GLOSSARY. 



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rhetoric, a change in the significa- 

 tion of a word from a primary to a 

 derived sense. 



Troph'i(Gr. T/>e<, trepk'o, I nourish). 

 The parts of the mouth in insects 

 employed in acquiring and pre- 

 paring food. 



Troph'osperm (Gr. rpo<j>os, troph'os, 

 one who feeds ; tnre^ua, s per 1 ma, a 

 seed). In botany, the part of the 

 ovary from which the ovules arise. 



Trop'ic (Gr. rpeiroj, trep'o, I turn). 

 A name applied to each of the two 

 circles lying parallel to the equator 

 at the distance of 23^ degrees north 

 and south. 



Tropical (Trop'ic) . Belonging to the 

 tropics. 



Trun'cate (Lat. trun'co, I cut oft 7 ). 

 To cut or lop oft 7 . / 



Tnm'cated (Trun'cate). Cut off; 

 applied to figures the angles or 

 edges of which have been cut off. 



Tu'ber (Lat. a mushroom or hunch). 

 In botany, a thick underground 

 stem, as the potato ; in anatomy, 

 a rounded projection of a bone. 



Tubercle (Lat. tuber'culum, a little 

 swelling). A little knob; in medi- 

 cine, a peculiar diseased deposit 

 in the lungs and various parts of 

 the body, frequently attended by 

 the symptoms known as those of 

 consumption. 



Tuber'cula Quadrigem'ina (Lat. Four- 

 double tubercles). A name given 

 to four rounded projections at the 

 base of the brain. 



Tuber'cular or Tuber'culous (Lat. 

 tuber'culum, a little knob). Having 

 knobs or tubercles. 



Tuberculo'sis (Lat. tuber'culum, 

 tubercle). In medicine, the name 

 applied to the condition under which 

 tubercle is deposited in the organs 

 of the body. 



Tnberif erous (Lat. tu'ber, a knob ; 

 fer'o, I bear). Bearing tubers, as 

 the potato. 



Tu'berose (Lat. tu'ber, a knob.) Hav- 

 ing knobs or tubers. 



Tuberos'ity (Lat. tu'ber, a knob). In 

 anatomy, a kind of projection or 

 elevation. 



Tu'berous (Lat. tu'ber, a knob). 



Knobbed ; consisting of tubers con- 

 nected together. 



Tubic'ola (Lat. tu'bus, a tube ; col'o, 

 I inhabit). An inhabitant of a 

 tube ; applied to an order of 

 animals which live in calcareous 

 tubes. 



Tu'bifer (Lat. tu'bus, a tube ; fer'o, 

 I bear^. Bearing tubes. 



TuT>iform(Lat. tu'bus, a tube ]for'ma, 

 shape). Like a tube in shape. 



Tu'bular (Lat. tu'bus, a tube). 

 Having the form of a tube ; con- 

 sisting of a tube or pipe. 



Tu'bnlated (Lat. tu'bus, a tube). In 

 the form of a small tube; fur- 

 nished with a small tube. 



Tn'bule (Lat. tu'bus, a tube). A 

 small tube. 



Tu/bulibran'chiate (Lat. tu'bulus, a 

 little tube ; Gr. &f)ayx ia y bran'chia, 

 gills). Having the shell, which con- 

 tains the branchise, in the form of a 

 more or less regularly spiral tube. 



Tufa (Italian, tufo). In geology, any 

 porous vesicular compound. 



Tumefac'tion (Lat. tu'meo, I swell ; 

 fac'io, I make). In medicine, a 

 temporary swelling or enlarge- 

 ment. 



Tn'mour (Lat. tu'mor, a swelling). 

 In medicine, a permanent swelling 

 or enlargement. 



Tii'mulus (Lat.). An artificial 

 mound of earth. 



Tung'state (Tungsten). A com- 

 pound of tungstic acid with a base. 



Tu'nica (Lat.). A coat or covering. 



Tu'nicated (Lat. tu'nica, a kind of 

 garment). In botany, applied to 

 a bulb covered by thin scales, as 

 the onion ; in geology, to a class of 

 mollusca, enveloped in an elastic 

 tunic not covered by a shell. 



TurTrinated (Lat. tur'bo, a top). 

 Shaped like a top ; in nonchology 

 and botany, conically spiral, large 

 at one end and narrow at the 

 other. 



Turges'cent (Lat. turges'co, I swell). 

 Growing large ; swelling. 



Tu'rio (Lat. a tendril). A young 

 shoot covered with scales sent up 

 from an underground stem ; as the 

 asparagus. 



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