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amenia - absence or suppression of normal menstrual flow

symptom - (medicine) any sensation or change in bodily function that is experienced by a patient and is associated with a particular disease

primary amenorrhea - delay of menarche beyond age 18

secondary amenorrhea - cessation of menstruation in a woman who had previously menstruated

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When questioned, a renowned surgeon admitted that bone marrow can be extracted from the backbone to transplant it for curing Aplaspic Amenia.

Four held for extracting bone marrow from young girls

Dewey and his wife, Jane, of Worcester, MA; goddaughter Anne Dealy of Amenia, NY; and many nieces and nephews.

Dorothy Gilman

Within the medical field hypnosis has been utilized adjunctively to treat pain associated with psychiatric disorders (Werner, 1984; Murray Jobsis, 1991) cancer (Gardner 1976; Simonton et al., 1978; Dash 1980; Hilgard & LeBaron, 1982; Hockenberry-Eaton & Cotanch, 1989), sickle cell amenia (Zelter, et al., 1979), surgical procedures (Densen, 1971; Jones, 1977; Ewin, 1986; Blankfield, 1991), in lieu of anaesthesia (Gravits, 1988; Esdaile, 1957), migraine headaches (Mime, 1983), gastrointestinal disorders (William & Singh, 1976), burn victims (Dahinterova, 1967; Wakeman & Kaplan, 1978), and Raynaud's Disease (Braun, 1979) to mention but a few of its applications.

Hypnosis in the treatment of back pain

Born Along the Color Line: The 1933 Amenia Conference and the Rise of a National Civil Rights Movement.

The Black Scholar books received

They travelled with Celiney's younger sister, Amenia Alexander Moubarek and her two children George and William.

The ones who lived to tell the tale

WTO Doc WT/L//505 (10 December 2002) and revoked pursuant to Disinvocation by the United States of Article XIII of the Marrakesb Agreement Establishing the World Trade Organization with Respect to the Republic of Amenia, WTO Doc WT/L/601 (4 February 2005).

Barriers to universal membership of the World Trade Organization

* In the town of Amenia, a lack of segregation of duties, a failure to issue and record cash receipts, a lack of complete and timely deposits, and an absence of bank reconciliations led to the collection of over $14,000 by the town clerk that was not deposited to town accounts, over just a six-month period.

Intemal control weaknesses in local government: evidence from town and village audits