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Definition of Canalises
1. canalise [v] - See also: canalise
Lexicographical Neighbors of Canalises
Literary usage of Canalises
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Symptomatology, Psychognosis, and Diagnosis of Psychopathic Diseases by Boris Sidis (1914)
"... phenomenon as follows : The continuous stream of powerful impulses necessary
to maintain the muscular effort canalises a trace sufficiently well-marked ..."
2. The Alimentary Tract: A Radiographic Study by Alfred Ernest Barclay (1915)
"... is standing before the fluoroscopic screen, otherwise some point of great
importance may be missed as the food canalises the empty stomach. PERISTALSIS. ..."
3. Lectures upon diseases of the rectum and the surgery of the lower bowel by William Holme Van Buren (1881)
"... traverse it can not contract, as in supple, healthy parts; they are converted
into minute venous sinuses —canalises, as the French term this condition. ..."
4. Self and Self-management: Essays about Existing by Arnold Bennett (1918)
"... single paramount desire, which monopolises and canalises all their force.
The pity is that these individuals have become the special symbols of success. ..."
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