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ulartype: aberration, n.,a&-r-a- 

 shun, a disordered state of the 

 intellect ; any deviation from the 

 usual and natural appearance. 



Abies, n., ab'-l-ez (L. abies, the 

 silver fir, abietis, of the silver fir), 

 the fir tree ; a genus of trees : 

 AbietinesB, n. piu., ab'-i-et-in'-e-e, 

 the sub-order of the Coniferse or 

 cone -bearing family, including 

 the fir and spruce : abietic, a., 

 ab'-i-et'ik, belonging to the fir 

 tree : Abies picea, pis'-e-a (Gr. 

 peuJce, the pine or pitch tree), the 

 silver fir which furnishes turpen- 

 tine : A. balsamea, bal-sam'S-a 

 (L. balsameus, balsamic from 

 balsamum, balsam), a species 

 which produces Canada balsam ; 

 balm of Gilead fir : A. Canadens- 

 is, kan f 'd'dens f -is (from Canada), 

 hemlock spruce, which furnishes 

 a balsam : A. excelsa, ek-sels'a 

 (L. excelsus, lofty, high), the 

 Norway spruce, producing Bur- 

 gundy pitch: A. nigra, mg'-ra 

 (L. niger or nigra, black), the 

 black spruce, from which, and 

 other species, spruce beer is made. 



abiogenesis, n. , ab'-i'd'jen'es'is^?. 

 a, without ; bios, life ; genesis, 

 origin, source), the doctrine that 

 living bodies may be evolved 

 from inorganic matter ; spon- 

 taneous generation. 



ablactation, n., ab'-lakt-d'sliun (L. 

 ab, from ; lacto, I suckle from 

 lac, milk), weaning of a child from 

 the breast. 



ablation, n. , ab Id' shun (L. abldtum, 

 to take or bear away from ab, 

 from or away; latum, to carry 

 or bear), a taking away ; the re- 

 moval of a part from a body by 

 excision, extirpation, or amputa- 

 tion. 



ablepsia, n., a-bleps'i-tf, also a- 

 blepsy, n., a-bleps'-t (Gr. a } with- 

 out, not; blepo, I see, blepso, I 

 shall see), want of sight ; blind- 

 ness. 



abluent, n., a., ab'ld-ent(L. abluo, 

 I wash off or away from ab, from j 



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luo, I wash, luens, washing), a 

 substance which carries off im- 

 purities ; same as 'abstergent 'and 

 'detergent': ablution, n., db-W- 

 shun, a cleansing or purification. 



abnormal, a., ab-ndrm'dl (L. ab, 

 from ; norma, a rule), anything 

 out of the usual or natural course ; 

 irregular. 



abomasum, n., db'-om-dz'-um, also 

 abomas'us, -dz'us (L. ab, from ; 

 dmdsum, tripe, the paunch), the 

 fourth cavity of the stomach of 

 ruminant animals, as the cow. 



aborticide, n., ab-ort'-i-sld (L. ab- 

 ortus, an untimely birth ; ccedo, 

 I kill), the destroying of the 

 foetus in utero to effect a delivery : 

 abortion, n., ab-tir'shun (L. ab- 

 ortus), expulsion of the foetus 

 before its time ; miscarriage ; in 

 bot., the incomplete or non-forma- 

 tion of a part : abortive, a., db- 

 ort'w, not come to maturity; 

 treating disease with the view of 

 arresting its further development ; 

 barren. 



abrachia, n., a'brdk'-i-a (Gr. a, 

 without, not ; Gr. brachion, L. 

 bracJdum, the arm), imperfect de- 

 velopment, or entire absence of 

 the arms. 



abranchiate, a., a-brang'-ki-dt (Gr. 

 a, without ; Gr. brangchia, L. 

 branchice, the gills of a fish), destit- 

 ute of gills or branchiae ; without 

 lungs : abranchiata, n. plu. , a- 

 brdng'ki-dt'd, animals which have 

 no apparent organs of respiration, 

 as the earthworm and leech. 



abrasion, n., db-rd'shun (L. ab y 

 from ; rdsus, scraped), a partial 

 rubbing off or tearing of the skin. 



abrupt, a., ab-rupt' (L. ab, from ; 

 ruptus, broken), appearing as if 

 broken or cut off at the extremity : 

 abruptly-acuminate, a., -ak-um f > 

 in-dt (L. acumen, a point), having 

 a broad extremity, as a leaf, from 

 which a point arises : abruptly- 

 pinnate, a., -pin'-ndt (L. pinna, 

 a feather or fin), having two or 

 more leaflets attached to each 



