See Also: margo liber unguis(medicine)
Iran-Iraq War(encyclopedia)
Iran-Iraq War(dictionary)
margo liber(medicine)
margo liber ovarii(medicine)
margo lateralis unguis(medicine)
margo occultus unguis(medicine)
liber(dictionary)
liber(medicine)
LIBER(law)

Iran-Iraq War (sh) and margo liber unguis (medicine)


Iran-Iraq War (sh)




(1980-90) Protracted and indecisive conflict prompted by Iraq's invasion of its eastern neighbour.

Following the 1979 Iranian revolution, the Iraqi Leadership sought to exploit Iran's military and political chaos in order to resolve border disputes, gain control of Iran's oil-rich western (largely Arab) province, and achieve hegemony in the Persian Gulf. Iraq was successful early (1980-82) but began to lose ground and sought to negotiate peace. Iran refused, and the war turned into a bloody stalemate that included the first use of chemical warfare since World War I (1914-18). After additional Iraqi advances, Iran agreed to a cease-fire in 1988. Peace was concluded only when Iraq invaded another neighbour, Kuwait, in 1990. See also Saddam Hussein; Ruhollah Khomeini.


margo liber unguis (medicine)


margo liber unguis -->
free border of nail


The distal border of the nail that overhangs the tip of the digit.

Synonym: margo liber unguis.