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Linacre

American  
[lin-uh-ker] / ˈlɪn ə kər /

noun

  1. Thomas, 1460?–1521, English humanist, translator, scholar, and physician.


Linacre British  
/ ˈlɪnəkə /

noun

  1. Thomas. ?1460–1524, English humanist and physician: founded the Royal College of Physicians (1518)

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Dr. Barbara Golder, editor-in-chief of The Linacre Quarterly, the journal of the Catholic Medical Association, said the development of blastoids shows “how science goes forward.”

From Seattle Times • Dec. 2, 2021

"What was nice about it was it was just two or three days before my birthday, so it was like a birthday treat that they had actually found him," said Mrs Linacre.

From BBC • Sep. 22, 2018

"She used to sleep in the chair, she would never go to bed," remembered her niece Sandra Linacre.

From BBC • Sep. 22, 2018

Thus, it appears EC was virtually useless to end a pregnancy if taken during or after ovulation, the Linacre Quarterly authors said.

From Washington Times • Feb. 17, 2015

"Lady Linacre will come, no doubt," Mrs. Burton Smith had said one day at breakfast, conning a list she held in her hand; "and Mr. May."

From Laid up in Lavender by Weyman, Stanley J.

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