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tattoo

An indelible mark or figure made by puncturing the skin and introducing some pigment into the punctures; a mode of ornamentation practiced by various barbarous races, both in ancient and modern times, and also by some among civilized nations, especially by sailors.


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Re: Bible vs Darwin

... so long as it makes you feel good, as it is not to care how you got your money as long as you have got it. ( Edmund Way Teale ) (If I ever get a tattoo, it'll be that quote. I want it on my tombstone too. I just love it.) Since this is a science based forum, even those with religious beliefs ...

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by Corax
Tue Jun 17, 2008 7:15 pm
 
Forum: Evolution
Topic: Bible vs Darwin
Replies: 293
Views: 30265

Equipment for correct sterilisation?

... This concerns sterilisation & bloodborn bacteria/spores. I'll come clean (no pun intended!) I've been asked by a friend who is learning to tattoo why an autoclave is required to sterilise equipment. Now I've explained to him that some spores will not be destroyed by boiling as the water ...

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by Alvino
Tue Sep 11, 2007 8:18 pm
 
Forum: Microbiology
Topic: Equipment for correct sterilisation?
Replies: 5
Views: 1128


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