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oriental
having some connection with the Orient.
oriental avian eye fluke
see philophthalmusgralli.
oriental blood fluke
schistosomajaponicum.
oriental cattle plague
see rinderpest.
oriental liver fluke
see clonorchissinensis.
oriental lung fluke
see paragonimuswestermani.
oriental mustard
brassicajuncea.
oriental sore
see leishmaniasis.
oriental theileriosis
a mild form of East Coast fever caused by Theileria orientalis.
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Burke Long, Frank Johnson, and others have compared the Holy Land Experience to similar American theme parks and World's Fairs--such as Palestine Park in New York, or Christ of the Ozarks in Arkansas--pointing out the orientalizing themes that pervade them.
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Said himself has his own say on d'Herbelot and the role of his Bibliotheque in confirming the old myths about the Orient: In such efforts as d'Herbelot's, Europe discovered its capacities for encompassing and Orientalizing the Orient.
The Orient "made Oriental": a study of William Beckford's Vathek by Al-Alwan, Muna / Arab Studies Quarterly (ASQ)
To do so would ironically echo the Orientalizing accounts of 19th-century European travelers who indulged in the same-sex activities they discovered were so accessible in North Africa.
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