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GLOSSARY. 



Zinciferous (Zinc; Lat./e/o, I bear). 

 Producing zinc. 



Zinc'ous (Zinc). Relating to zinc ; 

 applied to the positive pole of a 

 galvanic battery. 



So'diac (Or. &QIOV, zo'dion, a little 



animal). The zone ,of the heavens 

 included within a space of the 

 celestial sphere extending a few- 

 degrees north and south of the 

 ecliptic, and within which the ap- 

 parent motions of the planets are 

 included. 



Zodi'acal (Zo'diac). Belonging to 

 the zodiac. 



Zon'ule (Zone). A small zone or 

 girdle. 



Zoo- (Gr. faov, zo'on, an animal). A 

 prefix in compound words, implying 

 relation to animals. 



Zoochem'ical (Gr. cooj>, zl5 'on, an 

 animal ; chem'ical). Relating to 

 the chemistry of animal bodies. 



Zo'oid (Gr. faov, zd'on, an animal ; 

 etSos, ei'dos, form). Resembling 

 an animal. 



Zo'olite (Gr. o>oi/, zd'on, an animal ; 

 \iOos, lith'os, a stone). A petrified 

 or fossil animal substance. 



Zoological (Zool'ogy). Belonging to 

 zoology, or the classification of 

 animals. 



Zool'ogist (Zool'ogy). One who is 

 skilled in the natural history of 

 animals. 



Zool'ogy (Gr. &ov, zo'on, an animal : 

 \oyos, log' os, a discourse). The 

 science or natural history of the 

 animal kingdom ; the description 

 of the structure, habits, &c., of all 

 animals. 



Zooph'agous (Gr. fyov, zd'on, an 

 animal ; <payu, %>hag'o, I eat). 

 Eating animals. 



Zoophor'ic (Gr. faov, zo'on, an animal ; 

 <epo>, pher'o, I bear). Supporting 

 the figure of an animal. 



Zo'ophyte (Gr. faov, zo'on, an animal ; 

 QVTOV, phuton, a plant). In natural 

 history, a name given to bodies 

 resembling both animals and vege- 

 tables, and once supposed to par- 

 take of the nature of both. 



Zo'ospore (Gr. &ov, zo'on, an animal; 

 spore). A moving spore, provided 

 with cilia or vibratile organs. 



Zoot'omist (Zooifomy). One who dis- 

 sects animals. 



Zoot'omy (Gr. ivop, zo'on, an animal; 

 repvu), temnd, I cut). Anatomy of 

 the lower animals. 



Zoster (Gr. {war-rip, zoster, a girdle). 

 An eruptive disease which extends 

 round the waist like a girdle ; com- 

 monly called shingles. 



Zygodac'tylous (Gr. vyov, zugon, a 

 yoke ; SaxrvXas, dak'tidos, a finger 

 or toe). Having the toes formed 

 as if yoked together. 



Zygo'ma (Gr. [vyov, zugo'o, I yoke 

 together). A bony arch at the 

 upper part of the side of the face, 

 formed by the union of a process 

 from the temporal with one from 

 the malar bone. 



Zygomat'ic (Zygoma). Belonging to 

 the zygoma. 



Zymo'sis (Gr. C U M 0&> > zumo'o, Heaven). 

 In medicine, applied to diseases 

 which are epidemic, endemic, and 

 contagious, including fever, small- 

 pox, cholera, &c., which are be- 

 lieved to be produced by the action 

 of certain specific poisons. 



Zymotic (Gr. u/io, zumo'o, I leaven). 

 Arising from zymosis or fermenta- 

 tion. 



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