AMY 19 



Amyridaceae, n. plu., arti'ir-ld-af- 

 &-e (Gr. a, intensive ; murrhis, 

 a sweet-scented plant, murrkidos, 

 of a sweet-scented plant), an Ord. 

 of plants, now referred to Ord. Bur- 

 seracese, which see ; the balsam 

 trees : Amyridesa, n. plu. , am'tr- 

 wf-e-e, a Sub-ord. : Amyris, n., 

 am'ir-is, a genus : Amyris 

 toxifera, ttiks-if'er'd (L. toxic- 

 urn, poison ; fero, I bear), a 

 species said to be poisonous. 



anabasis, n., an-ab'-as-is (Gr. 

 anabasis, an ascent,, progress 

 from ana, up ; baino> 1 go, I 

 ascend), in med., the increase of 

 a disease or paroxysm ; Anabasis 

 ammodendron, am'-mo-den'-dron 

 (Gr. ammos, sand ; dendron, a 

 tree), a peculiar leafless shrub of 

 Khiva. 



Anacardiaceae, n. plu., an'-d-Tcard- 

 i-af'i&'Q (Gr. ana, similar to ; 

 kardia, the heart so called from 

 the form of the nuts of some of 

 them), an Ord. of trees and 

 shrubs; the cashew nut family, 

 some of which bear edible fruits, 

 as the mango,, and many of them 

 furnish gum resins in much re- 

 quest for varnishes and dyes : 

 Anacarddum, n., an'-a-hard'-i-urn, 

 a genus of plants : Anacard'ium 

 occidentale, dk'si-d8nt'dl''& (L. 

 ocddentalis, western), the tree 

 which furnishes the cashew nut, 

 remarkable for its large succulent 

 peduncle supporting the fruit or 

 nut: anacardiaceous, a., an'a- 

 kdrd-i-af'Slius, having an arrange- 

 ment of fruits as in the anacard- 

 ium. 



Anacharis, n., an-alc'-ar-is (Gr. 

 ana, without; charis, grace, 

 beauty), an aquatic plant, Ord. 

 Hydrocharidacese, which exhibits 

 under the microscope the rotation 

 of protoplasm in its cells. 



Anacyclus, n., an'-a-silc'-lus (Gr. 

 anthos, a flower; kuldos, a circle 

 alluding to the rows of ovaries 

 placed around the disc), a genus 

 of hardy annuals, of the Sub-ord. 



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Corymbiferse, Ord. Composite : 

 Anacyclus pyrethrum, plr-eth'- 

 rum (Gr. pur, fire), the pellitory 

 of Spain, an irritant, and pro- 

 moting the secretion of saliva, 

 properties depending on the 

 presence of a volatile oil. 



Anagallis, n.,an'a-gal'lis (Gr. and 

 L. anagallis, the plant pimpernel 

 from ana, up, through ; gala, 

 milk from its property of coag- 

 ulating milk), a genus of plants, 

 Ord. Primulacese, flowering plants 

 whose flowers are meteoric that 

 is, open always only during good 

 weather and at particular hours, 

 so as to act as hour glasses and 

 weather glasses: anagallis arv- 

 ensis, arv>ens'is (L. arvensis, 

 field inhabiting from arvum, a 

 field),, the plant called 'the 

 poor man's weather-glass,' or 

 * shepherd's weather-glass,' whose 

 flowers open about 8 A.M., but 

 only in fine weather ; the scarlet 

 pimpernel. 



anaemia, n., an-emf-i-d (Gr. a, 

 without; haima, blood), diminu- 

 tion in the amount of the blood ; 

 the condition arising from such 

 diminution : anaemic, a., dn>em'' 

 lie, without blood. 



anaesthesia, n., an'-es-ihez'-i-a 

 (Gr. anaisthesia, the want or 

 loss of feeling from ana, with- 

 out; aistkesis, sensation),, the loss 

 of feeling or sensation induced 

 by the inhalation of an etherial 

 vapour; or due to organic or 

 functional disease of the nervous 

 system ; also, in same sense, an- 

 aesthetics, n. plu., an'-es-thU'.iks: 

 the agents which take away 

 sensibility from a part, or from 

 the whole system, by acting on 

 the nervous system, are numerous, 

 but those usually employed are 

 such as, opium, ether, chloroform, 

 aconite or aconitia, and bella- 

 donna. 



anallantoidea, n. plu., tin'dl-la.nt' 

 oyd'-e-a (Gr. an, without ; and 

 allantoidea, which sec), the gvoi^> 



