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a nose, rhinos, of a nose), the 

 second of the three sections of 

 the Ord. Scrophulariacese : Antir- 

 rhinum, n., ant f 'ir-rin r -um, a 

 genus of plants, the flowers of 

 most of the species bearing a 

 perfect resemblance to the snout 

 of some animal. 



antiscorbutic, a., ant'i-slcST-but'-ik 

 (Gr. anti, against; Eng. scorbutic), 

 that is good against scurvy. 



antiseptic, n., dnttf-s&pf'ik (Gr. 

 anti, against ; septos, putrid), a 

 substance which prevents putre- 

 faction: adj., counteracting putre- 

 faction. 



antispasmodic, n., dnt'i-spdz- 

 m6d f -ik (Gr. anti, against ; Eng. 

 spasmodic), any medicine which 

 allays pain, cramp, or spasms in 

 the human body. 



antitragus, n., dnt'-'t-trdg'tis (Gr. 

 anti, against ; tragos, a he-goat), 

 a small tubercle or conical 

 eminence opposite the tragus 

 of the ear, and separated from it 

 by a deep notch ; see ' tragus. ' 



antitropal, a., dnt-ti'rb'p-Sl (Gr. 

 anti, against ; tropos, a turn, 

 mode, or manner from trepo, I 

 turn), in bot., applied to an 

 embryo whose radicle is diametric- 

 ally opposite to the hilum ; in- 

 verted with respect to the seed, 

 as the radicle : also antitropous, 

 a., dnt-U'rop-us. 



antlia, n., ant'-li-a (L. antlia, a 

 pump), the spiral trunk with 

 which butterflies and other lepid- 

 opterous insects suck up the juices 

 of flowers, 



antrum Highmori, dnt'rum hi- 

 mor'i (L. antrum, a cave, a 

 hollow ; after the English anat- 

 omist, Highmore, the first de- 

 scriber of it), the maxillary sinus, 

 a large cavity lying above the 

 molar teeth and below the orbital 

 plate: antrum pylori, pt-lor'-l 

 (Gr. puloros, a gate-keeper from 

 pule, a gate ; pylorus is a Latinized 

 form of the Gr. puloros; L. 

 pylori, of the pylorus), in the 



stomach, the lesser pouch near 

 the intestinal opening, which is 

 guarded by a muscular ring called 

 the pylorus. 



anus, n., an'us (L. anus, the 

 fundament), the lower orifice of 

 the bowels. 



aorta, n., d-tirf-d (Gr. aorto, was 

 suspended from aeiro, I raise 

 up), the great trunk artery of 

 the body, which arises from the 

 left side of the heart, and gives 

 origin to all other arteries be- 

 longing to the greater or systemic 

 circulation: aortic, a., a-drt'-ik, 

 pert, to : aorta abdominalis, ab> 

 ddm'm-al'is (L. abdomen, the 

 belly), the abdominal aorta, the 

 direct continuation of the thoracic 

 aorta: aorta thoracica, th6r*as' 

 ik-d (L. thorax, the breast, the 

 thorax, thordds, of the breast), 

 the thoracic aorta, the continu- 

 ation of the arch of the aorta, 

 extending from the lower border 

 of the fifth to the twelfth dorsal 

 vertebra. 



aperient, n., ap-er'-i-ent (L. 

 aperiens, opening),, a medicine 

 that opens the bowels: adj., 

 gently purgative. 



aperispermic, a., ap-er'i-sperm'ik 

 (L. aperio, I open; sperma, 

 seed), in bot.. 9 without separate 

 albumen. 



apetalous, a., a-pet'-al-us (Gr. a, 

 without ; petalon, a leaf), hav- 

 ing no petals ; monochlamyde- 

 ous. 



Aphaniptera, n., af-an-ip'ter-a 

 (Gr. aphanes, unseen, not ap- 

 parent from a, not, phaino, I 

 snow ; pteron, a wing), an order 

 of insects, comprising fleas, 

 apparently without wings : aph- 

 anipterous, a., af-an-ip'-ier-us, 

 apparently without wings. 



aphasia, n., a-fa'-zhi-a (Gr. 

 aphasia, inability to speak from 

 a, not, and phdo, I speak), am- 

 nesic loss of speech from loss of 

 memory of words ; ataxic loss of 

 speech from loss of co-ordinatiou 



