Gemini 10: An airplane falling

The word airplane is a compound. Its

m o d i f i e r , a i r , i s a d e r i v a t i v e o f t h e IE r o o t w e r - 1 w h i c h m e a n s t o r a i s e , l i f e , h o l d s u s p e n d e d. 1 O t h e r d e r i v a t i ve s i n c l u d e a e r ia l , a o r t a , a r ia , a r s i s ( t h e s h o r t o r u n a cc e n t e d p a r t o f a m e t r i c a l f o ot , e s p e c i a l l y i n q u a n t i t a t i ve v e r s e ), a r t e r y , a u r a , m a l a r ia , m e t e o r , mi n i v e r ( a w h i t e o r li g h t g r a y f u r used as a trim on m e d i e va l ro b e s and on c e r e m o n i a l r o b e s o f s t a t e ) , v a ir ( a f u r , p r o b a b ly s q u i r r e l, m u c h u s e d i n m e d i e v a l t i m e s t o l i n e a n d t r i m r o b e s ), v a r ie t y , v a r i o u s , v a r y , w a r bl e ( a n a b s c e s s e d b oi l - l i k e s w e l l i n g o n t h e b a c k o f c a t t le , d e e r , a n d c e r t a i n ot h e r a n i m a l s, ca u se d b y t he l a r v a o f a w a r b l e f l y ) , a n d wart. T h e h e a d o f t h e c om p o u n d i s p l a n e . It d e s c e n d s f r o m t he r o o t p el e - 2 w h i c h m e a n s f l a t ; t o s p r e a d. 2 I t s o t h e r d e r i v a t i v e s i n c l u d e e x p l a in , f i e l d , fl o o r , p a l m , p i a n o , p l a n e t , p l a n i s h ( t o m a k e sm o o t h o r p l a n e ), p l a s m a ( c o l o r l e s s w a t e r y f l u i d o f b l o o d a n d l y m p h c o n t a i n i n g n o c e ll s a n d i n w h i c h e r y t h r o c y t e s a n d l e u ko c y t e s a n d p la t e le t s a r e s u s p e n d e d ), p l a s t i c , p o l k a , a n d v e l dt ( a n y o f t h e o p e n g r a z i n g a r e a s o f s o u t he r n Africa). T h e w o r d f a l l i n g d e s c e n d s f r o m t h e r o o t p e l - 3, t o f o l d , a s d o f a l c o n , f o l d , m u l t i p l e , p a l e , p a l l i d , p a l o m in o , a n d t h e n a m e s L l o y d a n d F l o y d . 3 THEMES: One theme that links the keywords and paronyms concerns t h e h u m a n c i r c u l a t o r y s y s t e m a n d w h a t i t c i r c u l a t e s. T h e a o r t a i s t he largest artery in the body, originating from the left v e n t r i cl e o f t h e h e a r t a n d e xt e n d s d o w n t o t h e a b d o m e n , w h e r e i t b r a n c h e s o f f i n t o
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t w o s m a l l e r a r t e r i e s . T h e a o r t a d i st r i b u t e s o x y g e n a t e d b l o o d t o a l l p a r t s o f t h e b o d y . . . 4 P l a s m a i s a c o m p on e n t o f b l o o d a n d t h u s i s c i r c u l a t e d b y w a y o f t h e a o r t a . A i r i s, o f c o u r s e , t h e s o u r c e o f o x y ge n f o r t h e b l o o d while ma l a r ia is a m o s q ui t o - b or n e i n fe c t i o u s the genus d i s e a s e c a u se d The theme by is a eukaryotic C I R C U L A T IO N . p r ot i s t o f P l a s mo d i u m . 5

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