Karyochylema 



Ketones 



posed by Stras'biirger for Achko- 

 MATiN ; Karyoderm'atoplast, pi. 

 {iep/j-a, SepjjLaros, the skin; irXatrrhs, 

 moulded), kinoplasmic asters of 

 Synchitrium (Kusano); Karyogam'- 

 etes ( + Gamete), gametonuclei ; 

 their union is Kakyogamy ; Karyo- 

 g'amy {yafxos, marriage), the union 

 of gametonuclei, to form a zygote- 

 nucleus (Maupas) ; Kar'yoids {dZos, 

 like), minute spherical bodies at- 

 tached to the chlorophyll plate of 

 Conjugatae and Desmida ; Karyo- 

 kine'eis {Kiv-nais, motion, 1 change), 

 Schleicher's term for the series of 

 changes undergone by the nucleus 

 in cell-division ; ' ' also spelled Caryo- 

 cinesis " (Crozier) ; it is the indirect 

 division of Flemming; adj. karyo- 

 kinet'ic ; Karyorogy {\6yos, dis- 

 course), the science of the nucleus 

 and its development and vital his- 

 tory (Trow) ; Kar'yolymph ( + 

 Lymph), the nuclear liquid ; Karyo- 

 Tysis {yvffis, a loosing), the dissolu- 

 tion of the nucleus, in whole or in 

 part; adj. karyolyt'ic; Karyomito'sis 

 liniros, a thread or web) = Mitosis ; 

 Karyomix'is {fn^is, intercourse), the 

 fusion of the two nuclei of a teleuto- 

 spore ( Vuillemin and Maire) ; Karyo- 

 pli'agy {(pdyos, a glutton), the de- 

 struction of a nucleus by a special 

 parasite (Daugeard); Kar'yoplasm 

 {ir'Ad(TiJ.a, moulded), the more fluid 

 protoplasm of the nucleus, between 

 the nuclear threads ; Kar'yopiast, 

 Strasburger's term for the nucleus 

 in its entirety ; Karyorhe''xis {l>v^is, 

 a breaking), rapid dissolution of a 

 nucleus (Maire) ; Karyoso'ma (o-oi^a, 

 a body), a close mass of microsomes 

 in a nucleus ; pi, Karyoio'mata ; 

 Karyosymph'ysig {<Tv/j.(pv^is, growing 

 together), nuclear fusion (Hartog). 



Kat'ablaBt {Kara, down; ^Xaarls, a 

 bud), a shoot from an underground 

 stock. 



kataboric {KaTufidWu, 1 cast down), 

 descending metabolism, the break- 

 ing up or compounds into simpler 

 bodies ; Katab'olism, destructive 

 metabolism ; Katab'olite, any pro- 



duct of destructive metabolism ; cf. 

 Anabolite. 



Kataklinot'ropism («aTo, down ; kxIvu), 

 I bend), negative klinotropism ; 

 Kat'alase, see Catalase ; Kata- 

 lysa'tor, any substance which causes 

 katalysis ( = Catalysis); katalyt'ic 

 = catalytic ; kataphor'io {(popew, 

 I carry), the power of carrying off 

 or away ; Kat'astates, pi. {(rrarhs, a 

 standing), intermediate products of 

 katabolism, during the breaking 

 down of protoplasm (Parker); kata- 

 ton'ic (rdyosy a strain), tending to 

 decrease a stimulus ; katatroplo 

 {rpoir)], a turning), negatively tropic ; 

 Katelectrot'onus {p^eKrpov, amber; 

 r6vos, strain), heightened excitation 

 in plants due to an electric current 

 (Hormann). 



Katharo'bia {Kadaphs, clean, pure ; 

 /8ios, life), organisms of clean water. 



kathod'io (ko^oSos, a descent), that 

 half of a leaf which is turned away 

 from the direction in which the 

 genetic spiral turns ; the opposite of 



ANODIC. 



Keel, or Carina, (1) a ridge like the 

 keel of a boat ; (2) the two anterior 

 and united petals of a papilionaceous 

 corolla; — -punc'ta, pi., nodulated 

 thickenings on one margin of the 

 valves of Nitzschia{0'iilea,Ya,); keeled, 

 carinate. 



Kenap'ophytes {xivhs, empty; -|- Aro- 

 PiiYTEs), plants which colonize 

 cleared land (Simmons) ; Ken- 

 ench'yma {(yxvfia, an infusion), 

 permanent tissue which has lost its 

 living contents, as cork-tissue ; in 

 Ger. , ' ' Leerzellengewebe. " 



Keramid'ium = Ceramidium, or 

 Cystocarp. 



kermesi'nus (Mod. Lat.), carmine, a 

 colour from Kermes. 



Ker'nel, (1) the nucellus of an ovule, or 

 of a seed, that is, the whole body 

 within the coats ; (2) the softer 

 part of the pyrenocarp within the 

 outer wall in certain Fungi. ^ 



Ke'tones (a variation of "Acetone"), 

 a class of ethereal oils ; camphor is 

 probably one of this class. 



20G 



