(n.) An ornament, gem, or scroll, or a package containing a relic, etc., worn as a charm or preservative against evils or mischief, such as diseases and witchcraft, and generally inscribed with mystic forms or characters. [Also used figuratively.]
Example Sentences:
(1) The black Americans who were drafted from 1967 to 1970 called themselves Bloods, and many were influenced by the teachings and politics of Stokely Carmichael, the Black Panthers and Malcolm X. Terry explains: "They would wear black amulets, they would wear black beads, black gloves to show their identity and racial pride."
(2) Prenatal care consisted of consultation with a prophet, wearing amulets, using herbal concoctions for bathing and drinking, and injections of herbal power to keep evil spirits away and guarantee safe delivery.
(3) Among the findings were: that relatively more healers than doctors revealed their diagnoses to the patient; and that the healers, when they did diagnose, did so in terms of 'trick' and 'evil' and treatment was largely with ashes, amulets and holy water.
(4) Traditional treatment with local herbs, holy water and amulets was the most common.
(5) And the golden amulets to bring good health and fortune with - instead of the more usual images of Buddhist or Taoist holy men - engraved portraits of the former Chinese leader.
(6) Perlman thinks that throughout their six-project collaboration over the last 20 years (since Perlman was in Del Toro's debut, Cronos ), the director has kept him around as "an amulet, a lucky penny, a talisman," – though he laughs long and hard when I say he's really the Marlene Dietrich to Del Toro's Josef von Sternberg.
(7) Their preference for wearing animal skins and amulets, popular for their supposed magical powers of protection, distinguished them from the government soldiers, foreign rebels and other armed gangs who have also contributed to the wholesale rape of hundreds of thousands of women and girls over more than a decade of conflict.
(8) But these telephone calls, such 21st-century amulets, were no good.
(9) The author notes that in ancient Egypt many amulets to produce conception have been found but none to prevent it.
(10) Jed turned out to be packed with mud and sand, and with no trace of either a real heart, or the practical Egyptians' customary addition of a heart amulet in case the fallible human organ proved wanting when weighed by the gods against a feather in the scales of justice.
(11) Researchers have scanned and made 3D copies of amulets that adorned her body.
(12) Amulets, arm rings, hair style, eye makeup is supposed to protect from the evil eye.
(13) This article concerns the following points: impregnation, formation of the human embryo, Eve's creation, indirect fecundation and spermatic pollution, bi-sexuality of the first man, libido, signs of virginity, female infertility, incest, multiparity, post-menopausal conception, the fructifying powers of amulets, plants and seeds, the course of pregnancy and antenatal care, normal and difficult labour, premature birth (was Moses premature?
(14) Individuals with atypical plasma cholinesterase should wear a Medic-Alert bracelet or amulet so that complications and fatalities can be avoided.
(15) Yet by 10am, the stall manager, Frances Bird, has already bought quite a collection of (mostly broken) rings, bracelets, necklaces and amulets from one woman.
(16) Some findings of mythological significance could be demonstrated radiologically, such as the fact that the heart and kidneys had been left in the body, the presence of a scarab, various gold plates and amulets and a fayence-decorated shroud.
Medallion
Definition:
(n.) A large medal or memorial coin.
(n.) A circular or oval (or, sometimes, square) tablet bearing a figure or figures represented in relief.
Example Sentences:
(1) A case is presented of a Medallion intraocular lens that dislocated posteriorly into the vitreous cavity.
(2) Before it was known that polyamide tends to dissolve in tissue, nylon sutures were used to fixate 2-loop-Medallion-lenses to the iris.
(3) Fourteen eyes underwent cataract operation and implantation of an iris fixated (Medallion) pseudophakos.
(4) Eighteen traumatic eyes were inserted with Medallion lenses in a very complex operation procedure.
(5) And one day he gave me a small medallion stamped with SakOil.
(6) A boy aged 3 years had a Worst Medallion intraocular lens with loops made of nylon 6 implanted in his right eye after aspiration of traumatic cataract.
(7) Field has already irked the medallion stallion with some low blows before the bell has rung, but it looks doubtful whether punches will be pulled for the number crunchers.
(8) Don't matter what colour you are: white, black, Asian – they gonna treat you the same' Facebook Twitter Pinterest For all the street-level rawness of his subject matter, there has long been something Forbidden Planet-friendly about Ghostface: his 1996 solo debut Ironman was named after the Marvel superhero, while in 2007, he was immortalised as an action figure with 14-carat medallion, retailing for a cool $500.
(9) "She had big medallions on, a little skirt, giving it loads and not giving a shit," recalls Mel B.
(10) The process was stopped by performing a penetrating corneal graft and replacing the offending lens with a Medallion two-loop Medical Workshop lens.
(11) Also like Michael, I got as far as "the furniture buying stage" with a hunky Marine recruiter who successfully wooed me with a plastic medallion that read: "The Marines Are Looking for a Few Good Men".
(12) A series of 46 large circular loop Medallion lenses were implanted after intracapsular cataract extraction and compared with a series of 254 suture Medallion lenses.
(13) The medallion lens was fixed to the iris but was not attached to the Soemmerring's ring.
(14) A large series of cases of intracapsular cataract extractions with implantation of the recently introduced Medallion circular loop lens is reviewed.
(15) Based on our results, we believe that the large circular loop Medallion lens should not be used for implantation after intracapsular cataract extraction at this time.
(16) Intracapsular lens styles were the most often used, and the Worst Medallion lens was by far the most popular.
(17) One eye contained a medallion lens and the other an iridocapsular lens (implanted for 53 months and 39 months, respectively).
(18) Now the radio industry's efforts to encourage consumers to go digital is to be led by a bearded, medallion-wearing 1970s soul singer called D Love.
(19) Makes 4 portions sustainably sourced fresh prawns 8 large, in their shells cornflour to coat Sichuan peppercorns 1 tsp garlic cloves 2, thinly sliced dried red chillies 5 spring onion stalks 2, cut into medallions oil for frying salt to taste De-vein the prawns and remove their heads and feet but keep the shells on.
(20) Antonio Mendez was one of 50 officers awarded the Trailblazer Medallion from among all officers in the history of the CIA.