ama
- noun
- /ˈɑːmə/
:
buceadora de perlas
- In 1988, an American Medical Association (AMA) poll found that 80 percent to 90 percent of physicians agreed that withholding and withdrawing nutrition and hydration are permissible in certain circumstances.
Examples
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Popular images of ama depict sexy young women in the traditional white diving outfit and tend to identify them as pearl divers rather than the less exciting abalone divers.
Academic text (1997) -
Not only are the ama portrayed as sexy, but there are conveniently utilized sexual overtones to the associations with water involved in their trade.
Academic text (1997) -
You must marry Ama girl.
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Yesterday an Ama girl rowed her boat into Ryuzaki.
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In honor of his indefatigable striving on behalf of their profession, in 1880 the medical elite elected Lewis Sayre president of the AMA.
Academic text (1994) -
The role of the feminine in the process of self-exoticism is also observed in other cases, such as that of women divers (ama) sold as prototypes of "real Japan" (Martinez 1990).
Academic text (1999) -
He was a born organizer: the prime mover in the New York Pathological Society; an officer of the New York Academy of Medicine; and in 1866, vice president of the fledgling American Medical Association (AMA).
Academic text (1994) -
The group of ama surfaced from the water, each holding a basket filled with pearls and seaweed.
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As an ama, she honed her skills over the years, diving steadily without any breathing apparatus.
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The ama women are renowned for their ability to gather shellfish and pearls from the ocean depths.
Synonyms
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6.4
A person who dives underwater to collect pearls from oysters
A person who dives underwater to find shells with pearls
Surface Forms
Etymology
Ama for the traditional Japanese free-diver comes from Japanese words that mean 'sea' and 'woman', so think of a 'sea woman' who dives without breathing equipment to collect pearls and shellfish.