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  2. List of Philippine legal terms - Wikipedia

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    Below is a list of Philippine legal terms: Term. Literal translation. From. Definition and use. A.C., [1] administrative case [2] N/A. English. A case brought under administrative law in the form of a quasi-judicial proceeding by an agency of a non-judicial branch of government, or, the Office of the Court Administrator.

  3. Surgery - Wikipedia

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    Surgery [a] is a medical specialty that uses manual and instrumental techniques to diagnose or treat pathological conditions (e.g., trauma, disease, injury, malignancy), to alter bodily functions (e.g., malabsorption created by bariatric surgery such as gastric bypass), to reconstruct or improve aesthetics and appearance (cosmetic surgery), or to remove unwanted tissues (body fat, glands ...

  4. Kinesiology - Wikipedia

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    The term Kinesiology is a literal translation to Greek+English from the original Swedish word Rörelselära, meaning "Movement Science". It was the foundation of the Medical Gymnastics, the original Physiotherapy and Physical Therapy, developed for over 100 years in Sweden (starting 1813). [79]

  5. Google Translate - Wikipedia

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    Google Translate is a web-based free-to-use translation service developed by Google in April 2006. [12] It translates multiple forms of texts and media such as words, phrases and webpages. Originally, Google Translate was released as a statistical machine translation (SMT) service. [12] The input text had to be translated into English first ...

  6. Divine intervention - Wikipedia

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    Divine intervention is an event that occurs when a deity (i.e. God or gods) becomes actively involved in changing some situation in human affairs. In contrast to other kinds of divine action, the expression "divine intervention" implies that there is some kind of identifiable situation or state of affairs that a god chooses to get involved with, to intervene in, in order to change, end, or ...

  7. Laissez-faire - Wikipedia

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    t. e. Laissez-faire (/ ˌlɛseɪˈfɛər / LESS-ay-FAIR; or / lɑːˌsɛzˈfɛ.jər /, from French: laissez faire [lɛse fɛːʁ] ⓘ, lit.'let do') is a type of economic system in which transactions between private groups of people are free from any form of economic interventionism (such as subsidies or regulations). As a system of thought ...

  8. Neologism - Wikipedia

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    Alternatively, the English word is used along with a brief explanation of meaning. [34] The four translation methods are emphasized in order to translate neologisms: transliteration, transcription, the use of analogues, and loan translation. [35] When translating from English to other languages, the naturalization method is most often used. [36]

  9. Ilocano language - Wikipedia

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    Classification. [edit] Ilocano, like all Philippine languages, is an Austronesian language, a very expansive language family believed to originate in Taiwan. [ 9 ][ 10 ] Ilocano comprises its own branch within the Philippine Cordilleran language subfamily. It is spoken as a first language by seven million people.