Anaplasty
An′a‐plas′ty (�), n. [Gr. � again + � to form: cf. F. anaplastie.] (Surg.) The art of operation of restoring lost parts or the normal shape by the use of healthy tissue.
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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, C. & G. Merriam Co., 1913.
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Anaplerotic
An′a‐ple‐rot″ic (�), a. [L. anapleroticus, fr. Gr. � to fill up; � + � to fill.] (Med.) Filling up; promoting granulation of wounds or ulcers. — n. A remedy which promotes such ...
Anapnograph
A‐nap″no‐graph (�), n. [Gr. � respiration + -graph.] A form of spirometer.
Anapnoic
An′ap‐no″ic (�), a.(Med.) Relating to respiration.
Anapodeictic
An‐ap′o‐deic″tic (�), a. [Gr. �; αν̓ priv. + �. See Apodeictic.] Not apodeictic; undemonstrable.
Anapophysis
‖An′a‐poph″y‐sis (�), n.(Anat.) An accessory process in many lumbar vertebræ.
Anaptotic
An′ap‐tot″ic (�), a. Having lost, or tending to lose, inflections by phonetic decay; as, anaptotic languages.
Anaptychus
‖An‐ap″ty‐chus (�), n.; pl.Anaptichi (�). (Paleon.) One of a pair of shelly plates found in some cephalopods, as the ammonites.
Anarch
An″arch (�), n. [Gr. � without head or chief; αν̓ priv. + � beginning, the first place, magistracy, government.] The author of anarchy; one who excites revolt. Milton.Imperial a...
Anarchal
A‐nar″chal (�), a. Lawless; anarchical.We are in the habit of calling those bodies of men anarchal which are in a state of effervescence.Landor.
Anarchic
{ A‐nar″chic (�), A‐nar″chic‐al (�), } a. [Cf. F. anarchique.] Pertaining to anarchy; without rule or government; in political confusion; tending to produce anarchy; as, anarchi...
Anarchism
An″arch‐ism (�), n. [Cf. F. anarchisme.] The doctrine or practice of anarchists.
Anarchist
An″arch‐ist (�), n. [Cf. F. anarchiste.] An anarch; one who advocates anarchy of aims at the overthrow of civil government.
Anarchize
An″arch‐ize (�), v. t. To reduce to anarchy.
Anarchy
An″arch‐y (�), n. [Gr. �: cf. F. anarchie. See Anarch.] 1. Absence of government; the state of society where there is no law or supreme power; a state of lawlessness; political ...
Anarthropoda
‖An′ar‐throp″o‐da (�), n. pl. [NL., from Gr. � without joints + -poda. See Anarthrous.] (Zoöl.) One of the divisions of Articulata in which there are no jointed legs, as the ann...
Anarthropodous
An′ar‐throp″o‐dous (�), a.(Zoöl.) Having no jointed legs; pertaining to Anarthropoda.
Anarthrous
An‐ar″throus (�), a. [Gr. ἄναρθροσ without joints, without the article; αν̓ priv. + ἄρθρον joint, the article.] 1. (Gr. Gram.) Used without the article; as, an anarthrous substa...
Anas
‖A″nas (�), n.(Zoöl.) A genus of water fowls, of the order Anseres, including certain species of fresh-water ducks.
Anasarca
‖An′a‐sar″ca (�), n.(Med.) Dropsy of the subcutaneous cellular tissue; an effusion of serum into the cellular substance, occasioning a soft, pale, inelastic swelling of the skin.
Anasarcous
An′a‐sar″cous (�), a. Belonging, or affected by, anasarca, or dropsy; dropsical. Wiseman.
Anaseismic
An′a‐seis″mic (?), a. Moving up and down; — said of earthquake shocks.
Anastaltic
An′a‐stal″tic (–stăl″tĭk), a. & n. [Gr. ανασταλτικὄσ fitted for checking, fr. ανἄ + στέλλειν to send.] (Med.) Styptic. Coxe.
Anastate
An″a‐state (�), n.(Physiol.) One of a series of substances formed, in secreting cells, by constructive or anabolic processes, in the production of protoplasm; — opposed to katas...
Anastatic
An′a‐stat″ic (�), a. Pertaining to a process or a style of printing from characters in relief on zinc plates.In this process the letterpress, engraving, or design of any kind is...
Anastigmatic
An‐as′tig‐mat″ic (?), a. [Pref. an-not + astigmatic.] (Optics) Not astigmatic; — said esp. of a lens system which consists of a converging lens and a diverging lens of equal and...
Anastomose
A‐nas″to‐mose (�), v. i. [imp. & p. p.Anastomozed (�); p. pr. & vb. n.Anastomosing.] [Cf. F. anastomoser, fr. anastomose. See Anastomosis.] (Anat. & Bot.) To inosculate; to inte...