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  2. Siren (mythology) - Wikipedia

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    Nomenclature Archaic perfume vase in the shape of a siren, c. 540 BC The etymology of the name is contested. Robert S. P. Beekes has suggested a Pre-Greek origin. Others connect the name to σειρά (seirá, "rope, cord") and εἴρω (eírō, "to tie, join, fasten"), resulting in the meaning "binder, entangler", [better source needed] i.e. one who binds or entangles through magic song.

  3. Greater siren - Wikipedia

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    Genus: Siren. Species: S. lacertina. Binomial name. Siren lacertina. Linnaeus, 1766. The greater siren ( Siren lacertina) is an amphibian and one of the five members of the genus Siren. The largest of the sirens and one of the largest amphibians in North America, the greater siren resides in the coastal plains of the southeastern United States.

  4. Sweat gland - Wikipedia

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    The main electrolytes of sweat are sodium and chloride, though the amount is small enough to make sweat hypotonic at the skin surface. Eccrine sweat is clear, odorless, and is composed of 98–99% water; it also contains NaCl, fatty acids, lactic acid, citric acid, ascorbic acid, urea, and uric acid. Its pH ranges from 4 to 6.8.

  5. Perspiration - Wikipedia

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    Perspiration, also known as sweat, is the fluid secreted by sweat glands in the skin of mammals. [1] Two types of sweat glands can be found in humans: eccrine glands and apocrine glands. [2] The eccrine sweat glands are distributed over much of the body and are responsible for secreting the watery, brackish sweat most often triggered by ...

  6. Sweating sickness - Wikipedia

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    Sweating sickness, also known as the sweats, English sweating sickness, English sweat or sudor anglicus in Latin, was a mysterious and contagious disease that struck England and later continental Europe in a series of epidemics beginning in 1485. Other major outbreaks of the English sweating sickness occurred in 1508, 1517, and 1528, with the ...

  7. Harlequin syndrome - Wikipedia

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    Harlequin syndrome is a condition characterized by asymmetric sweating and flushing on the upper thoracic region of the chest, neck and face. Harlequin syndrome is considered an injury to the autonomic nervous system (ANS). The ANS controls some of the body's natural processes such as sweating, skin flushing and pupil response to stimuli. [1]

  8. Siren (TV series) - Wikipedia

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    Siren. (TV series) Siren is an American fantasy drama television series that follows Ryn Fisher (played by Eline Powell ), a young siren who comes to a small coastal town looking for her abducted older sister. The series premiered on Freeform on March 29, 2018. [1] The first season included 10 episodes. [2]

  9. Integumentary system - Wikipedia

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    The integumentary system is the set of organs forming the outermost layer of an animal's body. It comprises the skin and its appendages, which act as a physical barrier between the external environment and the internal environment that it serves to protect and maintain the body of the animal. Mainly it is the body's outer skin.