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nounUnited States social reformer who pioneered in the reform of prisons and in the treatment of the mentally ill; superintended women army nurses during the American Civil War (1802-1887)
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- north the region of the United States lying to the north of the Mason-Dixon line
- south the region of the United States lying to the south of the Mason-Dixon line
- southern in or characteristic of a region of the United States south of (approximately) the Mason-Dixon line
- northern in or characteristic of a region of the United States north of (approximately) the Mason-Dixon line
- gloss an alphabetical list of technical terms in some specialized field of knowledge; usually published as an appendix to a text on that field
- appendicitis inflammation of the vermiform appendix
- appendectomy surgical removal of the vermiform appendix
- calla South African plant widely cultivated for its showy pure white spathe and yellow spadix
- glossary an alphabetical list of technical terms in some specialized field of knowledge; usually published as an appendix to a text on that field
- appendicectomy surgical removal of the vermiform appendix