Figure 3. Capillary hemangioma in a 4-month-old boy with proptosis of the left eye, inferior displacement of the globe, and a bluish discoloration under the skin. Axial contrast-enhanced CT image depicts an intensely enhancing, irregularly marginated lesion with intraconal (dots) and extraconal (arrows) components.
For other uses, please see Banana republic (disambiguation) . The phrase banana republic was coined (ca. 1904) by the American writer O. Henry (William Sydney Porter, 1862â1910).Banana republic is a political science term for a politically unstable country, whose economy is largely dependent on exporting a limited-resource product, e.g. bananas.he history of the first banana republic begins with the introduction of the banana to the US in 1870, by Lorenzo Dow Baker, captain of the schooner Telegraph.
Freebase (0.00 / 0 votes) Rate this definition: Republic. A republic is a form of government in which affairs of state are a public matter, not the private concern of the rulers. In a republic, public offices are appointed or elected rather than inherited, and are not the private property of the people who hold them. In modern times, a common simplified definition of a republic is a government where the head of state is not a monarch. Currently, 135 of the world's 206 sovereign states use the word republic as part of their official names.