Obligation to Recognize and Protect the Catholic Church 2007
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Therefore, in many situations there is a need to be able to isolate the image of a section of an organ from the overlying structures by so-called tomography (from the Greek tomos, a cut, and graph, written).
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"Rogerii Josephi Boscovich opera pertinentia ad opticam et astronomiam ... in quinque tomos distributa," the last important work from the pen of this active man, who, after its completion, retired for a time to the monastery of the monks of Vallombrosa.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 2: Assizes-Browne 1840-1916 1913
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The custom of having these "Parerga" was kept up in the succeeding volumes; there was even an entire volume, the "Propylaeum ad tomos Maii", filled with notes of Papebroch on the chronology and history of the popes from St. Peter to Innocent XI.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 2: Assizes-Browne 1840-1916 1913
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