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guan (gwän),
n in traditional Chinese medicine—in addition to “cun” and “chi”—one of the three divisions of the pulse that is used for diagnosis. Specifically, its position is near the styloid process of the radius. On the left hand, the pulse of guan is associated with the condition of the liver and on the right hand, it is associated with the condition of the spleen.


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Guan Yongxing, the one female among the five classmates in Pomfret's account, saw her father sent away to a labor camp in 1966 and was ordered to denounce him publicly two years later.
Guan Y, Peiris JS, Lipatov AS, Ellis TM, Dyrting KC, Krauss S, et al.
Ghana has looked solid in both of its games, a tough 2-0 loss to Italy and the 2-0triumph over the Czechs, but its goalscorer, Sully Miniature and Samoa Guan, picked up their second yellow cards of the tournament and must serve one-game suspensions.
 
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