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Nephritis Nephros Neptune Neptunian
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

~ NEPHRITIS  med> INFLAMED KIDNEYS
^u           biol> link with OURON or
             see> URINE  see> RENAL
~ NEPHROS    gr for KIDNEY or RENAL ORGANS
             in gr NIERE leading to
             ukr   NERKA for KIDNEY
             note see> NURSE for NURTURE
                  see> NEREID re above
~ NEPTUNE    ROMAN GOD OF WATERS  THE SEA
             see> POSEIDON
~ NEPTUNIAN  implies FORMED BY WATER ACTION
             in contrast to VOLCANIC or
  PLUTONIC ACTION or by FIRE and EARTH
  NEPTUNE PLUTO and URANUS or OURANUS
  are adjacent ideas which become intertwined
  note evolution of NEPtune and PLUto as in
  NEP  or NEBH
  PLUT or PLEU and             sug> PLUTOCRAT
  OUR  or AUE
  first   NEBH
          found in word ideas denoting
          CLOUD  MOIST  MIST as in
          sp   NUBE     = CLOUD
          note NEBULA     or
               NEBULOUS   or
               NIMBUS     or
          ukr  NEBO       SKY
          note NIBELUNGS  see> LUNG
  note second set of meanings
       PLU  PLEU implying RAIN as in
       PLUVIAL   see> PLUVIUS  also nhote
  RAIN  plus AIR  LIGHT   PULMONARY  PLUMAGE
  wich evolve toward ideas of
  SLIGHT or LIGHT as in LUNG probably because
  when a bird or FOWL WAS PLUCKED
  ALL ORGANS SUNK except the
  LUNGS WHICH FLOATED and
  were known as " LIGHTS "
  note Gaelic LIN or LINN = FLOW found in
       DUBLIN  LINCOLN  BROOKLYN evolving toward
  PLU toward PLUMAGE
  FLOAT  FLY  FLIGHT  FLEA  FLUTTER
  FLEDGE  FEATHER  FOWL etc
  note third set of meanings
        OUR or AUE  relating to ideas in WATER
  sp   AGUA   = WATER  sug> WAVE
  gr    OURON   URINE  see> URINATE   URETER    UREA
  lat   UNDA   WAVE   sug> UNDULANT  INUNDATE  ABUNDANT
        LUTRA   MUD    sug>
  biol> rodent mamm NUTRIA
  gr    UDRA   HYDRA or WATER SNAKE   sug> HYDROGEN
  ukr  VODA    WATER
  skt  VARI    WATER
       VARSHA  RAINY SEASON   sug> WASH
  sc> note preserved adjacency of the elements
      93 or NEPTUNIUM               see> WATER
      92 or URANIUM                 see> URINE
      94 or PLUTONIUM               sug> PLUTOCRAT
  hx> above is an homage and evidence that
      FORMERLY SCIENTISTS WERE EDUCATED AND
  HUMANISTS WITH A GRASP OF CULTURE
  sc> NEPHELITE is a MINERAL THAT TURNS CLOUDY
      WHEN TREATED WITH ACID      sug> NEPHELO
  note NEBULA  NEBULOUS
  astr> NEPTUNE is the 8th PLANET
        again note that URANUS and PLUTO are
  ADJACENT CONCEPTS as in WATER and EARTH
  myth> note Roman ideas are also adjacent regarding
        NEPTUNE as GOD OF WATERS and
  OURANOS or URANUS who stood for FERTILIZING RAIN and
  URANIA     VENERATED BY FISHERMEN who stood as the
             MUSE OF ASTRONOMY also used as an epithet for
             VENUS in terms of SPIRITUAL LOVE or   URANISM
  PLUTO   or JUPITER PLUVIUS who was seen as  sug> PLUVIAL
             RAIN GIVER and KING OF THE GODS
             he was the HUSBAND OF GEA      sug> GEOGRAPHY
  note HYDRA or the MANY HEADED WATER SNAKE MONSTER
             note HYDROGEN  HYDRANT
  lit+ NIBELUNGS are CHILDREN OF THE MIST        sug> LUNG
  biol> NEPTUNEA  NEPTUNELLA  NEPTUNIA are roots
        used to denote ORGANISMS LIVING IN A MARINE HABITAT
  med> note NEPHROS NEPHROSIS  RENAL RAIN
       note URANISM or PLATONIC LOVE         URANIA
            URNING     MALE   HOMOSEXUAL LOVE
            URNINDE    FEMALE HOMOSEXUAL LOVE
  art>  NEPTUNE 1767 sculpture by Augustin PAJOU [#] and
        a ROMAN MOSAIC dedicated to NEPTUNE or POSEIDON
  are preserved at the Musee du Louvre Paris
  NEPTUNE is shown with his CONSORT SALACIA
  note sp SAL       = SALT
       sp CONSORTE    WIFE
             SORTEO   LOTTERY or LOT
             SUERTE   LUCK
  myth> NEPTUNE or see> POSAIDON
        WAS CREDITED WITH THE CREATION OF THE HORSE
  and is often depicted riding a
  QUADRIGA or  sp CUATRO = 4
  A CARRIAGE PULLED BY FOUR HORSES ABREAST
  note ukr TROIKA = for THREE HORSES ABREAST
  sp       TRES     or TRIO
  for more see> POSEIDON

  
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