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GLOSSARY. 



Belonging to the sockets in which 

 the teeth are fixed ; containing cells 

 or pits. 



Alve'olus (Lat.) A cell or socket ; in 

 anatomy, the socket of a tooth ; the 

 minute depressions in the nmcous 

 membrane of the stomach are also 

 called alveoli. 



AT vine (Lat. alvus, the belly). Be- 

 longing to the bowels. 



Amal'gam (Gr. /j-aXaa-a-w, malas'sd, I 

 soften). A compound of mercury 

 with another metal. 



Amalgamation. A process by which 

 silver ore is purified by mixture 

 with mercury; a blending. 



Amauro'sis (Gr. a/uavpos, amauros, 

 dark). Blindness from loss of power 

 in the nervous system of the eye to 

 receive or transmit the impression 

 of light. 



Amblyg'onous (Gr. a/j.&\vs, amblus, 

 obtuse; yuvia, gdnia, an angle). 

 Having an obtuse angle. 



Amblyo'pia (Gr. a/u.fi\vs, amblus, 

 dim ; cty, ops, the eye). Amaurosis 

 in a milder degree. 



Ambula'cra (Lat. am'bulo, I walk). 

 The perforated plates in the shell of 

 echinoderms. 



Am'bulance (Lat. am'bulo, I walk). 

 A moveable hospital attached to an 

 army in the field. 



Anfbulatory (Lat. am'bulo, I walk). 

 Made for walking. 



Amenta'ceous (Amentum). Having 

 flowers arranged in amenta or cat- 

 kins. 



Amen'tia (Lat. a, from or without ; 

 mens, the mind). Want of intel- 

 lect; idiocy. 



Amen'tum (Lat., a thong). In botany, 

 a form of inflorescence, resembling 

 a spike. 



Ammoni'acal (Ammonia, the volatile 

 alkali). Pertaining to, or contain- 

 ing ammonia. 



Am'monite (Ammon, one of the 

 titles of Jupiter, under which his 

 statue was represented with ram's 

 horns). A fossil shell of a cephal- 

 opod, of a spiral form. 



Am'nion (Gr. dfjLviov, amnion, a bowl). 

 One of the membranes surrounding 

 the foetus ; in botany, a thin sub- 



stance in which the embryo of a 

 plant is suspended when it first 

 appears. 



Amniot'ic (Amnion). Belonging to 

 the amnion. 



Amorphous (Gr. a, a, not ; /J.op(pTj, 

 morphe, form). Without regular 

 form ; shapeless. 



Amorphozo'a (Gr. a, a, not ; fj-opcprj, 

 morphe, form ; C WOI/ > zuon, an ani- 

 mal). Animals without definite 

 shape : applied to sponges and their 

 allies. 



Amphi (Gr. apQis, amphis, on both 

 sides ; or, a/jupca, ampho, both). A 

 prefix signifying the co-existence of 

 two things or properties; some- 

 times signifying around (from dfj.(pi, 

 amphi, around). 



Amphiarthro'sis (Gr. d^is, amphis, 

 on both sides ; apOpov, arthron, a 

 joint). A form of joint which has 

 the properties of two others, named 

 diarthrosis and synarthrosis, and 

 allows slight motion. 



Amphibich'nites (Amphib'ia, animals 

 living both on land and in water ; 

 Gr. Ixvos, ichnos, a footstep). Fossil 

 footprints of amphibious reptiles. 



Amphibious (Gr. d,u(f>is, amphis, on 

 both sides; &ios,bios, life). Liv- 

 ing both on land and in water. 



Ani'phibrach (Gr. d/j.<pis, amphis, on 

 both sides ; fipaxvs, brachus, short). 

 In versification, a foot consisting of 

 two short syllables with a long one 

 between. 



Amphicoe'lia (Gr. d^is, amphis, on 

 both sides ; KOI\OS, koilos, hollow). 

 A term applied to a sub-order of 

 crocodiles which have the vertebral 

 bones hollowed at both ends. 



Am'phipods (Gr. d/j.<f)is, amphis, on 

 both sides ; irovs, pous, a foot). An 

 order of Crustacea having feet for 

 both walking and swimming. 



Amphis'eians (Gr. a/^s, amphis, on 

 both sides ; <r/a, skia, a shadow). 

 The inhabitants of the tropics, whose 

 shadows are thrown to the north in 

 one part of the year and to the 

 south in the other. 



Amphit'ropous (Gr. duQis. amphis, on 

 both sides ; rpeiru, trepo, I turn). 

 In botany, applied to ovules or 



