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immediately beneath the sur- 

 face. 



goiioblastidia, n. plu., gdn'o'blast- 

 id'-i-a, (Gr. gonos, offspring ; 

 blastidion, a dim. of blastos, a 

 bud), the processes which carry 

 the reproductive receptacles or 

 ' gonophoresj ' in many of the 

 Hydrozoa. 



gonocalyx, n., gdn'-o-kdl'iJcs (Gr. 

 gonos, offspring ; kalux, a cup), 

 the swimming-bell in a medusi- 

 form gouophore; the same struct- 

 ure in a gonophore which is not 

 detached. 



gonophore, n., gon^d-for (Gr. 

 gonos, offspring ; phoreo, I bear, 

 I carry), in bot., an elevated or 

 elongated receptacle bearing the 

 stamens and carpels in a promin- 

 ent and conspicuous manner ; in 

 zool., the generative buds or 

 receptacles of the reproductive 

 elements in the Hydrozoa, 

 whether these become detached 

 or not. 



gonorrhea, n., g^n'-dr-re'-a (Gr. 

 gonorrhoia, a gonorrhea from 

 gone, semen ; rheo, I flow), the 

 discharge of a purulent or muco- 

 purulent fluid from the inflamed 

 mucous membranes of the gen- 

 erative organs, the result of in- 

 fection, and highly contagious ; 

 urethritis : gonorrheal, a., gtin'- 

 tir-re'al, pert, to : gonorrheal 

 ophthalmia, inflammation of the 

 eye from the contact of gonorrheal 

 matter. 



gonosome, n., gdn'd-sdm (Gr. 

 gonos, offspring ; sdma, body), a 

 term applied to the reproductive 

 zooids of a hydrozoon. 



gonotheca, n., gdn'-o-thek'.a (Gr. 

 gonos, offspring ; theke, a chest, 

 a case), the chitinous receptacle 

 within which the gonophores of 

 certain of the Hydrozoa are pro- 

 duced. 



gonus, gon'-tis (Gr. gdnu, the 

 knee), and gonum, gon'-um (Gr. 

 gonia, a corner or angle), in bot. , 

 words in composition signifying 



either 'kneed' or 'angled,' the o 

 short when the former, and long 

 when the latter ; pofygdnum, 

 many-kneed ; tetragonum, four- 

 angled. 



Goodeniaceae, n. plu., go6d'$n-i- 

 af-se-e (in honour of Dr. Good- 

 enough, Bishop of Carlisle), the 

 Goodenia family, an Order mostly 

 of herbaceous plants, of Australia 

 and S. Sea Islands : Goodenia, 

 n., good-en'-i-a, a very elegant 

 genus of plants : Goodeniese, n. 

 plu., gdod'-Zn-i'-e-e, a Sub-order. 



Gossypium, n., gbs-sip'-i-um (L. 

 gossypion, the cotton tree said 

 to be from Ar. goz or gothn, a 

 soft substance), a highly valuable 

 genus of plants comprising the 

 various species of cotton plants, 

 cotton being nothing more than 

 the collection of hairs which 

 surround the seeds, Ord. Malv- 

 aceae : Gossypium Barbadense, 

 bdrb'a-dZns'e (of or from Barba- 

 does), the species which yields 

 the best cotton, the Sea Island, 

 New Orleans, and Georgian cot- 

 ton : G. Peruvianum, per-6v'-i- 

 dn'-tim (new L. Peruvidnus, of or 

 from Peru) ; and G. acuminatum, 

 ak-um''in'dt f >um (L. acummdtum, 

 pointed, sharpened from acum- 

 en, a point), species which furnish 

 the S. American cotton: Gr. herb- 

 aceum, herb-d'se-tim (L. herbdce- 

 us, grassy from herba, grass), 

 the common cotton of India; 

 the Chinese Nankin cotton : 

 Gr. arboreum, dr-bdr^^'um (L. 

 arboreus, pert, to a tree from 

 arbor, a tree), the Indian tree 

 cotton. 



gout, n., gowt (L. gutta, a drop 

 from the old medical theory 

 which attributed all disorders to 

 the settling of a drop of morbid 

 humour upon the part affected ; 

 F. goutte, a drop, the gout), a 

 well-known painful disease of the 

 joints. 



gracilis, n., gras'-il-is (L. gradlis, 

 slender), the name of a long, thin, 



