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Nip Nipper Nipple
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

~ NIP     akin to NIB  as
^u        id+ | BITE  NIP  PINCH  MORSEL  SIP |
          id+ | LITTLE MEAL as in NIBBLE |
~ NIPPER  those prone to SNACK or NIBBLE on FOOD
~ NIPPLE  id+ | PIMPLE like NIB |
          note
  ukr  SOSKA  = NIPPLE
       SASATY   denotes
  eng  SUCK     as in SIP  sug> SUPPER
       SUCKLE   BREAST FEED or
  sp AMAMANTAR  or give
        MAMAR   or NURSE   sug> MAMMAL
     PECHO      CHEST and BREAST
  sp PEZON      NIPPLE or
     TETILLA    little TEAT
     TETAR      SUCKLE
  biol> ATHELIA means NO NIPPLE
        POLYTHELIA means MULTIPLE NIPPLES
  med> HUMANS HAVE TWO NIPPLES
       THOSE WITH EXTRA NIPPLES are said to have
  POLYTHELIA
  biol> see> EPITHELIUM for CELLS THAT COVER
  cont> see> ATHELIA
  cont> see> THELE
  cont> see> TEAT 
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