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from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A deep-seated or profound artery, as of the arm, neck, or leg: more fully called
arteria profunda . - noun Superior of the arm., the largest branch of the brachial, arising near its beginning, and winding round the humerus in the musculospiral groove, more fully called
profunda brachii superior . - noun Of the clitoris or of the penis, the artery of the corpus cavernosum, a branch of the pudic.
- noun Of the, thigh, the principal branch of the femoral, arising below Poupart's ligament, and descending deeply on the adductor magnus. It gives off the circumflex and perforating arteries. Also called profunda femoris, deep femoral artery.
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Examples
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Todas as falas enfatizaram que o caso não é isolado, mas expressa sim como o racismo ainda é uma marca profunda da sociedade em que vivemos.
Global Voices in English » Brazil: Bloggers on why there is still racism in the country 2009
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Si Obama quiere meterse en gloriosas batallas políticas para reducir las subvenciones a Monsanto los pobres granjeros de la América profunda, buena suerte.
Matthew Yglesias » Obama Budget to Call for Freeze in Non-Security Discretionary Spending 2010
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But there are no flat roads across Andalucía, less so the deeper they go into “España profunda.”
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Christe, qui lumen Patris es superni, qui Patris nobis reseras profunda, nos fac æterne tibi ferre laudes lucis in aula.
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Christe, qui lumen Patris es superni, qui Patris nobis reseras profunda, nos fac æterne tibi ferre laudes lucis in aula.
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Pensando, enterrando lámparas en la profunda soledad.
pablo neruda | two poems « poetry dispatch & other notes from the underground 2007
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Quiebra profunda producida en la tierra por las corrientes de las aguas o por otras causas.
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Quiebra profunda producida en la tierra por las corrientes de las aguas o por otras causas.
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Paso estrecho o garganta profunda entre dos altas montañas, por donde suelen correr los ríos.
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Paso estrecho o garganta profunda entre dos altas montañas, por donde suelen correr los ríos.
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