privileged site

[ prĭv′ə-lĭjd, prĭv′lĭjd ]

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An area in the body lacking lymphatic drainage, such as the cornea of the eye, in which rejection of foreign tissue grafts does not occur.

QUIZZES

In effect, this quiz will prove whether or not you have the skills to know the difference between “affect” and “effect.”

Question 1 of 7

The rainy weather could not ________ my elated spirits on my graduation day.

So I drove around the corner to the trailhead of the logging road that led back to the crash site.
The 7-Year-Old Plane Crash Survivor’s Brutal Journey Through the Woods|James Higdon|January 7, 2015|DAILY BEAST
Instead, the man and woman in the truck wanted to know where the crash site was and whether would I show them.
The 7-Year-Old Plane Crash Survivor’s Brutal Journey Through the Woods|James Higdon|January 7, 2015|DAILY BEAST
The NOPD fired Knight in 1973 for stealing lumber from a construction site as an off-duty cop.
The Louisiana Racists Who Courted Steve Scalise|Jason Berry|January 3, 2015|DAILY BEAST
The escort site Cowboys4Angels peddles chiseled, hot-bodied men and their smoldering model looks to women willing to pay.
Career-Minded Women Turn to Male Escorts For No-Strings Fun and (Maybe) Sex|Aurora Snow|January 3, 2015|DAILY BEAST

But it never has been the site of equal mercy, and it never will be.
No Gods, No Cops, No Masters|James Poulos|January 1, 2015|DAILY BEAST
A marked increase indicates some pathologic condition at the site of their origin.
A Manual of Clinical Diagnosis|James Campbell Todd
The pool was drained in 1866, and, having been filled up, its site will ere long be covered with streets of houses.
Showell's Dictionary of Birmingham|Thomas T. Harman and Walter Showell
Aunt Ri was a privileged character, but her logical method of questioning was inconvenient.
Ramona|Helen Hunt Jackson
One of the oldest houses here was destroyed some years back, and on its site stands a new police-station.
The Portsmouth Road and Its Tributaries|Charles G. Harper
Nevertheless, Gilbert had selected a site for a colony and had claimed the island for England.
Hallowed Heritage: The Life of Virginia|Dorothy M. Torpey