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Meanings of cistern in English

Portuguese
cisterna

A tank that holds the water used to flush a toilet.

cisterna

A sac or cavity containing fluid especially lymph or cerebrospinal fluid.

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Examples for "cisterna"
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The increase in locomotor activity from injections of CRF into the cisterna magna was blocked by a cold cream plug in the cerebral aqueduct.
Pubmed
2
SAH was induced by the injection of autologous blood into the cisterna magna on day 0 and day 2.
Pubmed
3
In May 1867 he married the princess Maria Carlotta del Pozzo della Cisterna.
The Project Gutenberg Encyclopedia, Volume 1 of 28
4
Instead, his younger brother Henry went to Cisterna, while Charles made his way in disguise to the Tuscan coast.
How the scots invented the modern world: the true story of how w...
5
"And you expect to keep your children alive if you send them to Cisterna?"
Alone
Usage of cistern in English
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Now he is pumping water up into the cistern, looking very happy.
I capture the castle
2
And from the overflow of the cistern the fountain below was fed.
The Aztec Treasure-House
3
The city's ancient cistern is precisely that- alargeunderground space with columns.
Inferno
4
And Hank in that there cistern a-listening to every word of it.
Danny's Own Story
5
A large ornamental cistern which stood in the scullery bore date 1703.
Hammersmith, Fulham and Putney
6
The water was running into the cistern with a soothing, peaceful sound.
Children of the Ghetto: A Study of a Peculiar People
7
According to the literature, epidermoids are rarely found in the quadrigeminal cistern.
Pubmed
8
To the cistern she must go, and I must put her there.
The Prince of India; Or, Why Constantinople Fell — Volume 02
9
The Yankees never much as peared to see that old open cistern.
Slave Narratives: A Folk History of Slavery in the United States...
10
I just hadn't expected to see it there, glowering on the cistern.
The Irish Times
11
The cistern has long been empty, and is used as a ropewalk.
Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science, Volume ...
12
The cistern was inhabited-someperson was down there to be communicated with.
The Prince of India; Or, Why Constantinople Fell — Volume 02
13
No church cistern of works of supererogation can supply this pure water.
Works of John Bunyan — Volume 03
14
It had once been capped by a cistern, long since rotted away-
Ginx's Baby: His Birth and Other Misfortunes; a Satire
15
That taken from a spring or well is better than cistern water.
Outdoor Sports and Games
16
She fell into a collapsed cistern while walking home in the dark.
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