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Definition of Retractions
1. retraction [n] - See also: retraction
Lexicographical Neighbors of Retractions
Literary usage of Retractions
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Harleian Miscellany; Or, A Collection of Scarce, Curious, and by William Oldys, John Malham (1810)
"... without esteeming it any shame to to do, any more than many good and worthy
authors have done. when they published their retractions. ..."
2. The Post-Nicene Latin Fathers by George Anson Jackson (1884)
"retractions. Three years before his death Augustine wrote a critical review of
all his writings, the " retractions," in which he points out the design of ..."
3. Monographic Medicine by Albion Walter Hewlett, Henry Leopold Elsner (1916)
"(6) retractions at the Base and Apex In young, thin people with cardiac hypertrophy
one can often make out a systolic retraction at the base of the heart at ..."
4. Manual of Diseases of the Ear: Including Those of the Nose and Throat in by Thomas Barr (1901)
"Adhesions and retractions. The long-continued indrawn position of the membrane
may also lead to its permanent adhesion to the promontory or to the ..."
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