AUXANOGRAPHY 



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AXOMETER 



which has been prepared by Beyerinck' s auxanographic 



method in which the colonies indicate which one of 



ral nutrient media is best suited to their growth. 



>uxanography [awks-an-og* '-ra-fe). A method de- 

 vised bv Beyerinck for ascertaining which nutrient 

 media are suitable for a growing microbe. Plate cul- 

 tures of bad media (e.g., lo'c gelatin or 2$ agar- 

 agar in distilled water) are stippled with drops of solu- 

 -. the nutrient properties of which are to be tested. 

 The species of microbe under examination will then 

 develop strong colonies only on those spots where the 

 requisite pabulum is present. 



uixemeter (awks-em' -et-ur). See Auxometer. 



ometer, Auxesimeter (awks-en-om' -et-ur, awks- 

 '• ts-im' -et-ur). See Auxometer. 



-il-i-af -ris). I. See Auxiliary (Illus. 

 Diet. ). 2. See under Muscles. 



.uxiliary. See Illus. Diet.) 2. An adjuvant. A.s 

 of Respiration, those muscles concerned in difficult 

 respiration. 



.uxiometer (awks-e-om' '-el-ur). See Auxometer. 



wuxometer (awks-om' -et-ur) [al^etv, to grow ; uirpov, 

 a measure]. I. A device for estimating the magnify- 

 ing power of lenses. 2. See Auxanometer (Illus. 

 Dict.j. 3. A dynamometer. Syn., Auxemeter ; 

 Auxenometer ; Auxesimeter ; Auxiometer ; Auzome- 



vuzometer (aw-zom' '-et-ur). See Auxometer. 



ivaisme 1 ah' -vah-izm). A malady from abuse of 

 kava resembling absinthism. 



tval tr"-val) [azus, an ancestor]. Relating to grand- 

 parents. 



Walanch av* -al-ansli) [ad, to; valient, ace. of vallis, 

 valley]. The phenomenon following two similar ex- 

 citations of a motor nerve, one near the muscle which 

 it supplies, the other at a distance, the last causing the 

 more active contraction of the muscle. 



Avalent ah-va' -lent) [a, priv.; valere, to be strong]. 

 Without valency. 



Avalvular \ah-valv' -u-lar) [a, priv.; valvula, a valve]. 

 t Lacking valves. 



\ vascular {ah-vasf-ku-lar) [a, priv. ; vasculum, a small 

 vessel]. Not vascular ; bloodless. 



^vascularization (ah-vas-ku-lar-iz-a' -shun). The 

 act of rendering a part bloodless, as by compression or 

 bandaging. 



^vascularize (ah-vas' '-ku-lar-iz). To render blood- 



Avenain [ctv-e r -na-in). See Avenin 1 Illus. Diet.). 

 Avenalin tv-en'-al-in). The proteid of oats. 



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 r enious, 



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Avenous (ah-ve'-ne-us, ah-ve' '-nus) 

 na, vein]. Lacking veins or nerves. 



^venolith (av-en' -ol-ith) [arena, oats ; /.160c, stone]. 

 An intestinal calculus formed aroutkl a grain of oats. 



Aversion (av-ur' -shun) [avertere, to turn aside]. A 

 turning aside, as in the displacement of an organ or in 

 metastasis. 2. Nausea. 



Avicularia (av-ik-u-la'-re-ah) [avis, a bird]. A genus 

 of giant spiders of the Theraphosidu; the so-called 

 trapdoor, mining, or mason spider. A. vestiaria 

 (de Geerj, bird spider, the nhandu-guacu of Brazil 

 and tropic America, a poisonous giant spider. 



Avirulent [ah-vir'-u-lent) [a, priv.; virus, a poison]. 

 ^ ithout virulence. 



Avornin av-orn f -in). C 16 H, g Gv A glucosid obtained 

 by Kubly from the bark of avornus, Rhamnus fran- 

 <ula, L. It is perhaps identical with impure frangulin. 



Avulsio, Avulsion. (See Illus. Diet.) A. of the 

 Bulb, A. bulbi, separation of the pupil from its at- 

 tachments in consequence of complete or almost com- 



I piete rupture of the tendons of the optic muscles and 

 nerves. 



Axanthopsia (ah-zan-thop'-se-ah) [a, priv. ; ^avdoc, yel- 

 low : . -ion]. Yellow-blindness- 

 Axes (ak^-ez). 1. Plural of Axis. 2. A provincial 



name for ague or its paroxysms. 

 Axiform (aks'-e-form) [axis ; forma, form]. Shaped 



like an axis. 

 Axifugal [aks-if f -u-gal ) [axis ; fugere, to flee]. Cen- 

 trifugal. 

 Axiniform (aks-in' -e-form) [ai-ivn, an ax ; forma, 



form]. Shaped like the head of an ax. 

 Axiobliquus (ais-e ob-iik'-ious). See Obliquus capitis 



inferioris, in Muscles, Table of (Illus. Diet.). 

 Axioplasm (aks / -e-o-plazm) [axis; zz'/Aaua, a thing 

 molded]. 2. Waldeyer's term for the delicate stroma 

 of reucular substance holding together the fine fibrillas 

 of the axis-cylinders. Syn., Neuroplasm. 

 Axioscotic (aks e-o-sko / -ti&). See Isochromatic (Illus. 



Diet. ). 

 Axipetal, Axipetus (aks-ipZ-et-al, aks-ip* -et-us) [axis; 

 petere, to seek]. Centripetal ; applied to the trans- 

 mission of impulses toward an axon. Syn., Axope- 

 tal. 

 Axirectus (ahs-e-reh'-lus). See Rectus capitis posticus 



major, in Muscles, Table of (Illus. Diet.). 

 Axis. (See Illus. Diet) A. -band. See A.-cylin- 

 der (Illus. Diet.). A., Basibregmatic. See Line, 

 Basiobregmatic (Illus. Diet.). A., Brain, the isth- 

 mus. A. of the Brim of the Pelvis, a line imag- 

 ined to pass through the center of the plane of the 

 pelvic inlet in a direction perpendicular to the plane. 

 A., Celiac. See Artery, Celiac (Illus. Diet.). A., 

 Central. See A. -cylinder (Illus. Diet.). A. -cord. 

 See Primitive Streak (Illus. Diet.). A. -corpuscle. 

 See Corpuscle, A rile. A., Craniofacial, in compara- 

 tive anatomy the bones making the floor of the cranial 

 cavity. A. -cylinder Process. See under Process 

 (Illus. Diet.). A., Electric, a line connecting the 

 two poles of an electric body. A., Encephalomy- 

 elonic, A., Encephalospinal. See Xeuraxis. A. 

 of the Eye. See A., Optical, A., Visual (Illus. 

 Diet.). A. -fiber. See A. -cylinder (Illus. Diet.). 

 A., Hemal, the aorta. A., Magnetic, a line con- 

 necting the two poles of a magnet. A., Neural. 

 See A., Cerebrospinal (Illus. Diet.). A., Noto- 

 chordal. See Notochord (Illus. Diet.). A. of the 

 Outlet of the Pelvis, a line imagined to pass 

 through the center of the plane of the pelvic outlet in 

 a direction perpendicular to the plane. A., Pelvic, 

 an imaginary line passing through all the median ante- 

 roposterior diameters of the pelvic canal at their centers. 

 A. -tractor, a forceps for making traction in the pelvic 

 axis. A. -tube. See Axis-cylinder (Illus. Diet.). 

 A. uteri, 1. The long diameter of the uterus. 2. A 

 line imagined to pass transversely through the uterus 

 near its junction with the cervix, on which it is said to 

 turn in retroversion. 

 Axite (ahs'-it) [axis, axis]. Gowers' name for the 



terminal filaments of the axis-cylinder. 

 Axodendrite (aks-o-den'-drit) [axis; Sevipov, a tree]. 

 Lenhossek's term for a nonmedullated, axopetally 

 conducting side fibril on the axons, as distinguished 

 from a cytodendrite or one of the true medullated, 

 cellulifugal collaterals. 

 Axoid ( aks'-oid ) [Afuv, axis; elAoc, likeness]. I. 

 Shaped like a pivot. 2. Relating to the second cer- 

 vical vertebra. 

 Axolemma. See Axilemma (Illus. Diet.). 

 Axolotl. A Mexican name for tailless amphibians of 

 the genus Amblystoma. The flesh is considered ana- 

 leptic, and a decoction of the skin made into a syrup is 

 used as a remedy in pulmonary affections. 

 Axometer (aks-om / -et-ur) [a-uv, an axis ; fiz-pov_ 





