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artificial adjective adulterine, artificiosus, assumed, casuistic, concocted, deceptive, ersatz, faked, false, feigned, fictitious, forged, illusory, imaginary, imagined, imitation, imitative, man-made, not natural, simulated, simulative, spurious, superficial, ungenuine, unnatural, unreal Associated concepts: artificial boundaries, artificial ingrediints, artificial monuments, artificial person, artificial pond, artificial presumption, artificial watercourse See also: bogus, deceptive, disingenuous, false, fictitious, histrionic, imitation, inflated, meretricious, orotund, pretentious, specious, spurious, synthetic ARTIFICIAL. What is the result of, or relates to, the arts; opposed to natural; thus we say a corporation is an artificial person, in opposition to a natural person. Artificial accession is the uniting one property to another by art, opposed to a simple natural union. 1 Bouv. Inst. n. 503. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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| The artificial lung business that we purchased in FY2005 from Dainippon Ink and Chemicals, Incorporated is also of great significance for the future development of our Medical Equipment Business, as part of our expansion in the artificial organ sector. In particular, the report cites three segments that will maintain sound growth: ophthalmic materials, artificial organs and dental materials. ``And with kidneys, livers and so on, there is nothing on the horizon that will be a suitable artificial organ that you can implant. |
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