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GLOSSARY. 



the heart). Belonging to the prse- 

 cordia, or parts before the heart. 

 Preda'ceous (Lat. prce' da, prey). 



Living on prey. 



Predic / ament(Lat. prce'dico, I affirm). 

 In logic, a series or order of all the 

 predicates or attributes contained 

 under one genus. 



Pre'dicate (Lat. prce'dico, I affirm). 

 In logic, that which is affirmed or 

 denied of a subject. 

 Predisposi'tion (Lat. prce, before ; 

 dispo'no, I put in order). An incli- 

 nation or propensity. 

 Prefron'tal (Lat. prce, before ; frons, 

 the forehead). In front of the 

 frontal bone : applied to the middle 

 part of the ethmoid bone. 

 Prehen'sile (Lat. prehen'do, I take 



hold). Seizing or taking hold. 

 Prehen'sion (Lat. prehen'do, I take 



hold). A taking hold of anything. 

 Premonitory (Lat. prce, before ; mori- 

 eo, I advise). Giving previous 

 warning. 



Premor'se (Lat. prce, before ; mor'deo, 

 I bite). In botany, applied to a 

 root terminating abruptly, as if 

 bitten off. 



Preposition (Lat. prce, before ; pono, 

 I put). A word put before another 

 to express some relation to it. 

 Prepositive (Lat. prog, before; pono, 



I put). Placed before. 

 Presbyo'pia (Gr. irpeff&vs, presb'us, 

 old ; ft^, dps, the eye). A defect of 

 vision common in old persons, in 

 which, from a flattening of the 

 cornea, near objects are seen less 

 distinctly than those at a dis- 

 tance. 



Preter (Lat. prce'ter, beyond). A 

 Latin preposition used in compound 

 words, signifying beyond. 

 Pre'terite (Lat. prefer, beyond; eo, 



I go). Past. 



Prever'tebral (Lat, prce, before ; ver'- 

 tebra, a bone of the spine). In 

 front of the vertebras or spinal bones. 

 Pri'mae Viae (Lat. The first ways). A 

 term applied to the stomach and 

 intestines. 



Pri'mary (Lat. pri'mus, first). First ; 

 original ; in astronomy, applied to 

 those planets which revolve round 



the sun ; in ornithology, applied to 

 the feathers which arise from the 

 ulnar side of the hand part of the 

 wing of birds ; in natural philosophy, 

 to those properties of matter which 

 are inseparable from it ; in optics, 

 to colours into which a ray of light 

 may be decomposed ; in geology, to 

 crystalline rocks supposed to owe 

 their structure to the agency of 

 fire. 



Prima'tes (Lat. pri'mus, first). The 

 name given by Linnaeus to his first 

 order of mammalia, including man, 

 the apes, the lemurs and the bats. 



Pri'mine (Lat. pri'mus, first). In 

 botany, the outer covering of the 

 ovule. 



Prim'itive (Lat. pri'mus, first). See 

 Primary. 



Primor'dial (Lat. pri'mus, first ; or 1 do, 

 order). First in order ; appearing 

 first. 



Prism (Gr. Kpta-pa, pris'ma, a prism). 

 A solid figure, the ends of which 

 are similar, equal, and parallel 

 plane figures, and the sides of 

 which are parallelograms ; they 

 are triangular, square, pentagonal, 

 &c., according to the number of 

 sides. 



Prismatic (Prism). Resembling, or 

 formed like a prism. 



Prismen'chyma (Gr. Trpto^a, pris'ma, 

 a prism; e-yx v V- a > en'chuma, tissue). 

 In botany, tissue formed of prismatic 

 cells. 



Problem (Gr. irpo, pro, before ; 0a\- 

 Aw, ballo, I cast). A question pro- 

 posed ; a proposition in which some 

 operation is required. 



Proboscidian (Gr. npofioa-Kis, pro- 

 bos' kis, a trunk or snout). A 

 family of pachydermatous or thick 

 skinned animals, which have the 

 nose elongated into a flexible trunk, 

 as the elephant. 



Proboscid'iform (Gr. 7rpoj8o<r:is, pro- 

 bos'kis, a trunk or snout ; Lat. 

 for'ma, shape). Resembling a 

 trunk or snout. 



Probos'cis (Gr. irpo, pro, before ; 

 fio<JKa>, bosJcd, I feed). The snout 

 or trunk of an elephant and analo- 

 gous animals ; the flexible appa- 



