(v.)To cause (a plant, for example) to undergo blight.
(v.)To have a deleterious effect on; ruin. See synonyms at blast
(v.)To suffer blight.
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(8) "Blighted area" means an area in which there are a substantial number of deteriorated, or deteriorating structures, in which conditions, as indicated by government-maintained statistics or other studies, are leading to economic distress or endanger life or property, and in which two or more of the following...
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Blighted ovum refers to a fertilized egg that develops a placenta but no embryo. ... What causes a blighted ovum? ... A blighted ovum is a common cause of early pregnancy loss. It occurs when a fertilized egg develops a placenta and membrane but no embryo. A blighted ovum usually occurs in the first few weeks of pregnancy —...
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A blighted ovum type of pregnancy loss is explained and how to recognize signs of a blighted ovum. ... What is a blighted ovum? ... A blighted ovum (also known as “anembryonic pregnancy”) happens when a fertilized egg attaches itself to the uterine wall, but the embryo does not develop. Cells develop to form the pregnancy...
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The androgenetic origin of hydatidiform moles, due to a monospermic or dispermic mechanism, has been reported, and a possible pathogenetic relation with blighted ova suggested. ... Our data exclude a relationship between hydatidiform moles and blighted ova, as in the latter a mixed paternal and maternal DNA contribution...
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This prospective study of 104 women investigated the dose-related efficacy of mifepristone combined with oral misoprostol in the management of first trimester miscarriage (missed abortion and blighted ovum). ... The Medscape Journal ... Allergy & Clinical Immunology...
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Urban decay is the sociological process whereby a city, or part of a city, falls into disrepair and decrepitude, with depopulation or changing population, economic restructuring, abandoned buildings,...
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Artists have long been leaders of an urban vanguard that colonizes blighted areas. Now, the current housing crisis has created a new class of urban pioneer. ... Artists have flocked to, and improved, blighted areas for decades -- for example, New York's SoHo and Williamsburg, parts of Baltimore and Berlin, Germany.
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As we've repeatedly noted, Mayor Daley long ago abandoned TIF's specific purpose -- to redevelop "blighted" areas -- and has since created a multitude of new districts in affluent neighborhoods and throughout Chicago’s downtown.
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