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ANA 



of vertebrata in which the embryo 

 is not furnished with an allantois. 

 analogue, n., dn f -dl-6g{. analogue 

 from Gr. ana, similar to ; logos, 

 ratio, proportion), an object that 

 has a resemblance to, or corre- 

 spondence with, another object; a 

 part or organ in one animal which 

 has the same function as another 

 part or organ in a different 

 animal : analogue regards simil- 

 arity of function, noniologue, 

 identity of parts: analogy, n., 

 dn-al'd-ji, resemblance between 

 one thing and another in some 

 points; in anat., the relation 

 of parts of a different nature, 

 which, however, perform similar 

 functions: analogous, a., an-al'- 

 dg-us, applied to parts of a differ- 

 ent nature which perform the 

 same or similar functions ; in bot. , 

 applied to a plant'Which strikingly 

 resembles one of another genus so 

 as to represent it. 

 Anamirta cocculus, an'-am-irt'-a 

 kok f -ul'US (not ascertained : coccus, 

 a berry; cocculus, a little berry), a 

 plant of the Ord. Menispermacese, 

 whose fruit, called Cocculus In- 

 dicus, is extremely bitter ; its 

 poisonous seeds were formerly 

 employed to give bitterness to 

 beer and porter. 



anamniota, n. plu., an-am'ni-ot'a 

 (Gr. an, without ; amnion, a 

 vessel for receiving the blood of 

 an animal in sacrifice; see'amnos'), 

 the group of vertebrata in which 

 the embryo is destitute of an 

 amnion. 



Ananassa sativa, an'-an-as'-sa sat- 

 iv'-a (said to be from nanas, the 

 Guiana name ; L. sativus, that 

 is sown or planted), a species of 

 the Ord. of trees Bromeliaceae, 

 producing the well-known Ananas, 

 or Pine-apples. 



anantherum, n., tin'an-ther'-um 



(Gr. ana, without; antheros, 



flowery, blooming), filaments 



with anthers. 



anarthropoda, n. plu. , an'-ftr-tlurop'- 



tid-d (Gr. an, without; arthros, 

 a joint ; pous, a foot, podos, of a 

 foot), that division of annulose 

 animals in which there are no 

 articulated appendages. 



anasarca, n., an'ci-sdrk'a (Gr. ana, 

 through ; sarx, flesh, sarkos, of 

 flesh), watery effusion into the 

 cellular tissue; dropsy of the 

 exterior of the body. 



anastatica, n., an'-as-tat'-ik-a (Gr. 

 anastatikos, pert, to a recovery 

 from anastasis, a rising up, a re- 

 covery), the rose of Jericho, Ord. 

 Crucilerse, the stalks of which, 

 however curled and dry, will re- 

 turn to their original form when 

 immersed in water. 



anastomose, v., an-as'-tftm-oz (Gr. 

 anastomosis, the formation of a 

 mouth or aperture from ana, 

 through; stoma, a mouth), to 

 unite one vessel to another, as 

 the mouth of a vein to that of 

 another ; to inosculate : anas- 

 tomosis, n., an-as'-tom-oz'-is, the 

 union of the branch of a vessel 

 with another from the same trunk, 

 or from other trunks ; in bot., 

 union of vessels ; union of the 

 final ramifications of the veins of 

 a leaf: anastomotic, a., tin-its' 

 t8m-6t f -ik, pert, to anastomosis. 



anastomotica brachialis, an'-a- 

 stom-ot'-ik'a &r<X&4tf*o#& (Gr. ana, 

 by or through ; stoma, a mouth ; 

 L. brachialis, belonging to the 

 arm from brachium, the arm), 

 in anat., one of the branches of 

 the brachial artery which arises 

 just above the elbow, and runs 

 directly inwards, piercing the 

 internal intermuscular septum, 

 and supplying the parts about the 

 elbow : anastomotica magna, 

 mag'-na (L. magnus, great), one 

 of the arteries arising from the 

 femoral artery in Hunter's Canal : 

 anastomotic, a., see 'anastomose.' 



anatropal, a., an-at'rdp-al, also 

 anatropous, a., an-at'-rop-us (Gr. 

 anatropeus, a subverter from 

 ana, up or through; trepo, I turn), 



