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hiscent multilocular fruit with a 

 hard exterior, and pulp round the 

 seeds in the interior, as in the 

 Baobab : amphisarcous, a., -mrV- 

 us, fleshy or pulpy on all sides. 



amphistoma, n., am-fis'-tdm-a 

 (Gr. amphi, on both sides; stoma, 

 a mouth, stomata, mouths), a 

 genus of the Entozoa having a 

 cup at each extremity by which 

 they adhere to the intestines : 

 amphistomous, a., drn'/is'-tom-us, 

 belonging to the amphistoma : 

 amphistomum conicum, Ic6n'-ik> 

 um (Gr. konikos, belonging to 

 a cone from konos, a cone), a 

 parasite met with in the stomachs 

 of the ox and sheep : A. crum- 

 eniferum, krdm'Zn-if'er-'iim (L. 

 crtimena, a bag ; fero, I carry), a 

 parasite of the ox: A. explanatum, 

 eks'-plan-at'-um (L. explandtum, 

 to flatten, to spread out), a para- 

 site of the ox found in the liver : 

 A. truncatum, trungk-dt'um (L. 

 truncdtus, cut or lopped off), a 

 parasite of the cat. 



amphitropal, a,, amfitfrtip-al 

 (Gr. amphi, on both sides ; trope, 

 a turn, a change), in bot., having 

 an ovule or embryo curved on 

 itself, with the hilum in the 

 middle. 



amphora, n., am'-for-a (L. and 

 Gr. ), an ancient wine vessel of an 

 oblong shape, with a handle on 

 each side of the neck : amphoric, 

 a., am-fdr'ik, belonging to or 

 shaped like an amphora: am- 

 phoric resonance, the peculiar 

 clang which may accompany any 

 of the ordinary auscultatory phen- 

 omena when resonating within 

 a large cavity. 



amplexicaul, a., am-pUks'-ik-awl 

 (L. amplector, I embrace ; caulis, 

 the stem), in bot., embracing the 

 stem over a large part of its cir- 

 cumference, as the base of a leaf. 



ampulla, n., am-pobl'-la (L. am- 

 pulla, a bottle for liquids, narrow 

 at the neck, and bulging out in 

 the middle), in anat., the trum- 



pet - mouthed portions of the 

 semicircular canals of the internal 

 ear ; any part having the same 

 shape; in ch em., a bellied vessel; in 

 bot., a hollow leaf:ampullaceous, 

 a., amf-pool'ld'-shus, like a bellied 

 bottle or inflated bladder. 



Amygdalese, n. plu., am'-ig-dal'-e-e, 

 also called ' Prunese ' (Gr. amug- 

 dale, also amugddlos, the almond 

 tree, the nut), a Sub-ord. of the 

 Rosaceae, chiefly remarkable from 

 the presence of hydrocyanic acid 

 in their kernels, leaves, and 

 flowers : amygdalae, n. plu., am- 

 ig'-dal-e, the tonsils, the rounded 

 lobes at the sides of the vallecula 

 on the under surface of the cere- 

 bellum : amygdalate, n. plu., 

 am-ig'-dal-dt, made of almonds : 

 amygdalic, a., am'ty'dal'ik, of 

 or belonging to the almond ; ob- 

 tained from amygdalin : amyg- 

 dalin, n., a white crystalline 

 substance obtained from bitter 

 almonds ; the peculiar action of 

 Synaptase on amygdalin, produces 

 hydrocyanic acid also found 

 in bitter almonds : amygdaloid, 

 a., am-ig'-dal-oyd, and amygdal- 

 oidal, a. (Gr. eidos, resem- 

 blance), almond-shaped: Amyg- 

 dalus, n., am-ig'-dal-tis, the 

 almond tree, the A. dulcis, dul'> 

 s$s (L. dulcis, sweet), yielding 

 the sweet almond ; and the A. 

 amara, am-dr'a (L. amdrus, 

 bitter), the bitter almond. 



amylaceous, a., am'-il-af-shtis (Gr. 

 amulon, L. amylum, starch), 

 pert, to or resembling starch : 

 amylene, n. , am'-il-en, a substance 

 obtained from fusel oil distilled 

 with chloride of zinc : amylic, 

 a., am-il'-ik, obtained from starch : 

 amyloid, &.,am'-ll'dyd (Gr. eidos, 

 resemblance), resembling starch : 

 amyl, n., am'il, the hypothetical 

 basis of a series of compounds, 

 comprising ' fusel oil ' : amyl al- 

 cohol, an oily, colourless liquid, 

 with a peculiar odour, and burn- 

 ing, acrid taste ; fusel oil. 



