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(klowd),

Adjective applied to patients, adults or babies, who spread methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus into their surroundings in excessive nasal secretions resulting from viral upper respiratory infection.

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A wispy altostratus cloud blocks light of the setting sun as seen from the summit of Mount Pisgah.

UNDER A CLOUD

Altocumulus, altostratus and nimbostratus are medium-level clouds--between 2,500 and 5,500 metres.

Weatherwatch with Helen Willetts: May clouds, those ever-visible and ever-changing parts of the weather, are something with which the British are very familiar. Helen Willetts explains how to tell your cirrus from your cumulus

ALTOSTRATUS 6,000 TO 20,000 FEET A vast grayish sheet of clouds

Global warming: cloud patrol. (Earth Science: Global Warning * Clouds)

CIRRUS (HIGH CLOUDS) Cirrus Cirrocumulus Cirrostratus ALTO (MIDDLE-LEVEL CLOUDS) Altocumulus Altostratus LOW CLOUDS Cumulus Stratocumulus Nimbostratus Stratus Given the Latin we already have under our belts, you could guess with unfailing accuracy what the nine types mean.