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skeleton), the hard integument 

 which covers many animals, and 

 affords protection to them, mak- 

 ing its appearance as a leathery 

 membrane, or as shell, crust, 

 scales, or scutes. 



descendens abdominis, dti-send'- 

 $ns ab-domf-m-is (L. descendens, 

 descending ; abdomen, the belly, 

 abddminis, of the belly), the 

 muscle that supports and com- 

 presses the abdomen : descendens 

 noni, non'-l (L. nonus, ninth, 

 noni, of ninth), applied to a 

 branch of the ninth pair of nerves 

 of the neck. 



desiccation, n., dZs'-ik-a'sliun (L. 

 desiccdtum, to dry up from de, 

 down ; siccus, dry), the act of 

 making quite dry ; the state of 

 being dried: desiccant, a., des'-ik- 

 ant, drying : n. , a medicine that 

 dries a sore : also desiccative, a., 

 des-ik'at'W, in same sense. 

 Desmidiese, n. plu., des'-mid-l'-Z-e 

 (said to be from Gr. desmos, a 

 bond, from the parts cohering 

 when in a state of dissolution), a 

 Sub-order of plants, Ord. Con- 

 jugatse, of the great combined 

 Ord. Algae or Hydrophyta : Des- 

 midium, n., des-mid'-i-um, a 

 genus of minute green Algse, 

 found in summer in still waters : 

 Desmidise, n. plu., des-mid'-i-e, 

 minute fresh-water plants of a 

 green colour, without a siliceous 

 epidermis. 



Desmodium, n., des-mod't-um 

 (Gr. desmos, a bond, having 

 reference to the stamens being 

 joined), a genus of plants, Sub- 

 ord. Papilionacese, Ord. Legum- 

 inosfe : Desmodium gyrans, jir f > 

 dns (L. gyrans, turning round 

 in a circle), the Gorachand of 

 Bengal, a sensitive plant, whose 

 compound leaves are in constant 

 movement, in jerks, oscillatory 

 movements, or movements up- 

 wards and downwards, and which 

 also exhibit a remarkable irrita- 

 bility : D. gyroides, jir-oyd'-ez 



(L. gyrus, Gr. guros, a circular 

 course ; eidos, resemblance) ; D. 

 vespertilionis, vesp'er>til'i> on'-is 

 (L. vespertllio, a bat, vespertili- 

 onis, of a bat from vesper, the 

 evening), are species which ex- 

 hibit similar movements : D. 

 diffusum, dif'fuz f >um(L.diffusum, 

 to pour or spread out from dif, 

 asunder ; fundo, I pour), a species 

 affording a fodder plant. 



desquamation, n., des f >kwam-a'- 

 shun (L. desqudmdtum, to scale 

 or peel off from de, down ; 

 squama, a scale), the act of 

 throwing off in scales, as tho 

 skin ; the separation of the 

 scurf-skin in the form of scales, 

 layers, or patches. 



desudation, n., des'-ud-a'sliun (L. 

 desudo, I sweat greatly from de, 

 down ; sudo, I sweat), a profuse 

 sweating. 



detergent, n., d$>terf-Znt (L. 

 detergens, wiping off from de, 

 down ; tergeo, I wipe clean), 

 cleansing: n., a medicine that 

 cleans wounds, ulcers, etc. 



determinate, a., de-term'-in-at (L. 

 determindtum, to border off, to 

 bound from de, down ; terminus, 

 a boundary), in bot., having a 

 definite or cymose inflorescence ; 

 the opposite of ' effuse. ' 



detrusor urinse, de-trdz'or ur-in'e 

 (L. detrusor, that which forces 

 away from de, down ; trudo, I 

 thrust ; urlna, the urine, urince, 

 of the urine), the external musc- 

 ular coat of the bladder, which 

 expels the urine. 



deuterozooids, n. plu., dut'er-o* 

 zo'-oyds (Gr. deuteros, second ; 

 zoo'n, an animal ; eidos, resem- 

 blance), those zooids which are 

 produced by germination from 

 zooids. 



Deutzia, n., dutz't>a (after Deutz 

 of Amsterdam), a genus of very 

 ornamental plants, Ord. Phila- 

 delphacese : Deutzia scabra, 

 skab'-ra (L. scaber or scabra, 

 rough, scabby), a species which 



