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Netherlands, Austrian and Spanish

(Encyclopedia)Netherlands, Austrian and Spanish, that part of the Low Countries that, from 1482 until 1794, remained under the control of the imperial house of Hapsburg. The area corresponds roughly to modern Belgi...

European Organization for Nuclear Research

(Encyclopedia)European Organization for Nuclear Research: see CERN. ...

New Jersey College for Women

(Encyclopedia)New Jersey College for Women: see Rutgers Univ. ...

International Prize for Arabic Fiction

(Encyclopedia)International Prize for Arabic Fiction: see Arabic literature. ...

New School for Social Research

(Encyclopedia)New School for Social Research: see New School Univ. ...

Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy

(Encyclopedia)Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy: see infrared astronomy. ...

sports medicine

(Encyclopedia)sports medicine, branch of medicine concerned with physical fitness and with the treatment and prevention of injuries and other disorders related to sports. Knee, leg, back, and shoulder injuries; sti...

COVID-19

(Encyclopedia)COVID-19, contagious viral disease caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2, or SARS-CoV-2, a coronavirus that is genetically related to SARS-CoV, which causes SARS. Symptoms generall...

TB, abbreviation for tuberculosis

(Encyclopedia)TB: see tuberculosis.

Boniface, Saint, English missionary monk and martyr

(Encyclopedia)Boniface, Saint bŏnˈĭfəs, –fās [key], c.675–754?, English missionary monk and martyr, called the Apostle of Germany, b. Devonshire, England. His English name was Winfrid. He was educated in t...