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AD'KI.ITE, the Spanish name for one 

 who predicted the fortunes of individuals 

 by the flight and singing of birds, anc 

 other circumstances. The Adelites were 

 also called Almoganens. 



ADELIUM, a genus of coleopterous in- 

 sects belonging to the helojyii of Latreille 

 ADEL'PHIA, from ototXqot, a brother, 

 Cognate. In botany, a collection of sta- 

 mens into a bundle or brotherhood, 



ADELPHIANS, adelphiani,* sect of Chris- 

 tians, whose peculiar tenet was to fast on 

 the sabbath. 



ADEM'PTIOJJ, from ad and cnio, to take 

 In the civil law, the revocation of a grant 

 &c. 



ADENAL'GIA, from Jjv, a gland, and 

 Ayf , pain. A pain seated in a gland. 



ADENANTHE'RA., from a5rv,a gland, and 

 etvde?, a flower. Glandflower: a genus 

 of stove shrubs, of three species ; natives 

 of the East Indies and Ceylon. Class 

 tiecandria, order, monogynia. 



The A, pavonina is one of the largest 

 and handsomest trees of India, and 

 commonly lives 200 years. The seeds 

 are very beautiful ; and from their 

 equality in weight (each = 4 grains) 

 they are used by goldsmiths as weights. 

 ADEVITORM, Lat. adeniformis, of a 

 gland-like shape. 



ADENI'TIS, from ocZr.v, a gland. Inflam- 

 mation of a gland. 



ADENO'GRAPHY, from ocr,v, a gland, and 

 y^aufa, to describe. That which treats of 

 the glands. 



AD'ESOID, from etdriv, a gland, 

 form. Resembling a gland. 



ADENOL'OOY, from &j, a gland, and 

 %.oj>of, discourse. The doctrine, nature, 

 and use of the glands. 



ADENOPH ARYNGI'TIS, from adw, a gland, 

 and Qoieuyv!-, the pharynx. Inflamma- 

 tion of the tonsils and pharynx. 



ADEXOPHTHA'LMIA, from a.?/-^v, a gland, 

 and txpdt&f*.6f, the eye. Inflammation of 

 the Meibomian glands. 



AD'ENOS, a species of cotton from Aleppo : 

 called also marine cotton. 

 AD'ENOSE, ) Lat. adenostis. Glandiform: 

 AD'ENOCS, ] having the shape of a ker- 

 nel, or gland. 



ADENOSTT'LZX, Gr. $;, a gland, and 

 <rrv>iof, a style. A subdivision of compo- 

 site plants ; the branches of the style are 

 covered with long glandular hair. 



ADEPHAG.S:, the first primary and 

 numerous division of coleopterous insects, 

 all of which agree in being voracious; 

 whence the name from a^^ayof, vora- 

 cious. The adephaga of Clairville, corres- 

 ponds with carnivora of Cuvier. 

 ABITT, from ad and avto. A name a- 



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sumed by alchymists, who had attained 

 eitrnordinary skill in alchymical re- 

 searches. The term is now used in a 

 wider sense, to denote great proficiency, 

 especially in some art. 



AD'EPS, Lat. Fat ; a concrete oily mat- 

 ter which is contained in the cells of the 

 adipose tissue. It differs in its physical 

 properties in different animals, and in the 

 same animal at different ages it is white 

 and insipid in the young, and has a deeper 

 colour and stronger taste in those of 

 greater age. Excessive fatness constitutes 

 a disease, called polysarcia ; and it is ques- 

 tionable whether fat generally does not 

 indicate disease. 



ADESSE.VA'RIAXS, from adesse, to be pre- 

 sent. In church history, a sect who hold 

 the real presence of Christ's body in the 

 eucharist, but not by transubstantiation. 

 ABFECT'ED, in Algebra, consisting of dif- 

 ferent forms of the unknown quantity, 

 e. g. x* + ax -f- 6 = o, is an adfected qua- 

 dratic equation : it contains both the first 

 and second powers of r. 



ADFILJA'TION, from ad and filing, a son. 

 A Gothic custom, whereby the children 

 of a former marriage arc put upon equal- 

 ity with those of the second marriage. 

 This is otherwise called unio proliwn, and 

 is still retained in Germany under the 

 name of einkindschafft. 



ADHE'SIOX, Lat. adhasio. In physici, 

 the force with which two bodies of dif- 

 ferent kinds remain attached to each 

 other, when they are brought into con- 

 tact: distinct from cohesion, which is the 

 force uniting together the particles of a 

 homogeneous body. In surgery, the re- 

 union of divided parts, by a kind of 

 inflammation called the adhesive. In 

 pathology, the morbid union of contiguous 

 parts, by means of adhesive inflammation. 

 ADIAN'TUM, maidenhair: a genus of 

 thin-leaved ferns, consisting of a>xmt fif- 

 een species, most of which belong to hot 

 climates. The only native specimen is 

 the A. capilltisveneris, formerly employed 

 in the manufacture of syrup of capillaire ; 

 a hardy perennial. Flowers from May to 

 July ; class cryptogamia, order Jilices. 

 Name, *VTCV, from , not, and 

 , to grow wet ; the leaves not being 

 easily wetted. 



ADIAPH'ORISTS, \ from et^ieKfogof, indif- 

 ADIAPH'ORITES, ) ferent. Moderate Lu- 

 herans: the name given in the 16th cen- 

 ury to the followers of Melancthon, who 

 ?as more pacific than Luther. 

 ABIAPH'ORESIS, i from , not, and 3/- 

 ADIAPHRO'SIS, t Qoiiu, to dissipate. 

 Ji medicine, deficient'perspiration. 



ADIAPH'OROTIS, from aS<<pof, indif- 

 ferent. In chemistry, synonymous witb 

 neutrmL 



