"diasporal" meaning in All languages combined

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          "text": "But to speak of a diasporal point of view of particular sects, or of the view of sects concerning the Jews of the Diaspora as a whole, would be misleading as too vague.",
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          "ref": "1998 fall, Steven Nelson, “What is Black Art?”, in Art Journal, volume 57, number 3, New York, N.Y.: College Art Association, →DOI, →ISSN, →JSTOR, →OCLC, page 92, column 1",
          "text": "However, unlike those earlier works, [Richard J.] Powell attempts to show these processes through the cultural forces that have shaped twentieth-century diasporal concerns.",
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          "ref": "2008, Christopher N. Okonkwo, “Binary Nativity, Subjectivity, and the Wages of (In)Fidelity to ‘Origins’: The Between”, in A Spirit of Dialogue: Incarnations of Ợgbañje, the Born-to-die, in African American Literature, Knoxville, Tenn.: University of Tennessee Press, page 108",
          "text": "They excitedly departed for the motherland only to relive Okonkwo's post-exile epiphany: a noteworthy and implicitly parabolic moment whose resonances of African diasporal experience are unmistakable.",
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          "ref": "2017 August 2, Henry Jeffrey, “Thinking diaspora”, in Stabroek News, Georgetown, Guyana: Guyana Publications, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2017-09-27",
          "text": "The Action Plan promised to: '[...] promote diasporal representation in the National Assembly and explore the reintroduction of diasporal voting at general elections; [...]'",
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          "ref": "1923 October 20, Venereal Disease Information: Issued by the United States Public Health Service for Use in Its Cooperative Work with the State Health Departments, volume IV, number 10, Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office, →OCLC, section IV (Treatment), page 415",
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          "text": "Nahmmacher and Ernst have used sulphur diasporal during radiotherapy in a number of cases of carcinoma as a preparation for treatment by injection of radioactive bismuth diasporal 360 and have been favorably impressed by the results. Ernst suggests that sulphur diasporal may have an influence on gluthatione formation.",
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          "text": "A course of colloidal sulphur (sulphur diasporal) is given, 2 ampules, 10 milligrams each, every other day, intravenously. [...] This is supplemented by a course of colloidal sulphur (sulphur diasporal) 2 ampules, 20 milligrams each, for intramuscular medication, given in the gluteal region for 10 doses every other day.",
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          "ref": "1998, G. O. Ajayi, E. O. Fadiran, “Short Time Effect of Chemiron (a Combination Iron Preparation), Single Iron, and Different Magnesium Salts on Plasma. Magnesium Concentration During Early Pregnancy in Nigerian Women. A Preliminary Report.”, in Clinical and Experimental Obstetrics & Gynecology, volume 25, numbers 1–2, Montreal, Que.: IROG Canada, →ISSN, →OCLC, →PMID, abstract, page 64",
          "text": "In this study, we examined the short-term effect of magnesium asphat HCL (614.18 mgMG), magnesium diasporal (magnesium citrate 610 mg + magnesium laevalitat 30 mg = 100 mg magnesium = 8.2 mval), ferrous gluconate (300 mg) plus folic acid and chemiron, a new combination hematinic agent (ferrous fumarate 300 mg, folic acid 5 mg, vitamin B12 10 mg, vitamin C 25 mg, magnesium sulfate 0.3 mg and zinc sulfate 0.3 mg) on plasma magnesium concentration during early pregnancy in Nigerian women.",
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