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left : auricled, a., tiwr'-t-kld, 

 having ears or ear-like appendages : 

 auricula, n., awr-i^ul-d, showy 

 garden flowers see ' Primula : ' 

 auricular, a., dwr-tk'-ul-dr, pert, 

 to the ear ; applied to the ear- 

 shaped cavities of the heart : 

 auriculate, a., dwr-ik'-ul-dt, in 

 bot., having ear-like appendages ; 

 applied to leaves with lobes or 

 leaflets at their base : auricularis 

 magnus, dwr-ikf-ul-dr'-is mag'nus 

 (L. auricularis, auricular from 

 auricula, the external ear ; mag- 

 nus, great), a name designating 

 the largest nerve of the ascending 

 branches of the cervical plexus : 

 auriculo-temporalis, awr-ik'ul'd- 

 t$mp'or-dl f 'is (L. tempordlis, be- 

 longing to time from tempus, 

 time), the auriculo-temporal, 

 designating a nerve lying immed- 

 iately in front of the ear, and 

 close to the temporal artery : 

 auriculo- ventricular, -v%n trik f - 

 ul-dr (L. ventriculus, a little 

 belly, a ventricle of the heart 

 from venter, the belly), of or be- 

 longing to the great transverse 

 groove separating the auricles of 

 the heart from the ventricles, or 

 the orifice forming the communic- 

 ation between these chambers. 

 aurist, n., awr'-ist {L. auris, an 

 ear), one skilled in the cure of 

 diseases of the ear : auriscope, 

 n., awr'i'slcop (Gr. skopeo, I see), 

 an instrument which covers the 

 auricle for ascertaining the con- 

 dition of the internal ear and its 



auscultation, n., aws'lcult'a'shun 

 (L. auscultatio, a listening to 

 with attention from Gr. ous, L. 

 auris, an ear ; L. cultus, used or 

 exercised), the method of dis- 

 covering the extent and seat of [ 

 any disease by listening with ' 

 the ear alone (immediate ausc.), 

 or through an instrument called 

 a 'stethoscope' (mediate ausc.). 



autonomous, &.,dw'tdn''dm-us (Gr. 

 autonomos, governed by their own 



laws from autos, self; nomos, a 

 law), in bot., said of plants which 

 are perfect and complete in them- 

 selves. 



autophagi, n. pln.,dw-tdf<d'ji (Gr. 

 autos, self ; phago, I eat), those 

 birds which can run about and 

 obtain food for themselves as soon 

 as they escape from the egg. 



autophyllogeny, n., dw'-td-fil-ddf- 

 en-i (Gr. autos, self ; phullon, a 

 leaf ; genesis, birth), in bot., the 

 growth of one leaf upon another. 



autopsy, n., dw-tSps'i, also au- 

 topsia, n., dw- tops' t-d (Gr. autos, 

 self ; opsis t sight), seeing a thing 

 one's self; ocular demonstra- 

 tion ; examination after death. 



auxenometer, n., dwks'-en-om'- 

 H-er (Gr. auxesis 9 increase ; 

 metron, a measure), an instru- 

 ment for measuring the growth of 

 plants at intervals : auxospores, 

 n. plu., aivJcs'o-spdrz (Gr. spora, 

 a seed), large cells formed as 

 concluding members <of a series 

 of smaller cells in Diatomacese. 



Avena, n., av-en'd (K avena, the 

 common oats), a genus of plants 

 of the Ord. Gramineae : Avena 

 sativa, sat-w'a (L. satlvus, fit to 

 be planted from sdtus, sown, 

 planted), the cereal oats : A. 

 farina, far in' a ( L. far ma, meal, 

 flour), the farina of oats, the 

 pharmacopoeial name for oatmeal : 

 avenacious, a., av'-en-a'-xhus, 

 pert, to oats, or partaking of the 

 nature of oats. 



avenia, n., av-en'-t-a (Gr. a, 

 without ; vena, a vein), without 

 veins or nerves; in bot. t vein- 

 less. 



Averrhoa, n., av'er-ro'a (after 

 Averrhoes, a physician of Spain), 

 a genus of trees, Ord. Oxalidacese, 

 the fruit of which frequently 

 grows on the trunk itself below 

 the leaves : Averrhoa bilimbi, 

 bi'lim'-bi (an Indian name), a 

 tree having a green, fleshy, 

 oblong fruit, filled with acid 

 juice, the fruit used as food in 



