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  • 61Partial fractions — partial par tial (p[aum]r shal), a. [F., fr. LL. partials, fr. L. pars, gen. partis, a part; cf. (for sense 1) F. partiel. See {Part}, n.] 1. Of, pertaining to, or affecting, a part only; not general or universal; not total or entire; as, a… …

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  • 62Partial tones — partial par tial (p[aum]r shal), a. [F., fr. LL. partials, fr. L. pars, gen. partis, a part; cf. (for sense 1) F. partiel. See {Part}, n.] 1. Of, pertaining to, or affecting, a part only; not general or universal; not total or entire; as, a… …

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  • 63Partial hospitalization — Partial hospitalization, also known as PHP (from Partial Hospitalization Program), is a type of program used to treat mental illness and substance abuse. In partial hospitalization, the patient continues to reside at home, but commutes to a… …

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  • 64Partial agonist — Partial agonists (such as buspirone, aripiprazole, buprenorphine, or norclozapine) also bind and activate a given receptor, but have only partial efficacy at the receptor relative to a full agonist. They may also be considered ligands which… …

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  • 65Partial template specialization — is a particular form of class template specialization. Usually used in reference to the C++ programming language, it allows the programmer to specialize only some arguments of a class template, as opposed to explicit specialization, where all the …

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  • 66Partial veil — is a mycological term which describes a structure of some mushrooms which protects the developing gills or other spore producing surface. A partial veil, in contrast to a universal veil, is attached to the stipe (stalk) and edge of the pileus… …

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  • 67partial breach — see breach 1b Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam Webster. 1996. partial breach …

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  • 68partial, partially, partly — Partial is an adjective with two distinct meanings. The first meaning is biased, prejudiced, showing favoritism, in such a phrase as to be partial to. The other meaning of partial is not complete or total ; in this meaning the adverb partially is …

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  • 69Partial ileal bypass surgery — is a surgical procedure which involves shortening the ileum to shorten the total small intestinal length.cite journal |author=Buchwald H, Stoller DK, Campos CT, Matts JP, Varco RL |title=Partial ileal bypass for hypercholesterolemia. 20 to 26… …

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  • 70partial seizure — n a seizure (as of Jacksonian epilepsy or temporal lobe epilepsy) that originates in a localized part of the cerebral cortex, that involves motor, sensory, autonomic, or psychic symptoms (as twitching of muscles, localized numbness, or auras),… …

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