THRAW
\θɹˈɔː], \θɹˈɔː], \θ_ɹ_ˈɔː]\
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thraw, v.t. (Scot.) to twist, wrench.--v.i. to writhe, to wriggle: to be perverse.--adjs. THRÄ'WARD, THRÄ'WART, obstinate; THRAWN, twisted: perverse.--HEADS AND THRAWS, lying beside each other, the head of the one by the feet of the other; IN THE DEAD THRAW, in the agony of death. [Throw.]
By Thomas Davidson
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Dorsal Root Ganglia
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