PSEUDOBASIDIUM 



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PSEUDOCYESIS 



In biology, any object mistaken for a bacterium, as 

 a pseudobacillus. 



Pseudobasidium (su-do-bas-id'-e-um) [ipEvdijc, false ; 

 fidac, a base]. A false basidium. 



Pseudoblepsia, Pseudoblepsis (su-do-blep'-se-ah, su- 

 do-blep' -sis) [ipevfyq, false ; flteijuc, seeing] . A visual 

 hallucination ; a distorted visual image. 



Pseudo-boina (szt - do-bo- i'- na.fi) [irEvdr/g, false ; bos, 

 ox]. Spurious cow-pox. 



Pseudobrachial (su-do-bra'- ke -a/) [ipevdr/g, false; 

 Ppax'ujv, brachium]. Pertaining to a pseudobrach- 

 ium. 



Pseudobrachium (su-do- bra'-ke- um) [ipEvdi/c, false ; 

 fipax^v, brachium]. A false arm in certain fishes. 



Pseuclobranchia (su - do - brang'- ke - ah) [ipEvSijc, false ; 

 fipayxia, gills: pi., Pseudobranchice\ In biology, a 

 false gill. 



Pseudobranchial (su-do-brang'-ke-al) [ipevdr/g, false ; 

 [3payx<- a < gills]- Pertaining to a pseudobranchia. 



Pseudobranchiate (su-do-brang' '-ke-at) [ijjevdqg, false ; 

 Ppayxia, gills]. In biology, provided with pseudo- 

 branchiae. 



Pseudo-bulbar (su-do-bul'-bar) [Tpevdrjq, false ; (5oa(56c, 

 bulb]. Not truly bulbar. Denoting a kind of paralysis. 

 P. Paralysis, symmetric disease of both cerebral 

 hemispheres involving the centers or paths of the 

 nerves of speech, and thus resembling disease of the 

 oblongata. 



Pseudo-calculi (su-do-kal' -ku-li) [ipevdfc, false; cal- 

 culus, calculus]. A name given by Poland to the 

 fibrinous and sanguineous calculi or masses, sometimes 

 seen in urine. 



Pseudo-carcinoma (su -do- kar - sin - o f - mah) [ipevdrjQ, 

 false ; KapKiva/xa, carcinoma]. A benign tumor re- 

 sembling a carcinoma. 



Pseudocarp (su'-do-karp) [■tyevdqg, false ; napndc, fruit]. 

 In biology, any fruit made up of parts other than 

 those belonging exclusively to a single ovary. The 

 apple, rose, mulberry, and juniper are examples of 

 pseudocarps. 



Pseudocarpous (su - do - kar' - pus) [ipevdf/g, false; 

 Kapiroc, fruit]. Same as Anthocarpous. 



Pseudocataracta (su-do-kat-ar-ak' -tah) [ipevdr/g, false ; 

 KarappdnTTjg, cataract]. Spurious cataract. 



Pseudocele (su'-do-sel) [ipevdrjq, false; /coZ/loc, hol- 

 low]. The fifth ventricle of the brain. It is the 

 space between the two opposed halves of the septum ; 

 in man and apes it is completely circumscribed by 

 the continuity of the callosum with the fornix at the 

 splenium and at the copula. 



Pseudo-cell (su'-do-sel) [i/>eur5#c, false; cella, cell]. 

 One of the peculiar vesicular bodies, albuminoid in 

 character, found in the ova of many species of hydro- 

 zoa, and by Balfour considered to be analogous to 

 the vitelline granules of birds' eggs. 



Pseudo-cephalocele (su'-do- sef- al- o - sel) [ipevdr/c, 

 false; Keyalr/, head; ktjati, tumor]. A cephalocele 

 acquired subsequently to birth through disease of the 

 cranial bones or subcutaneous fractures. 



Pseudoceratogenesis (su-do-ser-at-o-jen'-es-is) \\pEv6rjg, 

 false ; nepac, horn ; ykvzaic, generation]. The abnor- 

 mal proliferation of horny tissue. 



Pseudoceratosis (su - do - ser - at ■ o f - sis) . Synonym of 

 Pseudoceratogenesis. 



Pseudo-cerebrin (su - do - ser'- e - brin) [ipevfifc, false ; 

 cerebrum, cerebrum], C <4 H 92 N0 8 . A substance ex- 

 tracted from brain-tissue by alcohol. 



Pseudo-chorea (su-do-ko-re'-ah) \4)ev$tjc, false ; x°P Eia J 

 dance]. Spurious chorea, usually hysterical in origin. 



Pseudo-chromesthesia (su-do-kro-mes-the' -ze-ah) [i/>ft>- 

 6fc, false ; XP"/ ta r color; dlaBrjaiq, sense]. A condi- 

 tion in which the vowels of a word (whether seen, 



heard, or remembered) each seem to have a distinct 

 visual tint. See Photism, Phonism. 



Pseudochromia (su - do - kro' - me - ah) [ipEvdijc, false; 

 Xpufia, color]. A false or incorrect perception of 

 color. 



Pseudo-chrysalis (su-do-kris' -al-is) . Same as Pseudo- 

 pupa. 



Pseudocilia (su-do-sil' -e-ah)\_^\izv&rjc, false; cilium, eye- 

 lash]. An abnormal growth of hairs on the conjunc- 

 tiva. 



Pseudoccele, Pseudoccelia (su-do-sel' , su-do-se'-le-ah). 

 Synonym of Pseudocele and of Pseudocalom. 



Pseudoccelom (su-do-se'-loni) [\p£vfif/c, false ; mi, 

 a hollow cavity]. In biology, one of those interstitial 

 spaces or cavities sometimes found in invertebrates 

 (Platyhelminthes, Arthropoda, Mollusca), which, not 

 being lined by an epithelium derived from the archen- 

 teron, is to be distinguished from a true body-cavity 

 or ccelom derived from archenteric diverticula. Cf. 

 Arc hie eel. 



Pseudo-coloboma (su-do-kol-o-bo' -mali) [i/;ew^c, false ; 

 ko'/.o flu/ua, mutilation]. A scarcely noticeable fissure 

 of the iris, the remains of the embryonic ocular fissure, 

 which has almost, but not perfectly, closed. 



Pseudocolumella (su-do-kol-u-mel' -ah) [ipevdi/c, false ; 

 columella, a little column]. In biology, a parietal or 

 septal columella. 



Pseudocolumellar (su-do-kol-u-mel'-ar) [i/>em5//c, false ; 

 columella, a little column]. Pertaining to a pseudo- 

 columella. 



Pseudocommissural (su - do - kom - is - u f - ral ) [ <p 

 false ; commissura, a commissure]. Pertaining to a 

 pseudocommissure . 



Pseudocommissure (su-do-kotn' -is-ur) [tjievSt/c, false; 

 commissura, a commissure]. A sort of commissure 

 between the olfactory lobes of the frog. 



Pseudoconcha (su-do-kong'-kah) [tpEvdqr, false ; / 

 a shell : pi. , Pseudoconcha']. In biology, a turbinated 

 structure connected with the inter-nasal septum in 

 front of and below the turbinate bones of birds. It 

 separates the vestibule of the nose from the internal 

 nasal cavity. 



Pseudo-cortex (su-do-kor f -teks) [tpEvdr/g, false ; c 

 bark]. In biology, a false cortex. 



Pseudocostate (su-do-kos'-tat ) [ipEvfii/c, false ; casta, 

 rib]. In biology, false-ribbed, as certain leaves. 



Pseudocotyledon (su-do-kot-il-e' -don) [ipEv6//c, false ; 

 kotvatjSuv, cotyledon]. In biology, one of th< 

 minating threads of the spores of cryptogams. 



Pseudo-coxalgia (su- do-koks-al' '-je-ali) [i/vt'(%, ; 

 coxa, hip; a'Ayoc, pain]. False or spurious cox 

 an hysterical affection of the hip-joint 



Pseudo-crisis (su - do - kri' '- sis) [i/>ew5#c, false ; Kpiaig, 

 separating]. Variation in the course of the ten 

 ture in acute pneumonia due to variations in the local 

 process. The fall of temperature varies from 2° to 7° 

 F., but rarely is the normal temperature reached, ■ 

 a subsequent rise soon appears. Pseudo-i 

 most frequent from the fifth to the seventh day, but 

 may occur earlier or later. 



Pseudo-croup (su' -do-krup) [i/'ew%, false ; Av, 

 pan, to cry aloud]. False croup ; laryngismus stridulus. 



Pseudocumene (su-do-ku'-mi'n) [i/'f('(tyc, false; •umi 

 num. cumin], C 9 H 12 . A liquid occurring with mesi 

 tylene in coal-tar. It boils at l66° C. 



Pseudocurarin ( su - do - ku - rar'- in ) [ pi < 

 curara"]. A non-poisonous alkaloid found in A' 

 oleander. 



Pseudocyclosis (su-do-si-hlo'-sis)[il>Ev6i/r, false ; • 

 a circle]. The apparent circulation of food in an am 



Pseudocyesis (su-do-si-e'-sis) [i/>fi«%. false 



pregnancy]. False pregnancy. The belief in the 



