Webster's Dictionary 1913

1324

Adelantadillo

‖A′de‐lan′ta‐dil″lo (�), n. A Spanish red wine made of the first ripe grapes.

1325

Adelantado

‖A′de‐lan‐ta″do (�), n. [Sp., prop. p. of adelantar to advance, to promote.] A governor of a province; a commander. Prescott.

1326

Adelaster

‖Ad‐e‐las″ter (�), n.(Bot.) A provisional name for a plant which has not had its flowers botanically examined, and therefore has not been referred to its proper genus.

1327

Adeling

Ad″el‐ing (�), n. Same as Atheling.

1328

Adelocodonic

A‐del′o‐co‐don″ic (�), a.(Zoöl.) Applied to sexual zooids of hydroids, that have a saclike form and do not become free; — opposed to phanerocodonic.

1329

Adelopod

A‐del″o‐pod (�), n.(Zoöl.) An animal having feet that are not apparent.

1330

Adelphia

‖A‐del″phi‐a (�), n. [Gr. αδελφὄσ brother.] (Bot.) A “brotherhood,” or collection of stamens in a bundle; — used in composition, as in the class names, Monadelphia, Diadelphia, ...

1331

Adelphous

A‐del″phous (�), a. [Gr. αδελφὄσ brother.] (Bot.) Having coalescent or clustered filaments; — said of stamens; as, adelphous stamens. Usually in composition; as, monadelphous. G...

1332

Adempt

A‐dempt″ (ȧ‐dĕmt″; 215), p. p. [L. ademptus, p. p. of adimere to take away.] Takes away.Without any sinister suspicion of anything being added or adempt.Latimer.

1333

Ademption

A‐demp″tion (ȧ‐dĕmp″shŭn), n. [L. ademptio, fr. adimere, ademptum, to take away; ad + emere to buy, orig. to take.] (Law) The revocation or taking away of a grant donation, lega...

1334

Aden ulcer

A″den ul″cer (?). [So named after Aden, a seaport in Southern Arabia, where it occurs.] (Med.) A disease endemic in various parts of tropical Asia, due to a specific microörgani...

1335

Aden-

Aden– or Adeno–. Combining forms of the Greek word for gland; — used in words relating to the structure, diseases, etc., of the glands.

1336

Adenalgia

{ ‖Ad′e‐nal″gi‐a (�), Ad″e‐nal′gy (�), } n.(Med.) Pain in a gland.

1337

Adeniform

A‐den″i‐form (�), a. [Aden- + -form.] Shaped like a gland; adenoid. Dunglison.

1338

Adenitis

‖Ad′e‐ni″tis (�), n. [Aden- + -itis.] (Med.) Glandular inflammation. Dunglison.

1339

Adenographic

Ad′e‐no‐graph″ic (�), a. Pertaining to adenography.

1340

Adenography

Ad′e‐nog″ra‐phy (�), n. [Adeno- + -graphy.] That part of anatomy which describes the glands.

1341

Adenoid

{ Ad″e‐noid (�), Ad′e‐noid″al (�) } a. Glandlike; glandular.

1342

Adenoid (2)

Ad″e‐noid (?), n.(Med.) A swelling produced by overgrowth of the adenoid tissue in the roof of the pharynx; — usually in pl.

1343

Adenological

Ad′e‐no‐log″ic‐al (�), a. Pertaining to adenology.

1344

Adenology

Ad′e‐nol″o‐gy (�), n. [Adeno- + -logy.] The part of physiology that treats of the glands.

1345

Adenoma

‖Ad′e‐no″ma (?), n.; L. pl.-mata (#). [NL.; adeno- + -oma.] (Med.) A benign tumor of a glandlike structure; morbid enlargement of a gland. — Ad′e‐nom″a‐tous (�), a.

1346

Adenopathy

Ad″e‐nop″a‐thy (?), n. [Adeno- + Gr. � suffering, � to suffer.] (Med.) Disease of a gland.

1347

Adenophorous

Ad′e‐noph″o‐rous (�), a. [Adeno- + Gr. � bearing.] (Bot.) Producing glands.

1348

Adenophyllous

Ad′e‐noph″yl‐lous (�), a. [Adeno- + Gr. � leaf.] (Bot.) Having glands on the leaves.

1349

Adenosclerosis

‖Ad″e‐no‐scle‐ro″sis (?), n. [NL.; adeno- + sclerosis.] (Med.) The hardening of a gland.

1350

Adenose

Ad″e‐nose′ (?; 277), a. Like a gland; full of glands; glandulous; adenous.