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cealed; kodon, bell.] Appl. the 

 undetached medusome of certain 

 Gymnoblastea, which degenerates 

 after discharging ripe sexual cells, 

 as opp. the free or phanerocodonic 

 gonophore or medusome (zoo/.). 

 adelomorphic (ad'elomor'fik, ade'- 

 I6m6r'(ik) a. [Gk. adelos, con- 

 cealed ; morphe, shape.] Indefinite 

 in form ; appl. central cells of peptic 

 glands (anat.). 



adelphous (adel'fus) a. [Gk. adel- 

 phos, brother.] Joined together in 

 bundles (hot.} ; used in compounds 

 monadelphous and diadelphous, 

 which see. 



adenocheiri (ad'gnokl'n, -re) n. plu. 

 [Gk. aden, gland ; cheir, hand.] 

 Elaborate accessory copulatory 

 organs, outgrowths of the atrial 

 walls in the turbellarian genus 

 Artioposthia (zool.}. 

 adenodactyli (ad'Snodak'till, -le) n. 

 plu. [Gk. aden, gland ; daktylos, 

 finger.] Adenocheiri, which see 

 (zoo/.). 



adenoid (ad'gnoid) a. [Gk. aden, 

 gland ; etdos, shape.] Pert, or 

 resembling a gland ; pert, or re- 

 sembling lymphoid tissue. 

 adenophore (ad'enofor') n. [Gk. aden, 

 gland ; pherezn, to carry.] The stalk 

 of a nectar gland (bot.}. 

 adenophyllous (ad'enb'fil'Cis) a. [Gk. 

 aden, gland ; phyllon, leaf.] Bear- 

 ing glands on the leaves (hot.}. 

 adenopodous (adenop'odus) a. [Gk. 

 aden, gland ; pous, foot.] Bearing 

 glands on the peduncles (bot.}. 

 adenostemonous (ad'enostgrn'onus) a. 

 [Gk. aden, gland ; steinon, a spun 

 thread.] Having glands on the 

 stamens (bot.}. 



adesmy (adgs'mi) n. [Gk. adesmos, 

 unfettered.] A break or division 

 in an organ usually entire (bot.}. 

 adetopneusic (ad'gtopnu'sik) a. [Gk. 

 adetos, free ; pnein, to breathe.] 

 Having papulae or dermal 

 branchiae occurring beyond the 

 abactinal surface, as in certain of 

 the Stelleroids (zool.}. 

 adherent (adhe'rgnt) a. [L. ad, to ; 

 haerere, to stick.] Pert, union of 

 parts which are normally separate, 

 as calyx and ovary ; adnate (dot.}. 

 adhesion (adhe'zhun) n. [L. ad, to ; 



haerere, to stick.] Condition of 

 being united to, or separate from, 

 one another, appl. elements of a 

 whorl (bot.}. 



adhesive cells, Glandular or special- 

 ized cells found in various animals; 

 on the tentacles of Ctenophores, on 

 the epidermis of certain Turbel- 

 larians, on the pedal disc of 

 Hydra, etc. 



adipose (ad'Tpos) a. [L. adeps, fat.] 

 Pert, or designating animal fat ; 

 fatty (phys.}. 



adipose tissue, the special animal 

 tissue for the formation and storage 



adminicula (ad'mimk'ula) n. plu. [L. 

 adminiculum, support.] Spines of 

 certain pupae, assisting in wriggling 

 motion (zoo!.). 



adnate (adnat') a. [L. ad, to ; gnatus, 

 born.] Pert, or designating the con- 

 dition of being closely attached to 

 the side of the petiole or stalk, as 

 in the case of stipules or leaves ; 

 designating the condition of the 

 anther when its back is attached 

 throughout its whole length to the 

 filament, or to its continuation the 

 connective (bot.}. 



adnexa (adngk'sa) n. plu. [L. ad, to ; 

 nectere, to bind.] Certain structures 

 or parts of structures closely related 

 to any organ (anat.}. 



adnexed (adneksf) a. [L. ad, to ; 

 nectere, to bind.] Reaching to the 

 stem only (bot.}. 



adoral (ado'ral) a. [L. ad, to ; os, 

 mouth.] Near the mouth, or pert. 

 the mouth (zoo!.). 



ad-radius (adra'diiis) n. [L. ad, to ; 

 radius, radius.] The radius in 

 Coelenterates midway between the 

 perradius and the interradius, a 

 radius of the third order (zool.). 



adrectal (adrgk'tal) a. [L. ad, to ; 

 rectum, rectum.] Near to or 

 closely connected with rectum 

 (zool.}. 



adrenal (adre'nal) a. [L. ad, to ; 

 renes, kidneys.] Suprarenal. 



adrenalin (adre'nalTn), adrenaline 

 (adre'nalin, adre'nalen) n. [L. ad, 

 to ; renes, kidneys.] A crystalline 

 substance obtained from suprarenal 

 extract (phys.}. 



adrostral (adros'tral) a. [L. ad, to ; 



