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and diuretic: A. cepa, sep'd (L. 

 ccepa, an onion), the onion : A. 

 porrum, pdr'-um (L. porrum, a 

 leek), the leek. 



allopathy, n., dlldp'-dth-i (Gr. 

 allos, another ; pathos, suffering, 

 disease), that mode of medical 

 practice which consists in the use 

 of drugs to produce in the body a 

 condition opposite to the disease 

 to be cured ; opposed to homoe- 

 opathy, which professes to cure 

 diseases by remedies which in a 

 state of health would have pro- 

 duced similar symptoms of dis- 

 ease. 



allotropism, n., al-lot'rtip-ism (Gr. 

 allos, another ; trope, change, 

 conversion), the existence of the 

 same body in more than one usual 

 condition, and with different 

 physical characteristics, as sul- 

 phur, which is bright-yellow and 

 brittle in one state, and when 

 melted at a high temperature it 

 becomes dark and extremely ten- 

 acious: allotropy, n., al-ltit'rdp-i, 

 same sense as allotropism : allot- 

 ropic, a., dl'-lot-rop'-ik, of, or 

 pert. to. 



Alnus, n., dl'nus (L. alnus, the 

 alder tree), a genus of timber trees 

 thriving best on the banks of 

 rivers and in moist situations : 

 Alnus glutinosa, gldif-ifi-oz'-d (L. 

 glutinosus, gluey, glutinous from 

 gluten, glue), the common alder, 

 the wood used for underground 

 purposes, and its charcoal in the 

 manufacture of gunpowder : A. 

 incana, in^kdn'-d (L. incdnus, 

 quite grey, hoary), the bark of 

 the species used in Kamtschatka 

 in the preparation of a kind of 

 bread, Ord. Betulacese. 



Aloe, n. , dl-o'-e (Gr. and L. aloe, the 

 aloe, bitterness), a genus of plants, 

 Ord. Liliacese, various species of 

 which produce the drug called 

 aloes : aloes, dl'oz, the inspissated 

 juice of various species of the 

 aloe, chiefly the Aloe Socotrina 

 (from Sdcdtra), and Aloe spic- 



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ata, spik'dt'd (L. spicatus, fur- 

 nished with spikes), usually called 

 Socotrine aloes, sdk'dt-rin dl'-oz : 

 A. dichotoma, dl-Mt'-dm-d (Gr. 

 dicholomos, cut into halves from 

 dicha, doubly ; temno, I cut), an 

 arborescent species of S. Africa, 

 30 feet high, called the Quiver 

 tree : A. vulgaris, vulg-dr'-is (L. 

 vulgaris, common, vulgar), from 

 E. and W. Indies, and the source 

 of the Barbadoes aloes : aloetic, 

 a., dl'-o-et'-ik, also aloetical, a., 

 -Ik'dl, applied to a medicine 

 which contains a large proportion 

 of aloes: AloinesB, dl-d-m'-e-e, for 

 Aloe, the aloe tribe: aloe, a., al'6, 

 applied to the trees, Ord. Lili- 

 acese : aloin, n., dl-o'-in, the 

 active principle of aloes. 



alopecia, n., dl'-o-pe'-shi-d (L. al- 

 opecia, the fox sickness or mange 

 from Gr. alopex, a fox), the 

 fox evil or scurf; any kind of 

 baldness. 



Aloysia, n., dl'-O'is'i-d (in honour 

 of Maria Louisa, a queen of Spain), 

 a genus of plants, Ord. Ver- 

 benacese : Aloysia citriodora, sit'- 

 ri'6d'6r''d (citrus, the citron tree), 

 the sweet-scented verbena or 

 lemon plant. 



Alpinia, n., dlp'$n' ; i'a(ateYAlpini, 

 an Italian botanist), a genus 

 of plants, Ord. Zingiberacese : 

 Alpinia officinarum, df-fls'in- 

 dr'-um (L. officlna, a workshop, 

 a laboratory, officinarum, of 

 workshops), a Chinese plant, the 

 root stock of which constitutes 

 the Galangal root of commerce, 

 having the same properties as 

 ginger : A. Galanga, gdl-dng'-gd 

 (a supposed Indian name), sup- 

 plies a similar rhizome. 



alsinaceous, a., dl'sm-d'shus (Gr. 

 alsis, leaping, jumping, in refer- 

 ence to the intervals between the 

 petals ; or alsos, a grove or shady 

 place, in reference to usual places 

 of growth ; alslne, chickweed), 

 denoting a polypetalous corolla, 

 in which there are intervals be- 



