GLOSSARY. 



Exsicca'tion (Lat. ex, from ; siccus, 



dry). Drying. 

 Exstip'ulate (Lat. ex, from ; stipule). 



Without stipules. 

 Exten'sor (Lat. ex, out ; tendo, I 



stretch). A stretcher out ; applied 



to certain muscles. 

 External Contact. In astronomy, the 



apparent touching of two disks at 



their edges, without interposition. 

 Extine (Lat. ex, out). The outer 



covering of the pollen-grain. 

 Extracellular (Lat. extra, beyond ; 



cell'ula, a cell). Without cells : 



applied to the formation of nuclei 



or cells in animal and vegetable 



matter, without the influence of a 



previously existing cell. 

 Extravas'cular (Lat. extra, beyond ; 



vas'cular). Without vessels. 

 Extrac'tion (Lat. ex, from ; traho, I 



draw). A drawing out. 



Extractive (Lat. ex, from ; traho, I 

 draw). That which is drawn out : 

 a term used in chemistry to denote 

 matter of a peculiar kind obtained 

 from substances by chemical opera- 

 tions. 



Extravasa'tion (Lat. extra, out of ; 

 vas, a vessel). The pouring of a 

 fluid, as blood, out of its vessels. 



Extro'rse (Lat. extror'sum, outwards). 

 Turned outwards. 



Exuda'tion (Lat. ex, out ; sudo, I 

 perspire). A discharge of moisture 

 through pores. 



Exu'de (Lat. ex, out ; sudo, I per- 

 spire). To discharge through ports. 



Exu'viae (Lat. from cxuo, I put off). 

 Cast-offsh ells or skins of animals; re- 

 mains of animals found in the earth. 



Eye-piece. The lens or combination 

 of lenses in a microscope to which 

 the eye is applied. 



F. 



Fac'ade (Fr.). The front view of a 

 building. 



Fa'cet (Fr. : a little face). A small 

 face ; applied to the small terminal 

 faces of crystals and cut gems. 



Fa'cial (Lat. fa'cies, the face). Be- 

 longing to the face. 



Fa'cial An'gle. In anatomy, the 

 angle formed by a line drawn 

 through the opening of the ear and 

 the base of the nostrils, with 

 another drawn from the most pro- 

 jecting part of the forehead through 

 the front of the upper jaw ; re- 

 garded as a measure of intelligence 

 in animals, 



Fac'tor (Lat. fac'io, I make). A f 

 maker up or agent ; in arithmetic 

 and algebra, the factors of a 

 quantity are those by the multi- 

 plication of which into each other 

 it is formed. 



Fa'cules (Lat. fa'cula, a little 

 torch). A term applied to varie- 

 ties in the intensity of the bright- 

 ness of different parts of the sun's 

 disk. 



Fse'ces (Lat. fcex, dregs). Excrement 

 or refuse matter. 



Falcate (Lat. falx, a sickle). Bent 



like a sickle. 

 Fal'ciform (Lat. falx, a hook or 



sickle ; forma, shape). Shaped 



like a sickle. 

 Falx Cer'ebri (Lat. falx, a sickle). 



A curved projection downwards of 



the dura mater, which divides the 



brain into two hemispheres ; a 



similar structure also divides the 



cerebellum, or little brain. 

 Fari'na (Lat. far, corn). Meal or 



flour ; consisting of gluten, starch, 



and gum ; in botany, the pollen or 



fine dust of the anther. 

 Farina'ceous (Lat. fari'na, flour). 



Consisting of, or containing meal or 



flour. 

 Fas'cia (Lat. a band). A band ; in 



architecture, a band-like structure; 



a surgical bandage ; a membranous 



expansion. 

 Fas'ciate (Lat. fas'cia, a band^. 



Bound, or apparently bound, with 



a band. 

 Fas'cicle or Fascic'ulus (Lat. fas- 



cic'ulus, a little bundle). A small 



bundle ; in anatomy, a bundle of 



muscular fibres. 



