Fecund and its synonyms fruitful and fertile all mean producing or capable of producing offspring or fruit-literally or figuratively. Fecund applies to things that yield offspring, fruit, or results in abundance or with rapidity (a fecund herd; a fecund imagination).
A late-night comedy show featuring several short skits, parodies of television commercials, a live guest band, and a pop-cultural guest host each week. Many of the SNL players have spun off successful independent comedy and/or movie careers from here. Written by Tad Dibbern <DIBBERN_D@a1.mscf.upenn.edu>.
To ensure accurate identification of the sentinel lymph node (SNL), lymphatic mapping and removal of the SLN should precede wide excision of the primary melanoma. Multiple studies have demonstrated the diagnostic accuracy of SLNB, with false-negative rates of 0% to 2%.[8,12-17] If metastatic melanoma is detected, a complete regional lymphadenectomy can be performed in a second procedure.