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small, slender), t wo narrow white 

 cords placed one on each, side of 

 the posterior median fissure of 

 the medulla oMongata: f. ter- 

 etes, ter'et-ez (L. ieres, rounded 

 off, teretis, gen., ttretes, plu,), two 

 bundles of white fibres mixed 

 with much grey matter in the 

 medulla oblongata : fasciculus 

 cuneatus, kun'-l'.'at'us (L. cune- 

 atus, shaped like a wedge from 

 cuneus, a wedge I, the part of the 

 posterior column of the cord 

 which belongs to the restiform 

 body of the medulla f. uncinatus, 

 tin'-sin-arttis (L unclndtus, fur- 

 nished with hooka from uncus, 

 a hook), a white bundle of fibres 

 seen on; the lower aspect of the 

 hemisphere, the more superficial 

 being curved. 



fistigiate, a., fas-tidf-i-at (L, 



fastlgium, a projecting ridge 

 from fastlgo, I slope up to a 

 point), in bot. 1 having a pyramidal 

 form, from the branches being 

 parallel and erect, as the Lom- 

 bardy poplar ; nearly parallel and 

 pointing upwards. 



Fatsia, n,, fats' fail (a native 

 Chinese name), a genus of plants, 

 Ord. Araliacese : Fatsia papyrif- 

 era, pdp'^r-tf-Zr-d (L. papyrus, 

 the paper-reed, paper ; f&ro, I 

 bear), a species from whose pith 

 the Chinese prepare the celebrated 

 rice paper. 



fauces, n. , fdws'ez (L. fauces, the 

 upper part of the throat ; faux, 

 sing., the throat), the upper part 

 of the throat, from the root of the 

 tongue to the entrance of the 

 gullet: faux, n..,fdwks, in bot., 

 the throat or constricted part of 

 a flower. 



fauna, n., fdwn'd (L. Faunus, 

 one of the gods of the fields or 

 woods), all the animals peculiar 

 to a country, area, or period ; 

 * flora ' denotes all the plants. 



favella, n., fdv>%l'-ld, favella, n. 

 plu., fdv-el'-le (L. favilla, hot 

 cinders or ashes), in bot. t a kind 



of conceptacle among Algae ; eon- 

 ceptacular fruit in certain Algae : 

 favellidium, n., fdv^l-M^-um, 

 favelUdia, n. plu., -IM-i-a, 

 spherical masses of spores con- 

 tained in capsules ; a favella 

 immersed in the frond of Algae. 



favus, n., fav'-us (L. fdvus, a 

 honeycomb), a parasitic disease 

 of the skin produced by the 

 Aehorion Schbnleinii ; a form of 

 ringworm : favose, a,, 

 and faveolate, a., 

 honeycombed. 



feather- veined, a., f%ikf>er-vand, 

 in bot., applied to a leaf having 

 the veins running from the mid- 

 rib to the margin, at a more or 

 less acute angle : feathery, a., 

 feih'er-i, having hairs which are 

 themselves hairy. 



febrile, a., ftb'-rtl (L. febris, a 

 fever; F. febrile, pert, to a fever), 

 pert, to a fever; indicating fever; 



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feverish: febricula, n., 

 ul-d (L. febricula, a slight fever), 

 a fever characterised by its short 

 duration and mildness of symp- 

 toms : febrifuge, n., feb'ri-fudj 

 (L. fugo, I drive away), any 

 medicine which mitigates or 

 removes a fever, as quinia, bark, 

 and arsenic. 



fecula, n., also fsecula, n.,f$-ul'd 

 (L.fwcula, salt of tartar deposited 

 from urine from fcex, dregs or 

 sediment), a powder obtained from 

 plants and their seeds, etc., by 

 crushing and washing them and 

 allowing the matter to settle : 

 feculence, n., fZ&ul-Zns, in 

 phar., any substance settling 

 from turbid fluids : feculent, a., 



fek'-ul-ent, abounding with sedi- 

 ment or excrementitions. 



fecundation, n., fek'-und'Of-sliun 

 (L. fecundus, fruitful, fertile), 

 the act of making fruitful ; state 

 of being impregnated : fecundity, 

 Ti.,feJc'und-tt-z, fruitfulness ; the 

 power of producing or bringing 

 forth young. 



felo de se, fel'-o de se (mid. L., a 



