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flat muscle of the thigh, which 

 assists the ' sartorius. ' 



grain, n., gran (L. granum, grain 

 of corn ; F. grain), the fruit of 

 cereal grasses ; the smallest 

 weight, so named as supposed to 

 be of equal weight with a grain 

 of corn : grains of Paradise, the 

 seeds of ' Amomum malegueta. ' 



Grallatores, n. plu., gral'-ld-tor'-ez 

 (L. grattator, he that goes on 

 stilts from grallce, stilts), the 

 Order of the long-legged wading 

 birds. 



Graminege, n. plu., grdm-tn'8-e, 

 also Graminaceae, gram'-in-d'-sZ-e 

 (L. grdmineus, pert, to grass 

 from grdmen, grass), the Grass 

 family, an Order of plants form- 

 ing the most important in the 

 vegetable kingdom, as furnishing 

 the chief supply of food for man 

 in the cereals, etc. , and herbage 

 for animals : graminaceous, a., 

 fjram'in'd'shus, pert, to grass ; 

 like grass: graminivorous, a., 

 gram-in-iv'tir-us (L. voro, I de- 

 vour), feeding or subsisting on 

 grass. 



Granatum, n., gran-at'-urn (L. 

 granum, a grain), the pomegran- 

 ate, so called because full of seed; 

 see ' Punica granatum. ' 



granivorous, a., grdn-w'8r>u3 (L. 

 granum, grain ; voro, I devour), 

 living upon grains or other 

 seeds. 



granule, n., grcin'ul, granules, n. 

 plu., gran'-uls (dim. from L. 

 granum, a grain), minute par- 

 ticles of matter, either organic or 

 inorganic ; in bot., minute bodies 

 varying greatly in size, having 

 distinct, external, shadowed rings 

 or margins, the external edges of 

 which are abrupt : granular, a. , 

 gran'-ul-er, also granulose, a., 

 gran'ul'dz, consisting of grains 

 or granules; resembling granules: 

 granulated, a., gran'-ul'dt-Zd, 

 roughish on the surface ; com- 

 posed of granules : granulations, 

 n., grdn'-ul-d'-sMns, the small, 



soft nodules of a florid red colour 

 which appear on the surface of 

 healthy healing wounds or ulcers : 

 granula-gonima, grdn'-ul-d-gtin' 

 im-d (L. granula, a little grain ; 

 Gr. gonimos, having the power of 

 generating), clusters of spherical 

 cells filled with green granular 

 matter, seated beneath the cor- 

 tical layer in lichens. 



Gratiola, n., grat-tidl-d (L. 

 gratia, grace, favour, the grace of 

 God from their supposed med- 

 icinal virtues), a genus of pretty 

 free - flowering plants, Ord. 

 Scrophulariacese : Gratiola offic- 

 inalis, df-fis'-m-dV-is (L. offic'm- 

 alis, officinal), the plant hedge- 

 hyssop, bitter and acrid, formerly 

 called 'Gratia Dei,' the grace 

 of God, from its efficacy as a 

 medicine. 



gravel, n., grdv'%1 (It. gravella, 

 F. gravelle, sand), small stony 

 concretions formed in the kid- 

 neys, which, when passed, form a 

 gravelly kind of sediment in the 

 urine ; the disease thus caused. 



gravid, a., grav'id (L. gravidus, 

 pregnant from grdvis, heavy), 

 pregnant; heavy or great with 

 child. 



grease, n., gres (F. graisse, It. 

 grascia, grease), a disease in 

 horses, consisting of inflammation 

 of the skin at the back of the 

 fetlock and heels, on which pus- 

 tules form, yielding a fetid, pur- 

 ulent discharge. 



Gregarina, n., grZg'dr-ln'-d (L. 

 gregarius 9 belonging to a herd or 

 flock from grex, a flock), one of 

 the Gregarinidae, greg'dr-m'-id-e, 

 a class of the Protozoa. 



Grevillea, n., grev-il'l&d (after 

 Greville, a patron of botany), a 

 handsome genus of New Holland 

 plants, Ord. Proteacese: Grevillea 

 robusta, rd-bust'd (L. robustus, 

 oaken from robur, an oak tree), 

 the silver oak. 



Grewia, n., gr6'i-d (in honour of 

 Dr. Grew, the botanist), a genus 



