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gluteal (gloot'eal) a. [Gk. gloutos, 

 buttock.] Pert, or in the region of 

 the buttocks ; appl. artery, muscle, 

 nerve, tuberosity, vein (anaf.). 



gluten (gloor/gn) n. [L. gluten, ghie.] 

 A tough substance obtainable from 

 some grains. 



gluteus (gloot'eus) . [Gk. gloutos, 

 buttock.] Name given to certain 

 muscles of the buttock (anat.). 



glutinous (gloot'mus) a. [L. gluten, 

 glue.] Having a sticky or adhesive 

 surface (dot.). 



glycerin (glis''erin) n. [Gk. glykos, 

 sweet.] The sweet principle of 

 natural fats and oils (phys.). 



glycerol (glis'6r61) n.,- see glycerin. 



glycogen (glfkoj^n) n. [Gk. glykos, 



sweet.] Animal starch (phys.). 



glycolysis (gllkol'isls) n. [Gk. glykos, 

 sweet ; lyein, to loosen.] Decom- 

 position of sugar by hydrolysis 

 (Phys.). 



glycosecretory (gll'kosekre'tori) a. 

 [Gk. glykos, sweet ; L. secretus, set 

 apart!] Connected with the secre- 

 tion of glycogen (phys.). 



gnathic (gnath'ik, nath'ik) a. [Gk. 

 gnathos, jaw.] Pert, the jaw (zool.). 



gnathism (gnath'Izm, nath'izm) n. 

 [Gk. gnathos, jaw.] Formation of 

 jaw with reference to the degree 

 of projection. 



gnatbites (gnath'lts, nath'lts) n. plu. 

 [Gk. gnathos, jaw.] The buccal 

 appendages of insects. 



gnathobase (gnath'obas, nath'obas) n. 

 [Gk. gnathos, jaw ; basis, base.] 

 An inwardly turned masticatory 

 process on the protopodite of 

 appendages near the mouth in 

 Crustacea (zool.). 



gnathopod (gnath'opod, nathopod) n. 

 [Gk. gnathos, jaw ; pous, foot.] Any 

 Crustacean limb in the oral region 

 modified to assist with the food 

 (zool.). 



gnathopodite (gnathop'ddit, nathop'- 

 ddlt) n. [Gk. gnathos, jaw ; pous, 

 foot.] Amaxillipedof an Arthropod 

 (zool.). 



gnathostegite (gnathSs'tgglt, nathos'- 

 tejit) n. [Gk. gnathos, jaw ; stege, 

 roof.] A covering plate for the 

 mouth parts of some Crustaceans 

 (zool.). 



gnathostomatous (gnath'ostSm'atus, 



nath'ostSm'atus) a. [Gk. gnathos, 

 jaw ; stoma, mouth.] With jaws at 

 the mouth. 



gnathotheca (gnath'othe'ka, nath'- 

 othe'ka) n. [Gk. gnathos, jaw ; 

 theke, case.] The horny outer 

 covering of a bird's lower jaw 

 (zool.). 



goblet cells, mucus-secreting cells 

 of most columnar epithelia (phys.). 



gomphosis (g6mfo'sis). \G\a.gomphos, 

 a bolt] Articulation by insertion 

 of a conical process into a socket, 

 as of roots of teeth into alveoli 

 (anaf.). 



gonad (gon'ad) n. [Gk.gone, descent.] 

 A sexual gland, either ovary or 

 testis (zool.). 



gonaduct (gSn'adukt) n. [Gk. gonos, 

 offspring ; L. ducere, to lead.] A 

 genital duct ; a duct leading from 

 the gonad to the exterior ; a gono- 

 duct (zool.). 



gonanglum (gon5n'jtum) n. [Gk. 

 gone, seed ; anggeion, vessel.] A 

 gonotheca, a dilated cup of peri- 

 sarc protecting the blastostyle of 

 Calyptoblastea (zool.). 



gonapophyses (gon'apof isez) n. plu. 

 [Gk. gone, seed ; apo, from ; phyein^ 

 to grow.] The chitinous outgrowths 

 subserving copulation in insects ; 

 the component parts of the sting 

 (zool.). 



goniale (gon'Iale, gonial'a) n. [Gk. 

 gonia, corner.] In some verte- 

 brates, a bone of the lower jaw 

 beside the articular (anat.). 



gonidangium (gon'idan'jium) n. [Gk. 

 dim. otgone, seed ; anggeion, vessel.] 

 A structure producing or contain- 

 ing gonidia (bot.). 



gonldia (gonid'ia) n. plu. ; gonidium 

 (gonid'Ium) sing. [Gk. dim. of gone, 

 seed.] Asexual non-motile repro- 

 ductivecells produced upon gameto- 

 phytes (dot.). 



gonidial (gonid'lal) a. [Gk. dim. of 

 gone, seed.] Pert, gonidia (dot.). 



gonidiferous (gonldlf'6rus) a. [Gk. 

 dim. of gone, seed ; L. ferre, to 

 carry.] Bearing or producing 

 gonidia (dot.). 



gonidimlum (gSn'Idfm'lum) n. Gk, 

 dim. of gone, seed.] A gonidial 

 structure smaller than a gonidium 

 and larger than a gonimium (dot.). 



