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cytotoxic virus: (from the article "human disease") ...rupture and death of the cells. Others multiply within the cell body and compete with ...
cytotrophoblast: (from the article "pregnancy") ...minute branches of the uterine arteries that contain maternal blood. Erosion of the endometrium about ...
Cyttariales: (from the article "fungus") ...on plants, especially fruits; thin-walled, inoperculate asci, generally with amyloid apical rings; includes mildews; contains ...
cywydd: Welsh verse form, a kind of short ode in rhyming couplets in which one rhyme ... [3 Related Articles]
Cyzicus: (from the article "Argonaut") The Argonauts arrived at Lemnos, which was occupied only by women, and remained there several ...
Cyzicus: ancient Greek town, located on the southern coast of the Sea of Marmara in what ...
Cyzicus, Battle of: (from the article "Callinicus Of Heliopolis") ...it. The precise composition is still unknown, but it is generally accepted that it was ...
czardas: national dance of Hungary. A courting dance for couples, it begins with a slow section ...
Czarna Wiselka: (from the article "Vistula River") In its upper course the Vistula is a mountain stream with a steep gradient of ...
Czartoryski family: the leading noble family of Poland in the 18th century, eclipsing the rival Potocki family ... [2 Related Articles]
Czartoryski, Adam Jerzy, Prince: Polish statesman who worked unceasingly for the restoration of Poland when Russia, Prussia, and Austria ... [5 Related Articles]
Czartoryski, Adam Kazimierz, Prince: a leading member of the princely Czartoryski family and a patron of the arts, education, ... [1 Related Articles]
Czartoryski, Michal Fryderyk, Prince: Polish statesman who made his family party of Czartoryskis, the so-called Familia, the leading party ... [1 Related Articles]
Czech Agrarian Party: (from the article "Czechoslovak region, history of") ...of cooperation with the Young Czechs, founded the National Socialist Party. The peasants, dissatisfied with ...
Czech language: West Slavic language closely related to Slovak, Polish, and the Sorbian languages of eastern Germany. ... [5 Related Articles]
Czech literature: the body of writing in the Czech language. Before 1918 there was no independent Czechoslovak ... [13 Related Articles]
Czech National Bank: (from the article "Czech Republic") On the day of partition, the Czech National Bank and its Slovak counterpart replaced the ...
Czech National Council: (from the article "Czech Republic") On Dec. 16, 1992, the Czech National Council adopted a new constitution establishing the Czech ...
Czech New Wave: (from the article "motion picture, history of the") The example of the Polish school encouraged the development of the Czech New Wave (1962-68), ...
Czech Philharmonic Orchestra: (from the article "Ashkenazy, Vladimir") ...(in London), and in 1989 he was named music director of the Berlin Radio Symphony ...
Czech Republic: country located in central Europe. It comprises the historical provinces of Bohemia and Moravia along ... [43 Related Articles]
Czech Republic, flag of the: national flag with two horizontal stripes of white over red with a blue triangle at ...
Czech Republic, history of: (from the article "Czech Republic") The Czech Republic came into being on Jan. 1, 1993, upon the dissolution of the ...
Czech Romantic school: (from the article "Czech Republic") Meanwhile, the Romantic literary movement of western Europe began to affect the emerging Czech literature. ...
Czechoslovak Hussite Church: church established in Czechoslovakia in 1920 by a group of dissident Roman Catholic priests who ...
Czechoslovak Legion: (from the article "Russian Civil War") A further factor was the Czechoslovak Legion, composed of Czech and Slovak deserters from the ...
Czechoslovak National Council: (from the article "Czechoslovak region, history of") ...Milan Rastislav Stefanik, offered his support. Masaryk established contacts with the Czechs and Slovaks living ...
Czechoslovak region, history of: history of Bohemia and Moravia and of Slovakia from prehistoric times to their federation in ...
Czechoslovakia: (from the article "Liechtenstein") ...Liechtenstein's claim on February 10, stating that the dispute was too old for it to ...
Czechowicz, Jozef: Polish poet.
Czermak, Jan: (from the article "otolaryngology") ...its diseases, meanwhile, was aided by a device that was invented in 1855 by Manuel ...
Czerniakow, Adam: (from the article "Judenrate") ...provide order in the ghetto. The individual Judenrate used different models of governance. In Warsaw, ...
Czernin, Ottokar, Count: foreign minister of Austria-Hungary (1916-18), whose efforts to disengage his country from its participation in ... [3 Related Articles]
Czernowitz Language Conference: (from the article "Yiddish language") ...Jewish lingua franca. The Yiddishist movement, dedicated to the growth and enhancement of the language, ...
Czerny, Carl: Austrian pianist, teacher, and composer known for his pedagogical works for the piano. [1 Related Articles]
Czerwinski, Edward Joseph: American scholar and university professor (b. June 6, 1929, Erie, Pa.-d. Feb. 16, 2005, Erie), ...
Czestochowa: city, Slaskie wojewodztwo (province), south-central Poland. The city originally consisted of two ...
Czetwertynski family: Polish princely family descended from the Kievan grand prince Svyatopolk II Izyaslavich (d. 1113) of ...
Czetwertynski, Antoni: (from the article "Czetwertynski family") Polish princely family descended from the Kievan grand prince Svyatopolk II Izyaslavich (d. 1113) of ...
Czobel, Bela: painter and graphic artist, one of the most highly regarded figures in 20th-century Hungarian arts.
Czochralski method: (from the article "integrated circuit") ...semiconductor must be extremely pure and a single crystal. The basic technique for creating large ...
Czolgosz, Leon: (from the article "McKinley, William") ...among nations. (See primary source document: Reciprocal Trade Agreements.) The following day, September 6, 1901, ...