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phaios, dusky ; chroma, colour.] 

 Chromaphil. 



phaeochrous (feSk'rus) a. [Gk.phaios, 

 dusky ; chros, colour.] Of dusky 

 colour. 



phaeodium (feo'dlum) n. \Gk..phaios, 

 dusky ; eidos, resemblance.] In 

 certain Protozoa, an aggregation 

 of food and excretory substances 

 forming a mass round the central 

 capsule aperture (zool.). 



phaeophyll (fe'of il') n. [Gk. phaios, 

 dusky; phyllon, a leaf.] The 

 colouring matter of brown Algae 

 (dot.). 



phagocyte (fag'oslt) n. [Gk. phagein, 

 to eat ; kytos, hollow.] A colour- 

 less blood-corpuscle which tends 

 to take in and destroy foreign 

 particles (phys.). 



phagocytosis (fag'oslto'sis) n. [Gk. 

 phagein, to eat ; kytos, hollow.] 

 The ingestion and destruction of 

 microparasites by phagocytes 

 (Physl). 



phagolysis(fagorisTs) n. [Gk. phagein, 

 to eat ; lysis, a loosing.] Dissolu- 

 tion of phagocytes (phys.}. 



phalange (fa.la.nj') n. [Gk. phalangx, 

 line of battle.] A bundle of stamens 

 united by filaments (dot.). 



phalangeal (falan'jeal) a. [Gk. 

 phalangx, line of battle.] Pert, the 

 phalanges ; appl. bones, processes 

 of Corti's rods, etc. (anat.). 



phalanx (fal'angks) //., phalanges 

 (falan'jez) plu. [Gk. phalangx, line 

 of battle.] Segments of the digits 

 of Vertebrates. 



phallus (fal'us) n. [Gk. phallos, 

 penis.] A penis. 



phanerocodonic (fan'erokodon'ik) a. 

 [Gk. phaneros, manifest ; kodon, a 

 bell.] Appl. detached and free- 

 swimming zooids of a hydroid 

 colony (zool.). 



phanerogam (fangr'ogam) n. [Gk. 

 phaneros, manifest ; games, union.] 

 A phaenogam or plant with con- 

 spicuous flowers ; cf. cryptogam 

 (hot.). 



phanerogamous (fanSrog'amus) a. 

 [Gk. phaneros, manifest : gamos, 

 union.] Appl. plants with flowers 

 containing pistils and stamens 

 (hot.). 



pharyngeal (farin'jeal, far'inje'al) a. 



[Gk. pharyngx, gullet or windpipe.] 

 Pert, the pharynx ; ap>pl. artery, 

 membrane, nerve, tonsil, tubercle, 

 veins (anat.). 



pharyngobranchial (farlng'gobrang'- 

 klal) a. [Gk. pharyngx, gullet ; 

 brangchia, gills.] Pert, pharynx 

 and gills ; appl. certain bones of 

 Fishes (zool.). 



pharyngopalatine (farlng'gopal'atin) 

 a. [Gk. pharyngx, gullet ; L. pal- 

 atus, palate.] Pert, pharynx and 

 palatine ; appl. arch and muscle 

 (anat.). 



pharynx (faYingks) n. {Gk. pharyngx, 

 gullet or windpipe.] A musculo- 

 membranous tube extending from 

 the under surface of the skull to 

 the level of the sixth cervical ver- 

 tebra (anat.) ; the gullet or anterior 

 part of the alimentary canal follow- 

 ing the buccal cavity (zool.). 



phelloderm (feToderm) n. [Gk. 

 phellos, cork ; derma, skin.] The 

 secondary parenchymatous suber- 

 eous cortex of trees, formed on the 

 inner side of the cork-cambium 

 (dot.). 



phellogen (fel'ojen) n. [Gk. phellos, 

 cork ; gene, production.] The cork 

 cambium of tree stems, arising as a 

 secondary meristem (dot.). 



philtrum (fil'trum) n. [Gk. philiron, 

 a philtre.] The depression on the 

 upper lip beneath the septum of the 

 nose (anat.). 



phlebenterlsm (fleb6n'tgrtzm) n. [Gk. 

 phleps, vein ; enteron, intestine.] 

 Condition of having branches of 

 the intestine extending into other 

 organs, as arms or legs (zool.). 



phleboedesis (flebe'desls) n. [Gk. 

 phleps, vein ; oidein, to swell.] 

 Condition of having the circulatory 

 system cavity so distended and 

 insinuated as to diminish the 

 coelom, especially so in Molluscs 

 (zool.). 



phloem (flo'Srn) n. [Gk. phloios, 

 smooth bark.] The soft bast of 

 vascular bundles, consisting of 

 sieve-tube tissue (dot.). 



phloem parenchyma, thin -walled 

 parenchyma associated with the 

 sieve-tubes of phloem (dot.). 



phloem sheath, the pericycle, to- 

 gether with the inner layer of a 



