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Definition of Fishbones

1. fishbone [n] - See also: fishbone

Medical Definition of Fishbones

1. Oscillations in soft X-ray emissions which occur during intense neutral-beam heating, associated with a recurring m=1 internal kink mode. Mode was given its name from its characteristic signal (looked like the bones of a fish, of course). Fishbones are associated with loss of fast ions from the plasma and are triggered by exceeding the upper limit on plasma beta. (09 Oct 1997)

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Literary usage of Fishbones

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Old-time Makers of Medicine: The Story of the Students and Teachers of the by James Joseph Walsh (1911)
"... of the method of treating fishbones that have become caught in the throat will give the best idea of how thoroughly practical Paul is in his directions. ..."

2. A History of British Birds by William Yarrell, Alfred Newton, Howard Saunders (1882)
"In this the eggs are laid, sometimes on the bare soil, but at others on the fishbones already ejected by the birds and allowed to accumulate until they ..."

3. Finland, the Land of a Thousand Lakes by Ernest Young (1912)
"When nothing was left but the fishbones, the primaeval singer asked if it would not ... And there was no skilful workman Who could make a harp of fishbones; ..."

4. Report and Transactions of the Devonshire Association for the Advancement of (1883)
"... as well as fishbones of the genus scarus." (p. 104) If by the " Cave at Brixham," M. Joly mean the Brixham Cavern mentioned, under that name, ..."

5. Nose and Throat Work for the General Practitioner by George Lyman Richards (1903)
"Among the substances introduced by way of food are fishbones and portions of ... When the foreign body is sharp- pointed, like fishbones, pins or tooth ..."

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