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articulationes ossiculorum auditus (medicine) and Ghost Dance (sh)


articulationes ossiculorum auditus (medicine)


articulationes ossiculorum auditus -->
joints of auditory ossicles


The joints of the ossicular chain consisting of incudomallear joint, incudostapedeal joint, and the tympanostapedeal syndesmosis.

Synonym: articulationes ossiculorum auditus, joints of ear bones.


Ghost Dance (sh)




Nineteenth-century Native American cult.

It represented an attempt by Indian peoples in the western U.S. to rehabilitate their traditional cultures. The Ghost Dance arose in 1889, when the Paiute prophet-dreamer Wovoka announced the imminent return of the dead (hence "ghost"), the ousting of the whites, and the restoration of Indian lands, Food supplies, and way of life, all of which would be hastened by dances and songs revealed in Wovoka's spiritual visions. The Ghost Dance spread rapidly. It coincided with the Sioux outbreak of 1890, which culminated in the massacre at Wounded Knee, where the "ghost shirts" failed to protect the wearers as promised by Wovoka. The cult soon became obsolete.