CURANDERA

curandera

(noun) a Mexican woman who practices healing techniques inherited from the Mayans

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

curandera (plural curanderas)

(often, italicized) A specifically female curandero, or traditional Central American healer

Source: Wiktionary



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COMMUNICATIONS

(noun) the discipline that studies the principles of transmiting information and the methods by which it is delivered (as print or radio or television etc.); “communications is his major field of study”


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In 1884, Angelo Moriondo of Turin, Italy, demonstrated the first working example of an espresso machine.

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