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A thin piece of tissue. To fracture edibles into diminutive, level, thin, flake-like fragments – this is the act of the term.  

To thrash around with uncontrollable or violent movements, particularly of the arms.  

A trade name for metronidazole.  

The state of being flaccid.  

With soft flesh.  

Soft fat flesh.  

A hand which is tightly closed.  

The healing of a clean wound where the tissue forms again rapidly and no prominent scar is left. The process of a wound healing through immediate closure, indicating that the wound is clean and unlikely to become infected.  

A stroke which someone has for the first time in his or her life.  

A relative with whom an individual shares 50% of their genes, e.g. a father, mother, sibling or child.