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Tharizdun

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« Reply #15 on: March 12, 2005, 12:42:43 am »
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Originally posted by leji
err not sure how it is in portuguese but as seems latin Otorrino refers to ears, nose, and the tube that you have between them and that I dont know the name... anyone knows ?

That would be the eustachian tube.
 
mangonel

man?go?nel  
n:    A military engine used during the Middle Ages for hurling stones and other missiles.

n : medieval artillery used during sieges; a heavy war engine for hurling large stones and other missiles [syn: catapult, arbalest, arbalist, ballista, bricole, onager, trebuchet, trebucket]