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ANENCEPHALOTR< »PHIA 



Androsporangium (an-Jro-s: man ; 



tnmpd, a spon : i , a vessel]. In biolog 



sporangium producing androspa 



Androspore i -;«'-.//■■ .1 man ; 1 ed]. 



In biology, the peculiar swarmspore of tie 

 which develops to a "dwarf male" and se to 



antherozoids. 



Androtomous [an -..■' a man; - 



cut]. In biology, characterized by congenital division 

 of the stamens into several parts. 



Androtomy - t Andrai 



Andrum an' -drum) [Guzerali ana 



A form of elephantiasis Arabum characterized by 

 edema of the scrotum. 



Aneccrisia [av priv. ; ex, out; Kpiotc, 



oration]. The suppression or defici any 



on. 



Anechinoplacid [av priv.; i\ 



a hedgehog; r? -. a plate]. In biology, having the 

 madreporic plate destitute of spines; the opposite of 

 / id. 



Anectasia t'-se-ah). See Anectasis. 



Anectasis [an e/^-tas-is) [av priv. ; iicraaig, extension]. 

 I 'elieient size of an organ or part. 



Aneilema [an-i-W '-mah\ [ova, up; tV/hiv, to roll] 

 Flatulence ; air or wind in the bowels; colic. 



Anelectric [an-el-ek' -trik) [av priv. ; pAc/crpov, amber]. 

 Readily giving up electricity. 



Anelectrode ';' -trod) [ava, upward ; tyXeicrpw, 



amber: path]. The positive pole of a gal- 



vanic battery. 



Anelectrotonic [an-el-ek-tro-ton* -tk\ [av priv. ; t//in- 

 - ..electricity; r6vog, tension]. Relating to anelec- 

 trotonus. A. Zone. See / 



Anelectrotonos [an-el-ek-trof -o-nos) [av priv.; /y./,- 



osion]. Anodal electrotonus. 



Anelectrotonus [an-el-ek-trof '-o-nus) [av priv; 



..electricity; r6vog, tension]. In electrotherapy, 

 the decreased functional activity that occurs in a nerve 

 in the neighborhood of the anode. See Electrotonui 

 and Cat nus. 



Anel's Operation. See Operations, Table of. A. 

 Probe, ur Sound, a fine probe used in operations 

 upon the lachrymal passages. A. Syringe, a syringe 

 used in injecting fluids into the lachrymal passages. 



Anelytrous [an-el f -it-rus) [av priv.; iXvrpov, shard]. 

 In biology, with membranous wings, and no elytra. 



Anematopoiesis [an-e-mat-o-poi-f-sis) [av priv. ; 

 atna, blood ; noiqavc, a making]. Deficient formation 

 of blood. 



Anematosis, or Anaematosis [an-e-mat-o* -sis) [avaifia- 

 bloodless]. I. General, or idiopathic anemia ; the 

 morbid state or process that lead-, to anemia; that 

 diathesis that is associated with an anemic tendency. 

 2. Anemia dependent on want of development of the 

 red corpu-. les of the blood. 



Anemia [an-e' -me-ah) [av priv. ; atua, blood]. Defi- 

 ciency of blood, or delii iency of the relative number 

 of its red corpuscles, the latter being the most genei 

 ally understood meaning and use of the term. It 

 may be general or local. Ischemia is a form of 

 local anemia, and is the result of mechanical in! 

 ference with the circulation of the affected part, 

 either from vaso-motor spasm, thrombosis, embolism, 

 or the action ol styptics. The cause of general am 

 mia is often obscure, or it may be due eithei to 

 an insufficient food-supply and tve drain or 



blood-waste, or bom repeated hemorrhages or exhaust 

 ing discharges. The action of certain poisons, as 

 rcury and lead, will also produce a form of anemia. 

 Prolonged anemia will give rise to fatty degeneration 

 of the organs and tissues. Idiopathic, pernicious, es- 



sential, progressiv -, malignant, eti ., are terms denoting 



a type resisting all treatment and steadily progressing 



to a fatal termination. A., Idiopathic, advances to a 



il issue, and i- associated with febrile symptoms; 



its causation is not evident; il is called also Primary 



Anemia. A., Local. See Hyperemia, Ischemia, and 



Anemia. A. lymphatica. Synonym of ffodgkin's 



Disease. See Lymphadenoma. A., Primary. See 



/ Idiopathic. A., Secondary, or Symptomatic, 



follow- some ascertainable lesion or injury, or from 



some other disease. A., Symptomatic. See /., 



<ndary. 



Anemiate.or Anaemiate [an-e / -me-&t) [av priv; a'ma, 

 blood]. Affected with anemia. 



Anemiated, or Anaemiated [an-e f -me-a-ted"). See 

 . //.• •mic. 



Anemied, or Anaemied [an-^-mid) [av priv. ; atua, 

 blood]. Anemic. 



Anemic, or Anaemic [an-em'-ik, an-e'-mik) [av priv. ; 

 ti'uiii, blood]. Pertaining to anemia. A. Murmur, a 

 blood murmur, or sofi murmur heard at the base of 

 the heart ov< r the great vessels. A. Necrosis, a ne 

 < rosis or death oi scattered pati hes of the heart mus 



cle, due to a want of nourishment. It arises from 

 atheroma occluding the cardiac arteries and their 

 branches. 

 Anemometer [an-e-mom / -et-er) [ave/ioc, wind; \tkrpm>, 

 a measure]. An instrument for measuring the velocity 



of the wind. 



Anemometry [an-e-mom' -et-re) [aveftoc, wind ; 



a measure]. The art of measuring the velocitj and 

 direction of the wind, principally by mean- of the 

 anemom, I r. 



Anemone [an-em / -o-ne) [avEfiitorj, wind flower]. An 

 important genus of ranunculaceous herb-, mosl of 

 which have active medicinal and poisonous qualities, 

 and some of which are used in medicine. See Pulsa- 

 tilla. 



Anemonin [an-em f -o-nin) [avefi&vr/, wind-flower]. C 15 - 

 H 12 6 . The active principle of the Anemone . It is 

 given in bronchiti-, asthma, and convulsive cough. 

 Dose gr. %-% twice daily. 



Anemonol [an-em / -on-ol) [aveuinm, wind-flower ; oleum, 

 oil]. The volatile oil extracted bom anemone; it is 

 a powerful vesicant. 



Anemophilous [an-em-off f -il-us] [dw/wc, wind ; o'/nr, 

 loving]. Depending for cross fertilization upon the 

 agency of the wind, as certain flowers. 



Anemosis, or Anaemosis {<m em-o'-sis) [av priv. ; 

 atfia, blood]. Defective supply of blood; anemia 

 dependent on want of red blood corpuscles. See An- 

 ematosis. 



Anemotrophy, or Anaemotrophy [an-em-of -ro-fe) [av 

 priv. ; atua, blood; rpotyfj, nourishment]. A defi( iency 

 of blood nourishment; an impoverished state of the 



blood. 



Anencephalia [an-en-sef-a r -le-ak) \_<ir priv. ; kyici(j>aA.oi , 

 brain]. Congenital absence of the brain. 



Anencephalic 1 nl'-ik) [av priv. ; /;/..•' on/ <»■, 



brain]. Pertaining to or characterized by anencephalia. 



Anencephalohemia [an-en-sef-al-o-he' -me-ah ) [av 

 priv.; / /,'o, />..!, brain; atfia, blood]. Insufficiency 

 of blood in the brain. 



Anencephaloid [an en tf'-al-oid) [av priv. ; i]nt<paX- 

 ... . brain]. Pertaining to anencephalia. 



Anencephaloneuria [an-en-sef-al-on-u' '-re-ah) [av 

 priv ; .■',>. ■'•<!/ in . brain ; vevpov, a nerve]. Impel 

 ■ \ e action of the brain. 



Anencephalotrophia, or Anencephalotrophy [an en- 

 al-o-tro J '-fe-ah or -lof-ro-fe) [av priv.; kjKi<pa2.og, 

 brain ; Tpcxpf], nutrition]. Atrophy, or lack of nutri- 

 tion ol the brain. 



