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maritima, mar-U'im-a (L. marit- 

 imus, maritime from mare, the 

 sea), a species having the corolla 

 abortive, and the calyx coloured. 



gleba, n., gleb'a (L. gleba, a lump 

 of earth, a clod ; glebula, a small 

 clod), the spore-forming apparatus 

 of Phalloidese : glebulae, n. plu., 

 gUb f 'Ul-e, crumb-like masses. 



gleet, n., glet (F. glette, the froth 

 of an egg ; low Ger. glett, slip- 

 pery), a slimy or glairy discharge 

 from a wound ; the thin humour 

 as the result of gonorrhceal dis- 

 ease. 



Gleichenieae, n. pin., glik'gn'i'e-e 

 (after Baron Gleichen, a German 

 botanist), a Sub-order of the Ord. 

 Filices, having the sori dorsal, 

 and the sporangia opening vertic- 

 ally : Gleichenia, n., glik-enfoft, 

 a genus of pretty ferns. 



glenoid, a., gttn'oyd (Gr. glene, 

 the pupil of the eye, a socket ; 

 eidos, resemblance), in anat., 

 applied to a part having a shallow 

 cavity, as the socket of the 

 shoulder joint : glenoid fossa, 



fd/'Sd (L. fossa, a ditch), the 

 socket of the shoulder joint : 

 glene, n. , glen'e, the hollow part 

 of a bone ; a socket. 



glioma, n., gll-dm'a, gliomata, n. 

 plu., gli*6m'at-a (Gr. glia, glue), 

 a tumour peculiar to the brain 

 and similar nervous structures, 

 generally the former ; a tumour 

 very nearly allied to the sarcoma, 

 consisting of primitive cells re- 

 sembling those of the insterstitial 

 substance of nervous structure. 



globate, a., glob f -dt (L. globdtus, 

 made round from globus, a ball), 

 globe-shaped: globoids, n. plu., 

 glob'-oyds (Gr. eidos, resem- 

 blance), non-crystalline, clustered 

 granules enclosed in grains of 

 aleuron : globose, a., glob-oz' (L. 

 globosus, round as a ball), having 

 the form of a ball ; spherical : 

 globosity, n., gldb-os'tt-i, the 



quality of being round. 

 Globularia 



Globularia, n., glob'-ul-ar'-i-a (L. 



globulus, a little ball from 

 globus, a ball), a very handsome 

 genus of plants, Ord. Verben- 

 aeese, so named from the pro- 

 duction of the flowers in globose 

 heads. 



globule, n., glob'-ul (L. gldbulus, 

 a little globe from globus, a 

 globe), a very minute particle of 

 matter in a round form ; in bot. , 

 the male organ of the Chara : 

 globulin, n., gldb'-ul-m, the 

 albuminous matter which forms 

 the principal part of the blood 

 corpuscles; in bot., the round, 

 transparent granules formed in 

 the cellular tissue, which constit- 

 ute fsecula : globulus, n., glftb'- 

 ul-us, the round deciduous shield 

 of some lichens. 



globus hystericus, glob' us hist-Zr'- 

 ik-tis (L. globus, a ball ; hyster- 

 icus, Gr. husterikos, pert, to the 

 womb, hysterical from hustera, 

 the womb), in hysteria, the sen- 

 sation of a ball rising up in the 

 chest and throat ; the hysterical 

 b.ll. 



glochidiate, a., glo-kid'-i-at (Gr. 

 glochis, the angular end of any- 

 thing, as of an arrow from glox, 

 the awn or beard of grain), in bot., 

 applied to hairs on plants, the 

 divisions of which are barbed like 

 a fish hook. 



glomerate, a., gl8m'er-dt (L. 

 glomeratus, gathered into a round 

 heap from glomus, a ball or 

 clew of thread), gathered into 

 round heaps or heads. 



glomerule, n., glomf-er-ul, also 

 glomerulus, n., glom-er'-ul-us 

 (dim. of L. glomus, a ball or clew 

 of thread), a head or dense 

 cluster of flowers ; the powder- 

 ing leaf lying on the thallus of 

 lichens : glomerulus, n., glom- 

 eruli, n. plu., gldm-er'ul-i, gran- 

 ulous cells, being the result of 

 the transformation of other cells, 

 either of normal or pathological 

 formation, as in the case of mucus 

 or pus corpuscles; in bot.. 



