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Against the tide

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• Against the wall

  against the wall Related Terms up against the wall

• Agal

  (among Arabs) a cord wound around a kaffiyeh to hold it in place. Historical Examples Sarcoph′agal, flesh-devouring; Sarcoph′agous, feeding on flesh. Chambers’s Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 4 of 4: S-Z and supplements) Various

• Agalactia

  noun (pathol, obsolete) absence or failure of secretion of milk agalactia a·ga·lac·ti·a (ā’gə-lāk’tē-ə, -shē-ə, āg’ə-) n. Absence of or faulty secretion of milk following childbirth. Also called agalactosis. a’ga·lac’tous (-təs) adj.

• Agalactorrhea

  agalactorrhea agalactorrhea a·ga·lac·tor·rhe·a (ā’gə-lāk’tə-rē’ə) n. Cessation of the flow of milk.

• Agalactosis

  agalactosis agalactosis a·gal·ac·to·sis (ā-gāl’ək-tō’sĭs, ə-gāl’-) n. See agalactia.

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