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GLOSSAEY. 



subordinate class, consisting of 

 orders allied to a certain extent. 



Subcla'vian (Lat. sub, under ; clavis, 

 a key). Lying under the clavicle 

 or collar-bone. 



Subcon'trary (Lat. sub, under ; con- 

 tra' rius, contrary). Contrary in an 

 inferior degree : in geometry, ap- 

 plied to similar triangles which 

 have a common angle at the vertex, 

 while the bases do not coincide ; in 

 logic, applied to propositions which 

 agree in quantity but differ in 

 quality. 



Subcor'date (Lat. sub, under ; cor, a 

 heart). Somewhat like a heart in 

 shape. 



Subcos'tal (Lat. sub, under ; cos'ta, a 

 rib). Under or within the rib. 



Subcuta'neous (Lat. sub, under ; 

 cu'tis, the skin). Under the skin. 



Subcutic'ular (Lat. sub, under ; cu- 

 tic'ula, the cuticle). Under the 

 cuticle or scarf-skin. 



Subcylin'drical (Lat. sub, under; 

 cylindrical). Not perfectly cylin- 

 drical. 



Subdu'plicate (Lat. sub, under ; 

 du'plex, double). Having the ratio 

 of the square roots : in mathe- 

 matics, applied to the ratio which 

 the square roots of two quantities 

 have to each other. 



Su'berate (Lat. su'ber, cork). A com- 

 pound of suberic acid with a base. 



SuT>eric (Lat. su'ber, cork). Belong- 

 ing to cork : applied to an acid 

 produced by the action of nitric 

 acid on cork and fatty bodies. 



Sub'erose (Lat. sub, under ; ero'do, I 

 gnaw). Appearing as if a little 

 gnawed. 



Sub'genus (Lat. sub, under ; gen' us). 

 A subordinate genus, consisting of 

 species allied to a certain extent. 



Subglob'ular (Lat. sub, under; 

 glob'ular) . Having a form approach- 

 ing to globular. 



Subgran'ular (Lat. sub, under; 

 gran'ular). Somewhat granular. 



Subja'cent (Lat. sub, under ; jac'eo. 

 I lie). Lying under or in a lower 

 situation. 



Subject (Lat. subjic'io, I place before). 

 In grammar and logic, that regard- 



ing which anything is affirmed or 

 denied ; in intellectual philosophy, 

 the personality of the thinker. 



Subjec'tive (Subject). Relating to the 

 subject ; applied in philosophy to the 

 manner in which an object is con- 

 ceived of by an individual subject ; 

 in medicine, to symptoms observed 

 by the patient himself. 



Subjunc'tive (Lat. sub, under ; jungo, 

 I join). Subjoined or added to 

 something else ; in grammar, ap- 

 plied to a form of the verb express- 

 ing condition or supposition. 



Sublimate (Lat. siMi'mis, exalted). 

 To bring a solid substance by heat 

 into the state of vapour, which 

 condenses on cooling; the substance 

 produced by this process. 



Sublima'tion (Lat. subli'mo, I raise 

 up). The process of bringing solid 

 substances by heat into the state 

 of vapour which is condensed in 

 cooling. 



Sublime. See Sublimate. 



Sublin'gual (Lat sub, under; lin'gua, 

 the tongue). Under the tongue. 



Subluxa'tion (Lat. sub, under ; lux- 

 a'tion). An incomplete luxation 

 or dislocation. 



Submarine (Lat. sub, under ; ma're, 

 the sea). Formed or lying beneath 

 the sea. 



SubmaxiTlary (Lat. sub, under ; max- 

 il'la, the jaw). Lying beneath the 

 jaw. 



Submen'tal (Lat. sub, under ; men- 

 turn, the chin). Under the chin. 



Submu'cous (Lat. sub, under ; mu- 

 cous). Lying beneath the mucous 

 membrane. 



Submurtiple(Lat. sub, under; multi- 

 ple}. A quantity which is contained 

 in another an exact number of 



Subnas'cent(Lat. sub, under ; nas'cor, 

 I am born). Growing underneath. 



Subnor'mal (Lat. sub, under ; norma, 

 a rule). In conic sections, the 

 portion of a diameter intercepted 

 between the ordinate and the 

 normal. 



Suboccip'ital (Lat. sub, under ; oc'ci- 

 put, the back of the head). Under 

 or beneath the occiput. 



