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skeletonize
Surgery A popular term for the stripping of serosal tissues from certain structures–eg, the round ligament, fallopian tube, to facilitate clamping or excision and minimize bleeding


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Grace Around The World manages to sidestep the typical pitfalls of record-company attempts to skeletonize material from gone-too-soon performers, largely because of the startlingly refreshing lack of pretense in Buckley's performances and interviews.
As Bob Gaspirc, manager of mapping services for the city, explains, "By enabling us to automatically skeletonize our complex water network from a high level of detail to less granular detail, WaterGEMS allowed us to bridge the data needs of two different user groups, while saving the city over $1 million Canadian.
 
 
 
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