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threads in an ancient loom which 

 stood upright, while the same is 

 now placed horizontally; a warp), 

 in hot. , a flower with a single row 

 of stamens. 



Aplotaxis, n., tip'-lo-tttlcs'-te (Gr. 

 aplotis, single; taxis, order), a 

 genus of plants of the Sub-ord. 

 Cynarocephalse, Ord. Compos- 

 itse, found in Cashmere, said to 

 be the ancient Costus, used 

 medicinally and for incense. 



apiioea, n., ap-m'-a (Gr. apnoia, 

 without the power of breathing 

 from a, without; pneo, I 

 breathe), absence of respiration; 

 suffocation. 



apocarpous, a., ap'o-Mrp'-us (Gr. 

 apo, from ; karpos, fruit), having 

 the ovary and fruit composed 

 of numerous distinct carpels ; 

 applied to fruits when their 

 carpels are either quite separate, 

 or only partially united. 



Apocynacese, n. plu., ap'-os-m- 

 af>&-e (Gr. apo, from; kuon, a 

 dog), the Dog-bane family, an 

 order of plants many of which 

 are poisonous, and not a few 

 bear handsome flowers : Apocyn- 

 uxn, n., ap'8sf>in-um, a genus of 

 plants, so called as believed by 

 the ancients to be fatal to dogs if 

 eaten by them. 



Apoda, n. plu., ap'dd-a (Gr. a, 

 without ; pous, a foot, podos, of 

 a foot), applied to those fishes 

 which have no ventral fins; the 

 footless Cseciliae amongst the 

 Amphibia: apodal, a., ap'tid-al, 

 also apodous, a., ap'-dd-us, 

 having no feet; without ventral 

 fins which in fish correspond to 

 legs and feet among animals : 

 apodia, n., d-pod'-i-a, the absence 

 of feet. 



apodema, n. plu., ap-tid'em-a" (Gr. 

 apo, from; dema, a cord, a 

 bond ; demata, cords or bonds), 

 certain appendages on the bodies 

 of Articulata giving attachment 

 to muscles, or articulating with 

 wings and the like ; apcdemata, 



n. plu., ap'od'Zm'at-a, certain 

 chitinous septa which divide the 

 tissues in the Crustacea. 



aponeurosis, n., ap-on'ur-dz'is, 

 aponeuroses, plu., -oz'ez (Gr. 

 aponeurosis, the end of a muscle 

 from apo, from or at ; and 

 neuron, a nerve, a muscle), the 

 extremity of a muscle where it 

 becomes a tendon ; the fibrous 

 sheath of a muscle or investment 

 of a part. 



apophyllous, a., ap'-d-fil'lus (Gr. 

 apo, from; phullon, a leaf), in 

 bot., applied to the parts of a 

 single perianth whorl when they 

 are free leaves. 



apophysis, n., ap-of'-is-is (Gr. apo, 

 from ; phuo, I grow), in anat. , a 

 process or protuberance on the 

 surface of a bone, generally at 

 the ends; in bot., a swelling at 

 the base of the theca in some 

 mosses ; any irregular swelling oil 

 the surface : apophysate, a. , 

 ap-df'is-dt, having a swelling at 

 the base. 



apoplexy, n., ap'-d-plelcs'-i ^Gr. 

 apoplexia, stupor from apo, 

 from ; plesso, I strike), stupor, 

 or an unconsciousness like that 

 produced by felling an ox : apo- 

 plectic, a., ap'-d'plekt'-ik, pert, to, 



NOTE. Many diseases of the brain 

 produce this symptom. As those 

 earliest recognised were accom- 

 panied by effusion of blood, the 

 term has been irregularly applied 

 to affections of other organs ac- 

 companied by effusion of blood 

 into their tissues, as pulmonary 

 or splenic apoplexy, though these 

 are unaccompanied by stupor. 



apostrophe, n., ap'Os'-trof-u (Gr. 

 apo, from; strophe,^ a turning), 

 in bot., the collection of proto- 

 plasm and chlorophyll grains on 

 the walls of cells that are adjacent 

 to other cells. 



apothecium, n., dp-d'the'-slu-tim 

 (Gr. apotkeke, L, apotheca, a 

 storehouse from Gr. apo, 

 from; the/ce, a box or chest), the 

 rounded shield-like fructification 



