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- Flattening - p. pr. & vb. n. - of Flatten
- Inspiration - n. - The act of inspiring or breathing in; breath; specif. (Physiol.), the drawing of air into the lungs, accomplished in mammals by elevation of the chest walls and flattening of the diaphragm; -- the opposite of expiration.
- Chinook - n. - One of a tribe of North American Indians now living in the state of Washington, noted for the custom of flattening their skulls. Chinooks also called Flathead Indians.
- Platycnemism - n. - Lateral flattening of the tibia.
- Compressor - n. - An apparatus for confining or flattening between glass plates an object to be examined with the microscope; -- called also compressorium.
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- G4141 πλήσσω - 4141 πλήσσω - ΠΛΉΣΣΩ - - plḗssō - place'-so - apparently another form of πλάσσω (through the idea of flattening out); to pound, i.e. (figuratively) to inflict with (calamity):--smite. Compare τύπτω. - Verb - greek
- G4428 πτύσσω - 4428 πτύσσω - ΠΤΎΣΣΩ - - ptýssō - ptoos'-so - probably akin to (to spread; and thus apparently allied to πέτομαι through the idea of expansion, and to 4429 through that of flattening; compare πατέω); to fold, i.e. furl a scroll:--close. - Verb - greek