ANASTOMOTIC 



ANELECTRIC 



Entero-, intestinal anastomosis. A., Hyrtl's, the 

 transection of two arteries. Syn., Dehiscentia decus- 

 sanlium. A., Jacobson's, the tympanic plexus. 



Anastomotic. (See Illus. Diet.) 2. Sharpening the 

 appetite. 3. Aperient. 4. Causing dilation of the 

 peripheral bloodvessels. 5- A communicating artery or 

 vein. See Tables of Arteries and Veins (Illus. Diet.). 



Anastomotica (an-as-to-tnoP '-ik-afi). 1. A communi- 

 cating artery or vein. 2. Tonic, aperient, or deobstru- 

 ent medicines. 



Anastomotris (an-as-to-mo'-tris) [L._ pi. anastomot- 

 rides\. Any kind of a dilating instrument. 



Anastrophe (an-as'-tro-fe) [avaarpEfEiv, to turn up- 

 side down]. Inversion, particularly of the viscera. 



Anatipes (an-aP '-e-pez) [anas, duck;/«, foot]. Duck- 

 footed. 



Anatomicochirurgic (an-a-tom-ik-o-ki-rur'-jik). Re- 

 lating to anatomy and surgery. 



Anatomicomedical (an-al-om-ik-o-med'-ik-al). Re- 

 lating to medicine and anatomy or to medical anatomy. 



Anatomicopathologic (an-at-om-ik-o-path-o-loj'-ik). 

 Relating to pathologic anatomy. 



Anatomicophysiologic (an-at-om-ik-o-fiz-e-o-loj'-ik). 

 Relating to anatomy and physiology. 



Anatomicosurgical (an-at-om-ik-o-sur'-je-kal). Re- 

 lating to anatomy and surgery. 



Anatomiless (an-at-om'-il-es). Structureless, amor- 

 phous. 



Anatomize (an-aP-om-lz). To dissect. 



Anatomography (an-at-o-m >g' '-ra-fe) [avarofila, an- 

 atomy ; ypdoEcv, to write]. A treatise on anatomy. 



Anatomophilus (an-at-o-mof'-il-us) [avaropij, anato- 

 my ; §i/.iw, to love]. A lover of anatomy. 



Anatomy. (See Illus. Diet.) 1. The science of or- 

 ganic structure. 2. The structure of an organism with 

 reference to its parts and functions. 3. A treatise on 

 or manual of dissection. 4. The minute examination 

 or analysis of the properties or parts of a thing. 5- A 

 skeleton. A., Analogical. See A., Comparative. 

 A., Anomalous, the science of anatomic monstrosities 

 or anomalies. A., Artistic, that branch of anatomy 

 treating of the external form of men and animals, their 

 osseous and muscular systems, and the relative size of 

 different parts and members of their bodies. A., Gen- 

 eral, that branch of descriptive anatomy treating of the 

 structure and physiologic properties of the tissues and 

 their arrangement into systems without regard to the dis- 

 position of the organs of which they form a part. A., 

 Medical, the application of anatomy to a study of the 

 causation and symptomatology of nonsurgical diseases. 

 A., Physiologic, an anatomic study of tissues in re- 

 spect to their functions. A., Practical, dissection. 

 A., Transcendental, anatomy as related to theories 

 of type, and evolution. A., Vegetable, the branch 

 of botany which treats of the relative position, form, 

 and structure of the organs of plants. 



Anatresis (an- at- re' -sis) [avarirpav, to bore through]. 

 Perforation ; trephining. 



Anatripsiology (an-ah-trip-si-ol'-o-je). See Anatrip- 

 solog-y (Illus. Diet.). 



Anatripsis. (See Illus. Diet.) 2. A crushing, as of 

 calculi. 3. Itching ; scratching to allay itching. 



Anatropia (nn-at-ro'-pe-ah) [avd, up; TpE-rrsiv, to turn]. 

 The condition of the ovule when completely inverted. 



Anaxone (an aks'-on) Tan, priv. ; &£uv, an axle]. A 

 neurone entirely devoid of axis-cylinder processes ; 

 called also amacrine cell. 



Anazotic (an-az-o'-tik) [av, priv., azotum, nitrogen]. 

 Without azote or nitrogen. 



Anazyme (au'-a-zim). The commercial name for a 

 combination of carbolic and boric acids ; it is a substi- 

 tute for iodoform. 



Anceps (an'-seps) [L.]. 1. Two-headed. 2. Doubtful 



uncertain, dangerous. 

 Anchietin (an-ke'-et-in). A crystalline organic bas< 



isolated from the bark of Anchietea salutaris. 

 Anchlorhydria (an-klor-hi'-dre-ah). See Anachlor 



hydria. 

 Anchoate (ang'-ko-at) [ayxEiv, to strangle]. A sal 



of anchoic acid. 

 Achone (ang'-ko-ne) [ayxeiv, to^ strangle]. A spa.' 



modic constriction of the throat observed in hysteria. 

 Anchorage. (See Illus. Diet.) 2. In dentistry, tl 



means adopted for the retention of a dental filling 



particularly its initial portion. 

 Anchoralis (an-ko-ra'-lis) \_ancora, an anchor]. ' 



coronoid process of the ulna. 

 Anchyroides (an-kir-oid'-ez). See Anchoralis. 

 Ancistropodous (an-sis-trop'-o-dus) [aynio-pov, 



hook ; ~ovc, a foot]. Furnished with hooked claws < 



feet. 

 Ancistrum (an-sis' -trum) [ayniarpov, a fish-hook]. 



surgical hook. 

 Ancyra (an'-si-rah) [ayicvpa, an anchor]. A hook. 

 Anda, A.-acu, A.-Assu. The fruit and seeds of 



plant Joannesia princeps. It is used in disea 



the liver. Dose, 2 seeds in emulsion. 

 Andar-tap [fever within the body~\. A 1 



term in India for trypanosomiasis. 

 Andirin (an-di'-rin). A brown coloring-matter 



tained from the wood of Andira anthelminthica ; it 



soluble in water and in oils. 

 Androgeneia (an-dro-jen-i'-ah) [civfipoy evem i a ma 



race]. 1. The development of man. 2. The gene 



tion of males, descent by the father's side. 

 Androlepsia {an-dro-lep' -se-ali) [hv6poAj)tj<ia, a seiz 



of men]. The process of fecundation in the female 

 Androme (an'-drbm-e). See Andrum (Illus. Diet. 

 Andromedotoxin. See Andrometoxin. 

 Andrometoxin (an-drom-et-oks'-in) [Andromeda 



ikov, poison]. A poisonous anodyne principle for 



by Plugge (1883) in Andromeda japonica, occurring | 



Kalmia lati folia and some other ericaceous plants, : 



found in poisonous honey from Trebizond. The tcl 



property of that mentioned by Xenophon wasprobaf 



due to it. It forms acicular crystals, soluble in alcoh 



in ether, in chloroform, and is more soluble in c» 



than in hot water. It inhibits the respiratory cent: 

 Andronia (an-dro'-ne-ah) [a^p, a man]. Thestronl 



principle of a compound. 

 Andronym (an'-dro-nim) [avr/p, a mar 



name]. A word derived from a man's name ; epon 

 Androsymphysia, Androsymphysis (an-dro-sim-l 



e-ah, an-dro-sim' -fiz-is) [avijp, a man ; avr, togetrfc 



<j>i;Eiv, to grow]. I. A monstrosity formed by 



fusion of two male fetuses. 2. The growing; t«>^< i 



of the male genitalia. 

 Anebous (an-e'-bus) [av^/3oc]. Not come to mj 



estate ; not having reached puberty. 

 Anecestus (an-e-ses'-tus). See Anacestus. 

 Anecpyetous (an-ek-pi-c'-tus) [avennvT/rog]. I. 



suppurating. 2. Preventing suppuration ; insupji 



able. 

 Anectasin (an-ek'-ta-sin) [av, priv.; fk, out of; rf 



to stretch]. A product of bacterial action with aiH 



fluence on the vasomotor nerves contrarj 



('/ v -)- 

 Anedeus (an-e'-de-ns) [a, priv.; alHota, the genitj] 



Lacking genital organs. 

 Aneilesis (an-i-le'-sis) [civeiAecv, to roll together]. 



See Aneilema (Illus. Diet.). 2. Twisting of the 



in athletics. 3. Evolution. 

 Anelectric. (See Illus. Diet.) 2. A good conduiP 



a substance which readily parts with electricity. 



