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sway gently back and forth, as in a nodding motion; "the flowers were nodding in the breeze"
be almost asleep; "The old man sat nodding by the fireplace"
let the head fall forward through drowsiness; "The old man was nodding in his chair"
the act of nodding the head
a sign of assent or salutation or command
express or signify by nodding; "He nodded his approval"
lower and raise the head, as to indicate assent or agreement or confirmation; "The teacher nodded when the student gave the right answer"
any thickened enlargement (同)knob, thickening
(botany) the small swelling that is the part of a plant stem from which one or more leaves emerge (同)leaf node
a connecting point at which several lines come together
(computer science) any computer that is hooked up to a computer network (同)client, guest
(astronomy) a point where an orbit crosses a plane
(physics) the point of minimum displacement in a periodic system
any bulge or swelling of an anatomical structure or part

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(承諾・あいさつ・合図などで)『うなずく』,会釈する / (眠くて)『こっくりする』,(油断して)うとうとする《+off》 / 〈草木・穂などが〉揺れる / (承諾・あいさつなどで)〈頭〉‘を'『うなずかせる』 / …‘を'うなずいて示す / 《副詞[句]を伴って》〈人〉‘に'うなずいて示す / 《同意・承諾・あいさつ・命令など,また時には拒絶を表して》(…に対する)『うなずき』,『会釈』《+『to』+『名』》;(眠気による)こっくり
(茎・幹の)節(ふし) / (体組織にできた)結節,こぶ(リンパ瘤(りゅう)など) / (天体の軌道の)交点 / (物事の)中心点

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Chan YW1, Lee VH, Chow VL, To VS, Wei WI.
The Laryngoscope.Laryngoscope.2011 Dec;121(12):2576-80. doi: 10.1002/lary.22380. Epub 2011 Oct 5.
OBJECTIVES/HYPOTHESIS: To study the efficacy of combined neck dissection and brachytherapy for nodal metastasis with extracapsular spread (ECS) in recurrent nasopharyngeal carcinoma (NPC).STUDY DESIGN: Prospective.METHODS: Between 1990 and 2010, we recruited patients who had regional recurrent NPC a
PMID 22113918

Clinical value of whole-body magnetic resonance diffusion weighted imaging on detection of malignant metastases.

Li C1, Liu ZS, Du XM, He L, Chen J, Wang W, Sun F, Du F, Luo ZG, Xue ZL, Zhao Y, Zhou CW.
Chinese medical sciences journal = Chung-kuo i hsüeh k'o hsüeh tsa chih / Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences.Chin Med Sci J.2009 Jun;24(2):112-6.
OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the value of whole-body diffusion weighted imaging (WB-DWI) on detection of malignant metastasis.METHODS: Forty-six patients with malignant tumors underwent WB-DWI examinations between April 2007 and August 2007 in our hospital. Before WB-DWI examination, the primary cancers o
PMID 19618609

Function of the clavicular part of the pectoralis major muscle after transplantation of its sternocostal part.

Corten EM1, Schellekens PP, Oey PL, Hage JJ, Kerst A, Kon M.
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BACKGROUND: Muscle-sparing transplantation of the sternocostal part of the pectoralis major muscle while preserving the clavicular part of the muscle may reduce donor-site morbidity, particularly in cases where dissection of the lymph nodes of the neck has been performed. The nerve supply and motor
PMID 17413881