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Fracastorius

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[frah-ka-stawr-ee-uhs, -stohr-] / ˌfrɑ kæˈstɔr i əs, -ˈstoʊr- /

noun

  1. a walled plain in the fourth quadrant of the face of the moon: about 60 miles (97 km) in diameter.


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Fracastorius died in the     same year, and Ramusio erected a statue of him at Padua.

From The Travels of Marco Polo — Volume 1 by Yule, Henry

A good idea of the accomplishment of the medical teachers of the time may be judged very well from the life of Fracastorius.

From The Century of Columbus by Walsh, James J.

The name of this singular formation is Fracastorius.

From Pleasures of the telescope An Illustrated Guide for Amateur Astronomers and a Popular Description of the Chief Wonders of the Heavens for General Readers by Serviss, Garrett Putman

SANTBECH.—A very prominent ring-plain, 46 miles in diameter, on the S.E. side of the Mare Foecunditatis, W. of Fracastorius.

From The Moon A Full Description and Map of its Principal Physical Features by Elger, Thomas Gwyn

The evil of which Fracastorius sang is combated by sudorifics, by unguents of oil and sulphur, and especially by the sand-bath.

From Personal Narrative of a Pilgrimage to Al-Madinah & Meccah — Volume 2 by Burton, Richard Francis, Sir

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