ANASARCA
ANAS'ARCA, noun [Gr. in or between, and flesh.]A species of dropsy, from a serous humor spread between the skin and flesh; or an accumulation of lymph in the cellular membrane, ...
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ANASARCOUS
ANAS'ARCOUS, adjective Belonging to anasarca, or dropsy; dropsical.
ANASTOMOSE
ANAS'TOMOSE, verb intransitive s as z. [Gr. mouth.]To inosculate; to unite the mouth of one vessel with another, as the arteries with the veins.
ANASTOMOSIS
ANASTOMO'SIS, noun The inosculation of vessels, or the opening of one vessel into another, as an artery into a vein; a relaxation or dilation of the mouths of vessels; also the ...
ANASTOMOSY
ANASTOM'OSY,ANASTOMOT'IC, adjective Opening the mouths of vessels, or removing obstructions.ANASTOMOT'IC, noun a medicine supposed to have the power of opening the mouths of ves...
ANASTOMOTIC
ANASTOMOT'IC, a. Opening the mouths of vessels, or removing obstructions.ANASTOMOT'IC, n. a medicine supposed to have the power of opening the mouths of vessels, and promoting c...
ANASTROPHE
ANAS'TROPHE,ANAS'TROPHY, noun [Gr. a conversion or inversion.]In rhetoric and grammar, an inversion of the natural order of words; as saxa per et scopulos, for per saxa et scopu...
ANASTROPHY
ANAS'TROPHY, n. [Gr. a conversion or inversion.]In rhetoric and grammar, an inversion of the natural order of words; as saxa per et scopulos, for per saxa et scopulos.
ANATASE
AN'ATASE, noun [Gr. extension, so named from the length of its crystals.]Octahedrite; octahedral oxyd of titanium; a mineral that shows a variety of colors by reflected light, f...
ANATHEMA
ANATH'EMA, noun [Gr. to place behind, backward or at a distance, to separate.]1. Excommunication with curses. Hence, a curse or denunciation by ecclesiastical authority, accompa...
ANATHEMATICAL
ANATHEMAT'ICAL, adjective Pertaining to anathema.
ANATHEMATICALLY
ANATHEMAT'ICALLY, adverb In the manner of anathema.
ANATHEMATIZATION
ANATHEMATIZA'TION, noun The act of anathematizing.
ANATHEMATIZE
ANATH'EMATIZE, verb transitive To excommunicate with a denunciation of curses; to pronounce an anathema against.
ANATHEMATIZED
ANATH'EMATIZED, participle passive Excommunicated with curses.
ANATHEMATIZING
ANATH'EMATIZING, participle present tense Pronouncing an anathema.
ANATIFEROUS
ANATIF'EROUS, adjective [Latin anas, a duck and fero, to produce.] Producing ducks.
ANATOCISM
ANAT'OCISM, noun [Latin anatocismus, from Gr. again and usury.]Interest upon interest; the taking of compound interest; or the contract by which such interest is secured. [Rarel...
ANATOMICAL
ANATOM'ICAL, adjective Belonging to anatomy or dissection; produced by or according to the principles of anatomy, or natural structure of the body; relating to the parts of the ...
ANATOMICALLY
ANATOM'ICALLY, adverb In an anatomical manner; by means of dissection; according to the doctrine of anatomy.
ANATOMIST
ANAT'OMIST, noun One who dissects bodies; more generally, one who is skilled in the art of dissection, or versed in the doctrine and principles of anatomy.
ANATOMIZE
ANAT'OMIZE, verb transitive To dissect an animal; to divide into the constituent parts, for the purpose of examining each by itself; to lay open the interior structure of the pa...
ANATOMIZED
ANAT'OMIZED, participle passive Dissected, as an animal body.
ANATOMIZING
ANAT'OMIZING, participle present tense Dissecting.
ANATOMY
ANAT'OMY, noun [Gr. through and to cut.]1. The art of dissecting, or artificially separating the different parts of an animal body, to discover their situation, structure and ec...
ANATREPTIC
ANATREP'TIC, adjective [Gr. to overturn.]Overthrowing; defeating; prostrating; a word applied to the dialogues of Plato, which represent a complete defeat in the gymnastic exerc...
ANATRON
AN'ATRON, noun [Gr. niter.]1. Soda or mineral fixed alkali.2. Spume or glass gall, a scum which rises upon melted glass, in the furnace, and when taken off, dissolves in the air...