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Corculum Cord Cordon Cordial Core
Engraved before 1811 from an original in the then Museum Pio Clemens in Rome (Click for details)
Esculapius (Medicine) between Mercury (Merchants) and the Graces (Medicine, Hygiene and Panacea)
Esculapius dealt with Patients - Merchants make deals with Clients

~ CORCULUM  A LITTLE HEART
            biol> ins THE DORSAL CHAMBERS THROUGH WHICH THE
                  BLOOD OF INSECTS FLOWS
~ CORD~     prefix and also an ENDING
            also shown as see> CHORD  sug>  ACCORD
     in eng CORD~ denotes either HEART or STRING
     ply> | ACCORD CHORD and  CORDIAL CORE  relate to
            SINCERE CORDIAL COURAGEOUS CHORDS as if
     HEARTS JOINED BY CORDS or ACCORDS |
     biol> NOTOCHORD  A DORSAL CONDENSATION OF TISSUE
           related to BACK BONE or VERTEBRA <see
     ply> | a CORD of CORDIALITY leads to ACCORD and
            REMEMBRANCE of VALIANT CARDIAC COURAGE |
     sp  CUERDA = STRING
       RECUERDA   REMEMBER          sug> MEMO MEMORY
        ACUERDO   AGREEMENT         sug> ACCORD
         CORAZON  HEART             sug> CORDIAL
         CORAJE   VALOR             sug> COURAGE
~ CORD   gr  CHORDE = A CAT GUT or STRING ROPE
         lat COR      HEART
         in biol>     HEART or
                      CARDIAC
~ CORDIAL  from lat COR CORDIS = HEART
           ply> | "WITH OPEN HEART" is a sign of true
                   SINCERE CORDIALITY | sug> FRIENDLY
~ CORE    THE MEDULLA or MARROW or ESSENCE OF SOMETHING
~ CORE~   prefix for INTERNAL or HEART OF MATTER
          id+ | THE CENTRAL INNER PART OF A THING |
          lat COR = HEART
          note figurative word figures as in
              APPLE CORE or
              ULCER CORE  or
              CORE OF A BOIL     see> FURUNCLE
~ CORDILLERA  in sp STRING OF MOUNTAINS
~ CORDON      in sp A CORD  ROPE  CABLE  LINE  BRIDLE
              also A RIBBON WORN
  it may denote AN HONOR as in CORDON BLEU
  also STRING OF FORTIFICATIONS as in BORDER or
       FRONTIER  as in euphemistic  CORDON SANITAIRE
  note CORDON OFF implies to SEPARATE  sug> ALIENATE
  
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