ANODONTIA 



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ANOSTOMUS 



Anodontia (an-o-don' -she-ah) [dv priv. ; bdovg, tooth]. 

 Absence of the teeth. 



Anodyne (an 1 '-o-din) [dv priv. ; bdi<i>T/, pain]. A med- 

 icine that gives relief from pain. From their tendency 

 to produce sleep they are called hypnotics. A , Hoff- 

 man's. See Ether. 



Anodynia (an-o-din' '-e-ah) [dv priv. ; bdvvrj, pain]. 

 Absence of pain. 



Anoea (an-e'-ah). See Anoia. 



Anoesia (an-o-e'-ze-ah) [avor/oia, a want of sense]. 

 Want of understanding. 



Anogenic (an-o-Jen'-ik) [avd, upward; yevr/g, produced]. 

 In biology, of ascending or inward growth. 



Anoia (an-oi'-ah) [avoia, idiocy]. Synonym of Idiocy. 



Anol (an'-ol) [see Anethol], C 9 H 10 O. A substance 

 obtained from anethol by heating it with caustic alkali 

 to 200-230 It consists of brilliant leaflets, melting 

 at 92 . 



Anomaliflorous (an-om-al-if-lo'-rus) [anomalus, irreg- 

 ular; flos, flower]. In biology, bearing irregular 

 flowers. 



Anomaliped (an-om' -al-ip-ed) [anomalus, irregular; 

 pes, foot]. In biology, characterized by having one 

 of the phalanges of the middle toe joined to the inner 

 toe, and three to the outer toe, as in syndactylous 

 birds, the kingfisher, etc. 



Anomalocephalous (an-om-al-o-sef ' -al-us) [avupalog, 

 strange; K£<paArj, the head]. Having a deformed 

 head. 



Anomalocephalus {an-om-al-o-sef -al-us) [avupaAog, 

 strange ; KEtyat.r] , the head]. One who has a deformed 

 head. 



Anomalogonatous (an-om-al-o-gon' '-at-us) [avupaAog, 

 strange; yovanov, hip-joint]. In biology, said of 

 birds (Passeres) having no ambiens muscle. 



Anomalous (an-om' '-al-us) [avupa?.og, not ordinary]. 

 Irregular ; characterized by deviation from the com- 

 mon or normal order. 



Anomalus (an-om' -al-us) [dvupa'Aog, not ordinary]. 

 A muscle or muscular slip sometimes occurring be- 

 neath the levator labii superioris alseque nasi. 



Anomaly (an-om' -al-e) [avup.aA.ia, irregularity]. A 

 marked deviation from the normal or typical structure 

 or occurrence. 



Anomobranchiate (an-o-mo-brang 1 ' -ke-at)[dvopog, irreg- 

 ular; (ipdyxia, gills]. In biology, characterized by 

 having anomalous gills. 



Anomo-carpous (an-o-mo-kar' '-pus) [avopog, irregular ; 

 napndg, fruit]. In biology, producing anomalous 

 or irregular fruits. 



Anomocephalus (an-o-mo-sef '-al-us) [a priv.; v6pog, 

 law; Keq>aAij, head]. See Anomalocephalus. 



Anomophyllous (an-o-mof ' -il-us) [d priv.; v6pog, a 

 law ; <f>i)?Mrv, a leaf]. In biology, with irregularly- 

 arranged leaves. 



Anomphalous (an-om' -f al-us) [av priv. ; bpd>aX6g, 

 navel]. Having no navel, a condition that may 

 result from disease or from a surgical operation. 



Anomural (an-o-mu' ral) [avopog, irregular; oiipa, 

 tail]. In biology, characterized by having a small, 

 irregular tail. 



Anonychia (an-o-nik'-e-ah) [dv priv.; bwt-, nail]. 

 Absence or defect of the nails. 



Anonym (an'-o-nim) [avuwpog, nameless]. In biology, 

 an insignificant or unscientifically formed name. 



Anonyma (an-on'-im-ah) [dv priv.; bwpa, name]. 

 The innominate artery. 



Anonymous (an-on'-im-us) [av priv.; bwpa, a name]. 

 Nameless. A. Bone. See Innominatum. 



Anodpsia (an-o-op' -se-ah) [avu, upward; brpig, vision]. 

 Strabismus in which the eye is turned upward. 



Anophthalma (an-off-thal' -mah). See Anophthalmia. 



Anophthalmia (an-off-thal' -me-ah) [av priv.; b<j>daXp6g, 

 eye]. Congenital absence of the eyes. A. cyclo- 

 pica, a congenital malformation in which the eye- 

 socket is very ill-developed and the orbit rudimentary 

 or altogether absent. 



Anophthalmos (an-off-thal '-mus) [dv priv.; b<p6a?ip6g, 

 eye] . I . Congenital absence of the eyes. 2. A person 

 born without eyes. 



Anopia (an-o' -pe- ah) [dv priv.; crty, the eye]. Ab- 

 sence or rudimentary development of the eye. 



Anopluriform (an-o-plu' -rif-orm) [dvoTrAog, unarmed ; 

 ovpd, tail; forma, form]. Resembling or related to 

 a louse. 



Anopsia (an-op' -se-ah) [dv priv.; 6i}>ig, vision]. See 

 Amblyopia. 



Anopsy (an'-op-se). Same as Anopsia. 



Anopylus (an-o-pi'-lus) [avu, forward; itvXt], a gate]. 

 Lissauer's term for a skull in which there is a strong 

 forward inclination of the foramen magnum. 



Anorchia (an-or'-ke-ah). See Anorchism. 



Anorchism (an'-or-kizni) [dv priv. ; bp^ig, the testicle]. 

 Absence of the testicles. 



Anorchous (an-or'-kus) [dv priv. ; bp%ig, the testicle]. 

 Without testicles. 



Anorchus (an-or'-kus) [d priv.; bp%ig, the testicle] . A 

 person in whom the testicles are absent or not de- 

 scended. 



Anorectic, Anorectous (an-o-rek'-tik, an-o-rek'-tus) 

 [dv priv. ; bpegig, appetite]. Without an appetite. 



Anorexia (an-o-rek' -se-ah) [dv priv. ; bpetjig, appetite]. 

 Absence or diminution of appetite, occurring in gastric 

 diseases, fevers, and many chronic affections. A., 

 Hysteric. See Apepsia, Hysteric. A. nervosa, an 

 hysteric affection occurring chiefly in young neurotic 

 females. It is characterized by extreme emaciation 

 and a great aversion to food. 



Anorganic (an-or-gan' -ik) [dpriv. ; bpyavov, an organ]. 

 Not containing organs, as the epidermis. 



Anorhin (an'-or-in) [avu, upward; pig, the nose]. A 

 term applied by Lissauer to skulls in which the sub- 

 nasal point lies above the radius fixus taken as a 

 horizontal. 



Anorophos (an-o' -ro-fos) [d priv. ; bpo<f>og, a roof]. 

 Not having the skull-cap. 



Anorthopia (an-or-tho' -pe-ah) [dvpriv. ; bpddg, straight; 

 bijug, vision]. I. A defect in vision in which straight 

 lines do not seem straight, and parallelism or symmetry 

 is not properly perceived. 2. Squinting ; obliquity of 

 vision. 



Anorthosis (an-or-tho' -sis) [dv priv. ; bpfiuaig, a making 

 straight]. Absence or defect of erectility. 



Anosia (an-o' -se-ah) [d priv. ; vdcog, disease]. With- 

 out disease ; normal health. 



Anosmia (an-oz' -me-ah) [dv priv. ; bopij, smell]. 

 Partial or complete loss of the sense of smell, due 

 either to local disease or disease of the olfactory 

 nerves or bulb. It is associated with impairment or 

 loss of the sense of taste. 



Anosphrasia (an-os-fra' -ze-ah) [dv priv. ; bnfypaaia, 

 smell]. Defect or absence of the sense of smell. 



Anosphresia (an-os-fre' -se-ah). See Anosphrcsis. 



Anosphresis (an-os-fre' -sis) [dv priv. ; bo^pr/aig, odor]. 

 Same as Anosphrasia. 



Anosphresy (an-os'-fre-se). See Anosphresia. 



Anospinal (a-no-spi'-nal) [anus, the fundament ; spina, 

 the backbone]. Relating to the anus and the spinal 

 cord. *A. Center is situated in the lumbar portion of 

 the spinal cord ; it controls the anal sphincters. 



Anostomus (an-o-sto'-mus) [uvw, upward ; ardpa, 

 mouth]. Lissauer's term for a skull in which the 

 alveolar point is elevated above the radius fixus, the 

 latter being horizontal. 





