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Astrostatic (aVrpov, a star; <TTaTiKo<;, causing to stand still), 

 applied to phenomena of rest of centrosomes of cells. (Ryder.) 



Autotrophic {a V to'?, self; 7/) oc^iko'?, nourishing), existing without 

 aid of commensals : applied to lichens. (Minks.) 



Axian, axial, axiad, adjectival forms of axis, i.e., the longitudinal 

 or main axis. Compare " Centrum " and derivatives. (Schulze.) 



Batkmology (^a^/^o's, a step; Ao'yos, science), the science of 

 growth. A term proposed as alternative to "Auxology" (Buckman 

 and Bather), and correlative of " Bathmism " (Cope). (Hyatt.) 



Bilateralien. Organic bodies with three axes of symmetry, viz., 

 isopol, which equals the perlateral ; heteropol, or dorso-ventral ; and 

 heteropol or longitudinal, the main axis. (Schulze.) 



Bioplasmology {(iios, life; TrAaV^o, substance; Ao'yos, science), 

 cellular biology ; correlative of " Bioplasm, etc." (Beale.) (Hyatt.) 



Bioplastology {(3los, Hfe ; tt Aao-ro'?, moulded ; Ao'yos, science), the 

 study of the correlations of ontogeny and phylogeny. An alternative 

 to "Biogeny" (Fiske) and "Biogenesis" (Haeckel non Auctt.) 

 (Hyatt). 



Blastokinesis (/^Aaoro's, germ ; klvijo-is, movement), migrations of 

 embryo through and over yolk, as in the Orthopterous insect 

 Xiphidiitm ensifermn. (Wheeler.) 



Centrad or proximad, directed towards the Centrum. (Schulze.) 



Central ox proximal, near but not in the Centrum. (Schulze.) 



Centran, within the Centrum. (Schulze.) In the polar axis of a 

 Synstigma. (Hyatt, 4.) 



Centren, equivalent to "centran" (Schulze) (Hyatt, 4.) 



Centrum, the imaginary geometrical centre of a Synstigma. 

 (Schulze.) 



Cephalan, cephalal, cephalad, adjectival forms from Kc^aA?;', head. 

 Compare "Centrum" and derivatives. (Editor in Hyatt, 4.) 



Co-type (erroneously for " syntype," cum, with ; r I'V o s, type) ; applied 

 in zoology to one of two or more specimens together forming the 

 basis for the original determination of a species. (Thomas.) 



Ctetic (erroneous application of Kr^/rtKo's, acquisitive), a term for 

 "acquired characters." (Hyatt.) 



Ctetology (erroneously for " ctematology," KTi]TO'i acquired; 

 Ao'yos science), the study of the effects of environment on organisms, 

 and of the inheritance of those effects. (Hyatt.) 



Cytokinetic (k vt o 9, a cell ; klviit lk o's, settingin motion), phenomena 

 of motion within plasma or cells. (Ryder.) 



Cytostatic KVTos,a cell; o-rariKo's, causing to stand still), statical 

 conditions within plasma or cells. (Ryder.) 



Dextran, dextral, dextrad, adjectival forms from dexter, right ; 

 referring to right half of perlateral axis of " Bilateralia." Compare 

 " Centrum " and derivatives. (Schulze.) 



Dictyosome (Slktvov, net; o-w/xa, body), thread-like bodies 

 appearing in cell-division, <^.o'., spermatogenesis of Branchipus. (Moore.) 



