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gamostely (gam'oste'H) n. [Gk. 

 gamos, marriage ; stele, pillar.] 

 The arrangement of polystelic 

 stems when the separate steles 

 are fused together surrounded by 

 pericycle and endodermis (dot.}. 



gangliar (gang'gllar) a. [Gk. gang- 

 glion, little tumour.] Pert, a gan- 

 glion or ganglia. 



gangliate (gang'gllat) a. [Gk. gang- 

 glion, little tumour.] Having 

 ganglia. 



gangliform (gang'gliform) a. [Gk. 

 gangglion, little tumour ; L. forma, 

 shape.] In the form of a ganglion. 



ganglioblast (gang'glipblast) n. [Gk. 

 gangglion, little tumour ; blastos, 

 bud.] The mother-cell of a ganglio- 

 cyte (anat.~). 



gangliocyte (gang'glioslt) n. [Gk. 

 gangglion, little tumour ; kytos, 

 hollow.] A ganglion cell outside 

 the central nervous system (anat.). 



ganglioid (gang'glioid) a. \GY.gang- 

 glion, little tumour ; eidos, resem- 

 blance.] Like a ganglion (anat.). 



ganglion (gang'glion) n. [Gk. gang- 

 glion, little tumour.] A mass of 

 nervous matter containing nerve 

 cells and giving origin to nerve 

 fibres ; a nerve centre (anat.). 



ganglionated (gang'glTona'ted) a. 



gjk. gangglion, little tumour.] 

 upplied with ganglia (anat.). 



ganglioneural (gang'glionu'ral) a. 

 [Gk. gangglion, little tumour ; 

 neuron, nerve.] Appl. a system of 

 nerves, consisting of a series of 

 ganglia connected by nerve strands 

 (zool.). 



ganglioneuron (gang'glionu'ron) n. 

 [Gk. gangglion, little tumour ; 

 neuron, nerve.] A nerve cell of a 

 ganglion (anat.}. 



ganglionic (gang'glion'ik) a. [Gk. 

 gangglion, little tumour.] Pert. 

 consisting of, or in the neighbour- 

 hood of a ganglion ; appl. a layer of 

 the retina, arteries, arterial system 

 of brain (anat.). 



ganglioplexus (gang'glioplgk'sus) n. 

 [Gk. gangglion, little tumour ; L. 

 plexus, twisted.] A diffuse ganglion 

 (anat.). 



ganoid (gan'oid) a. [Gk. ganos, 

 sheen ; eidos, resemblance.] Appl. 

 scales of ganoid fishes, rhomboidal, 



joined like parquetry and consisting 

 of a layer of bone with a superficial 

 enamel layer (zool.). 



ganoin (gan'oin) n. [Gk. ganos, 

 sheen.] The outer layer of a 

 ganoid scale, formed by -the coriuin 

 (zool.). 



gape (gap) n. [A.S. geapan, to open 

 wide.] The distance between the 

 open jaws of birds, fishes, etc. 

 (zool.). 



Gasserian ganglion, a large gan- 

 glion on the sensory root of the fifth 

 cranial nerve (anat.). 



gasteromycetous (gas'teromlse'tus) a. 

 [Gk. gaster, belly ; mykes, a mush- 

 . room.] Having the spores de- 

 veloped in a peridium (oot.). 



gastraea (gastre'a) n. [Gk. gaster, 

 stomach.] A hypothetical gastrula- 

 like animal ; the ancestral Meta- 

 zoan, according to Haeckel (zool.). 



gastraeum (gastre'iim) n. [Gk. gaster, 

 stomach.] The ventral side of the 

 body (anat.). 



gastral (gas'tral) a. [Gk. gaster, 

 stomach.] Pert, stomach, as the 

 gastral cavity, cortex, layer, etc. 

 (anat.). 



gastralia (gastra'lia) n. plu. [Gk. 

 gaster, stomach.] Microscleres in 

 the gastral membranes of Hexacti- 

 nellids (zool.). 



gastric (gas'trik) a. [Gk. gaster, 

 belly.] Pert, or in the region of 

 the stomach ; appL arteries, glands, 

 nerves, veins (anat.). 



gastrin (gas'trin) n. [Gk. gaster, 

 stomach.] The hormone which is 

 the result of the action of the 

 salivary products on the gastric 

 mucous membrane (phys.). 



gastrocentrous (gas'trosen'triis) a. 

 [Gk. gaster, stomach ; L. centrum, 

 centre.] Appl. vertebrae with 

 centra formed by pairs of inter- 

 ventralia, while the basiventralia 

 are reduced (zool.). 



gastrocnemius (gas'trokne'mius) n. 

 [Gk. gaster, belly ; kneme, the 

 tibia.] The large muscle of the 

 calf of the leg (anat.). 



gastrocoel (gas'trosel) n. [Gk. gaster, 

 belly ; koilos, hollow.] The arch- 

 enteron of a gastrula (emb.). 



gastrocolic (gas'trokol'ik) a. [Gk. 

 gaster, stomach ; kolon, the gut.] 



