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bifurcation
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bifurcation /bi·fur·ca·tion/ (bi″fer-ka´shun)
1. a division into two branches.
2. the point at which division into two branches occurs.
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Carotid bifurcation: the site of division of the common carotid artery into the external and internal carotid arteries.
bi·fur·ca·tion (bfr-kshn)
n.
A division into two branches; a forking.
bifurcation
[bī′fərkā′shən]
Etymology: L, bis + furca, fork
a splitting into two branches, such as the trachea, which branches into the two bronchi.
bifurcation (bī´furkā´shn),
n the division of a tooth's roots into two parts or branches.
bifurcation
1. a division into two branches.
2. the point at which division into two branches occurs.
tracheal bifurcation
termination of the trachea, where it divides into two principal bronchi.


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The first is an "integrated" approach roughly covering biblical theology prior to the advent of the Enlightenment, an approach that the author asserts did not suffer from the bifurcations of Old and New Testaments or the separation of biblical witness and dogmatics.
The Ways of Our God: An Approach to Biblical Theology by Giere, Samuel D. / Currents in Theology and Mission
Six individual animations on tents and membranes, grid shells, cable nets, inflatables, changing roofs and bifurcations provide the visitors with the essential technical knowledge to understand the highly complex but beguilingly simple-looking models.
Otto at 80 by Brensing, Christian / The Architectural Review
The implicit meanings of the symbols suggest that many men were deeply troubled by the gender bifurcations of Victorian society, which deprived them of a religious experience with which they could identify and of a family environment in which they could freely express nurturing and paternal emotions.
"Let us live for those who love us": faith, family, and the contours ... by Koehlinger, Amy / Journal of Social History
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