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SHAPE(dictionary)
shape(1)(dictionary)
shape-up(dictionary)
shape(medicine)
SHAPE(dictionary)
H-shape vertebrae(medicine)
shape 2, verb(dictionary)
shape 1, noun(dictionary)
Sail Shape - Sailing(gambling)

perforating appendicitis (medicine) and shape-up (iou)


perforating appendicitis (medicine)


perforating appendicitis
Inflammation of the appendix leading to perforation of the wall of the appendix into the peritoneal cavity, resulting in peritonitis.


shape-up (iou)



shape-up noun. US. M20.
[from shape up s.v. SHAPE verb.]
The action or an act of shaping up. M20.
attrib.: Time As the Central Intelligence Agency became mired in inefficiency, Schlesinger was tapped for the shape-up operation.
Chiefly Hist. A system of hiring dock workers for the day or half-day by arbitrary selection from a gathering of men on site. M20.