~ GARG~        prefix for THROAT          see> GULLET
~ GARGANTA     id+ | THROAT |             see> PHARYNX
~ GARAGANTUAN  id+ | GIGANTIC GLUTTONY |  sug> GULA
~ GARGLE       id+ | "GAR GAR" like NOISE |
~ GARGON       id+ | points to sp GARGANTA |
~ GARGOUILLE   id+ | GARGANTUAN DRAGON WHO SWALLOWED PEOPLE |
~ GARGOYLE     id+ | A GROTESQUE or DEFORMED CREATURE |
^u             note  THROB       see> THREAT
  indeur GULA    = THROAT or
  ukr    GULA      LUMP
  note             ADAM'S LUMP or PROTRUDING
  med>             THYROID CARTILAGE
  lat    GURGES    GULLET
  eng    GULLET    THROAT
  sp     GULA      GLUTTON from
  sp     GARGANTA  THROAT or PHARYNX
  eng    GORGE     CHASM  CLEFT also TO FILL as in
         GLUT      ABUNDANCE  WEALTH
         GLUTTON   EXCESS OF SWALLOW or INGESTION
  sp   DEGLUTIR    SWALLOW related to
       DEGOLLAR    to cut a THROAT or GULLET
  med>   GLUTEN    A CARBOHYDRATE mostly in GRAINS
  biol>  GLUCOSE   component of SUGAR and GLUTENS
  sp     FAUCES    THROAT or
  med>   PHARYNX   THROAT
  eng    FAUCET    THROAT or NOZZLE
  note             see> GORG~ as GORGEOUS
                   see> GLOS     GLOSSARY
  lit+ GARGANTUA and PENTAGRUEL written by
       Francois RABELAIS [#] introduced this term
  to the WORLD and since then those with a
  MASSIVE APPETITE for FOOD can be called
  GARGANTUAN GLUTTONS
  myth> Rabelais based his story on
        GARGOUILLE or a DRAGON WITH A LARGE THROAT
  WHO SWALLOWED PEOPLE WHOLE
  THE MONSTER LIVED NEAR ROE FRANCE
  AND WAS SLAIN BY ROMANUS
  A GOOD BISHOP WHO LEGENDS SAY
  LIVED IN THE 7TH CENTURY
  interestingly that ever since THE ROMAN CHURCH has
  abstained from further reports about
  DRAGONS in FRANCE or anywhere else
  lit+ art> A GARGOYLE or GROTESQUE DEFORMED CREATURES
            OFTEN ADORN CATHEDRALS
  med> A GENETIC DISORDER ALTERING THE METABOLISM
       OF MPS or MUCCHOPOLYSACCHARIDES CONDUCIVE
  TO THE ACCUMULATION OF MPS IN TISSUES INCLUDING
  THE FACE AND TONGUE
  AS THE FACE AND TONGUE ENLARGE or ENGORGE
  the VICTIMS BECOME DEFORMED AND WERE ONCE CALLED
  "GARGOYLE" and THE DISORDER WAS REFERRED TO AS
  "GARGOYLISM"
  cont> see> GULA and see> GULLET

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