GLOSSARY 



a as in mat, man. 

 a as in mate, dale. 

 a as in far, father. 

 a as in fall, law. 



e as in met, pen. 

 e as in free, meet. 

 e" as in her, fern. 



i as in tin, it. 

 i as in tie, pie. 



KEY TO PRONUNCIATION 



o as in not, on. 



5 as in note, soul. 



6 as in move, spoon. 

 6 as in nor, song. 



u as in tub, son. 

 u as in due, mute. 



I conceal), the 



abdomen, abdo'men (L. abdomen, the belly from 



lower belly. 

 absorption, absdrp'shon (L. absorbere, swallow down anything), the process 



of taking up, as by chemical or molecular action. 

 accretion, a kre'shon (L. ad, to ; cretum, to grow), growth by external addi- 



tion of new matter. 

 achromatin, a kro'ma tin (Gr. a, without ; chroma, color), the non-staining 



substance of the nucleus. 

 accelomate, a se'lo mat (Gr. a, without ; koilos, hollow), without a true body 



cavity or coelom. 

 afferent, afferent (L. off 'era, I bring to), conveying from the surface to the 



center. 



ameba, a me'ba (Gr. amoibos, change), a genus of rhizopodous Protozoa. 

 amitosis, a mi to' sis (Gr. , without ; mitos, a thread), direct nuclear division 



without the formation of chromosomes and amphiaster. 

 amphiaster, am 'ft aster (Gr. amphi, around; aster, a star), the achromatic 



figure formed in mitotic cell division, consisting of two asters connected 



by a spindle. 

 anabolism, an ab'o lizm (Gr, anabote, a throwing up), constructive metab- 



olism. 

 analogous, a naVogus (Gr. ana, similar to; logos, proportion), like in function, 



but not in structure. 



* The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia, the Rev. James Stormonth's Manual 

 of Scientific Terms, and E. B. Wilson's Cell in Development and Inheritance have 

 been invaluable in preparing this glossary- 



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