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Ph'lip Side
Ph'lip Side is the title of an album by guitarist Phil Keaggy, released in 1980, on Sparrow Records. Contents 1 Track Listing1.1 Side One1.2 Side Two2 Personnel3 Production Notes Track Listing All songs written by Phil Keaggy, unless otherwise noted. Side One "A Chi..
Phla-Pherá languages
The Phla-Pherá languages form a subgroup of Gbe languages spoken mainly in south-eastern and south-western Benin; some communities are found in south-eastern Togo and south-western Nigeria. The group, comprised of about ten lects, was introduced by H.B. Capo in his 1988 classification of Gbe langua..
PHLAK
PHLAK is a Linux distribution LiveCD based on Morphix, that focuses on providing network security tools. The acronym stands for Professional Hackers Linux Assault Kit. The project has been put on hold for an indefinite period of time on March 3, 2006. See also Knoppix STDnUbuntu External link ..
Phlaocyon
Phlaocyon is an extinct genus of canine. The 80 cm (2 ft 8 in) long creature looked more like a cat or raccoon than a dog, but its skull anatomy has proven it to be a primitive canine. Phlaocyon probably lived like a raccoon, often climbing trees. Its head was short, wide and had forward-facing ey..
Phlebitis
Phlebitis is an inflammation of a vein, usually in the legs. Perhaps the most famous sufferer from phlebitis was the late United States president Richard Nixon. The condition was also detailed in The Dharma Bums and other writings by Beat author Jack Kerouac, who suffered from the disease probably ..
Phlebostatic axis
The phlebostatic axis is an anatomic landmark located near the midclavicular line and fourth intercostal space. External links ["Echocardiographic determination of valid zero reference levels in supine and lateral positions"][Diagram (search for text "Figure 8")]["Common Pi..
Phlebothrombosis
Phlebothrombosis is thrombosis of a vein without inflammation of the vein (phlebitis). Deep venous thrombosis can occur without the presence of phlebitis. However most of the veins that develop thrombosis also have phlebitis. See also Deep venous thrombosisVenous thrombosisThrombophlebitisThrombosi..
Phlebotominae
Members of the subfamily Phlebotominae are known outside of the United States by the name sand fly. This subfamily includes numerous genera of blood-feeding (hematophagous) flies, including the primary vectors of leishmaniasis and sandfly fever. In the New World, leishmaniasis is spread by sand fl..
Phlebotomist
A phlebotomist is an individual trained to draw blood (venipuncture), either for laboratory tests, or for blood donations. Contents 1 Their role2 Training and certification2.1 United States2.1.1 Education2.1.2 Certification and Licensing3 See also4 External link..
Phlebotomus
Phlebotomus is a genus of "sand fly" in the Dipteran family Psychodidae. In the past, they have sometimes been considered to belong in a separate family, Phlebotomidae, but this alternative classification has not gained wide acceptancehttp://www.sel.barc.usda.gov/diptera/names/famlistt.htm Epidem..
Phlebotomy
Phlebotomy may refer to: phlebotomy (modern), the practice of collecting blood samples, usually by venipuncturebloodletting, the ancient medical practicehematophagy Phlebotomy pages [link] This is a [disambiguationdisambiguation] page: a list of articles associated with the sa..
Phleboviruses
Phlebovirus (Phleboviridae) is one of five genre of the family Bunyaviridae. Its members are class V virus with segmented ambisense RNA genomes. Due to their need for self coded reverse transcriptase, there are two rounds of replication, one before the production of reverse transcriptase and one aft..
Phlegethon
The Greek Underworld Residents: PersephoneHadesMinosAeacus RhadamanthysCharonCerberus Geography: AcheronCocytusTartarusLetheElysion StyxPhlegethonAsphodel MeadowsErebus Famous inmates: IxionSisyphus TantalusThe Titans Related: Greek mythology Greek religion In Greek mythology, the river P..
Phlegethontia
Phlegethontia is an extinct genus of lepospondyl amphibian from the Carboniferous and Permian periods. It was about 1 m (3 ft 4 in) long. Phlegethontia was an aïstopod, a group of legless, snake-like amphibians. It had a lightly built skull with many openings, while the earlier Ophiderpeton had a..
Phlegm
Phlegm (pronounced /flɛm/) is a type of mucus, the sticky fluid secreted by the mucous membranes of animals. Its definition is limited to the mucus produced by the respiratory system, excluding that from the nasal passages, and particularly that which is expelled by coughing (sputum). Contents ..
Phlegmatized
Phlegmatized is a term applied to an explosive that has had an agent added to stabilize or desensitize it. Sometimes this is desirable, to enable handling or to reduce the rate of combustion. Typical phlegmatizing agents include wax, paper, water, and paraffin. These agents are nearly always flammab..
Phlegmon
Phlegmon is a spreading inflammatory reaction to infection that forms a purulent or gangrenous lesion, creating multiple small pockets of pus. It usually refers to a pancreatic phlegmon, a complication of pancreatitis that results in a solid mass of inflamed pancreatic tissue. Pancreatic phlegmo..
Phlegon
Phlegon can refer to: Phlegon of Tralles, a Greek historian who flourished in the 2nd century.Phlegon, one of the four horses of the chariot of the sun-god Helios in Greek mythology. This is a [disambiguationdisambiguation] page: a list of articles associated with the same title. If an r..
Phlegon of Tralles
Phlegon, of Tralles in Asia Minor, Greek writer and freedman of the emperor Hadrian, flourished in the 2nd century. His chief work was the Olympiads, an historical compendium in sixteen books, from the 1st down to the 229th Olympiad (776 BC to AD 137), of which several chapters are preserved in Pho..
Phlegra
Phlegra is also a genus of jumping spiders. Phlegra is a mythical location in both Greek and Roman mythology. It is a region of Macedonia in Greece. In Greek mythology, it is the site of Zeus's overthrowing of the Giants (Gigantes) at the end of the Gigantomachy. Strabo wrote that Phlegrae was ..
Phlegra (spider)
Phlegra is a spider genus of the Salticidae family (jumping spiders). Etymology Phlegra is a mythical location in both Greek and Roman mythology. Species Phlegra abessinica Strand, 1906 (Ethiopia)Phlegra albostriata Simon, 1901 (South Africa, Mozambique)Phlegra amitaii Prószyn'ski, 1998 (Israel..
Phlegyas
Phlegyas, son of Ares and Chryse, was King of the Lapiths in Greek mythology. He was the father of Ixion and Coronis, one of Apollo's lovers. While pregnant with Asclepius, Coronis fell in love with Ischys, son of Elatus. A crow informed Apollo of the affair and he sent his sister, Artemis, to ki..
Phleng Chat
"Phleng Chat" ("เพลงชาติ") is the national anthem of Thailand. It was adopted on 10 December 1939. The melody was composed by Peter Feit (Thai name: Phra Jenduriyang), 1883-1968, the son of a German immigrant and royal advisor for music. The words are by Luang Saranupraphan. The ant..
Phleng Sansoen Phra Barami
Phleng Sansoen Phra Barami (Thai เพลงสรรเสริญพระบารมี) is the royal anthem of Thailand. The music is composed by a russian composer named Pyotr Schurovsky. The words were by Princ..
Phleum
This page is about the genus of grasses. Phleum is also the name of a Roman site now in Velsen, Netherlands. Phleum (catstail or timothy-grass) is a genus of about 15 species of annual and perennial grasses. The genus is native to Europe, Asia and north Africa, with one species (P. alpinum) also i..
Phliantidae
Phliantidae is a family of amphipods. Genera Heterophlias Palinnotus Pariphinotus Pereionotus ..
Phlius
Phlius was a Greek city in the northwestern Argolid, in the Peloponnese. Although geographically close to Argos, the city became a Spartan ally and a member of the Peloponnesian League. Like many other cities of ancient Greece, Phlius fell into civil strife between a democratic and an oligarchic..
Phloem
In vascular plants, phloem is the living tissue that carries organic nutrients, particularly sucrose, to all parts of the plant where needed. In trees, the phloem is underneath and difficult to distinguish from bark, hence the name, derived from the Greek word for "bark". Contents 1 Struct..
Phlogiston theory
The phlogiston theory is an obsolete scientific theory of combustion. It was developed by J. J. Becher late in the 17th century and was extended and popularized by Georg Ernst Stahl, who (correctly, but for the wrong reasons) declared the rusting of metal to be a combustion process. Contents 1&nbs..
Phlogopite
Phlogopite A phlogopite crumbled cleavage plate General Category Mineral Chemical formula K(Mg,Fe,Mn)3Si3AlO10(F,OH)2) Identification Colour Yellowish- or greenish-brown Crystal habit Tabular, scaly masses, often small flakes in acid igneous rocks. Crystal system Monoclinic Cle..
Phlomis
Phlomis is a genus of about 100 species of herbaceous plants, subshrubs and shrubs in the family Lamiaceae, native from the Mediterranean region east across central Asia to China. Common names include Jerusalem Sage and Lampwick Plant. The overall size varies between species from 30 cm tall up to..
Phloroglucinol
Common name phloroglucionol Systematic name benzene-1,3,5-triol Other names 1,3,5-trihydroxybenzene Chemical formula C6H6O3 Phloroglucinol or benzene-1,3,5-triol is a process chemical widely used in the industrial synthesis of pharmaceuticals and high-energy chemicals (explosives). ..
Phlox
For the [[Star Trek: Enterprise]] character, see Phlox (Star Trek). Phlox (pronounced "flocks") is a genus of 67 species of annual or perennial flowering plants that flower in early spring. They are native mainly to temperate North America, with a few species in northeastern Asia. Phlox range in..
Phlox (Star Trek)
Mean anomaly (M) Physical characteristics Dimensions Surface area Volume Mass Density (ρ) Surface gravity Escape velocity Rotation period Rotation velocity Obliquity Right ascensionof north pole Declination Absolute magnitude Albedo..
Phlox stolonifera
Phlox stolonifera (Creeping phlox, Moss phlox, Flowering moss, Ground pink, or Moss pinks) is a flowering plant in the genus Phlox. A patch of Creeping phlox It is native to the eastern United States in forests in the Appalachian Mountains from Pennsylvania south to northern Georgia. It i..
PHluid
The correct title of this } is }}}. The initial letter is capitalized due to [Naming conventions #Lower case first lettertechnical restrictions]. pHluid, or the pHluid Music Group, is the music netlabel of ACiD Productions. pHluid was originally founded as a module tracking group in late..
PHLX Semiconductor Sector
The PHLX Semiconductor Sector (SOX) is a price-weighted stock market index composed of 19 companies primarily involved in the design, distribution, manufacture, and sale of semiconductors. Contents 1 History2 Components3 Investing4 External links4.1 Performance History T..
Phlyctenule
A phlyctenule is medical term for a small whitish bump or blister found on eye. It is to one or more discreet spots on the eye, has visible small blood vessels. It is a collection of white blood cells (primarily polymorphonuclear leukocytes and lymphocytes) in response to staphylococcus or other ba..
Pöhlde Abbey
Pöhlde Abbey was a Premonstratensian (previously Benedictine) monastery at Pöhlde, now a small village and part of the town of Herzberg am Harz, in Lower Saxony, Germany. Contents 1 History2 Present site3 References4 External links History The lands of Pöhlde were given in..
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