Acarnania

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Ac•ar•na•ni•a

(ˌæk ərˈneɪ ni ə, -ˈneɪn yə)

n.

a coastal region in W central Greece, on the Ionian Sea.

Ac`ar•na′ni•an, adj., n.

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(40) Occupation of the former island ensured the security of the Saronic Gulf, and control of the latter helped secure a base off the west coast of the Peloponnese and Acarnania.

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Among the topics are Alexander the Great's confidence in his physician Philip of Acarnania, Maimonides, Ambrose Pare as an apprentice barber-surgeon in a busy shop in Paris, Oliver Wendell Holmes, Thomas Henry Huxley, Dieflafoy with his assistants and students during a lecture at the Hftel-Dieu, and the Eagle simulator for training anesthesia students at the Chelsea and Westminster Hospital in London.