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QUI 



quinquepartite, a. 



par I' it, or hiving -kwep'- art -it (L. 

 partltus, divided), inbot., divided 

 deeply into five parts. 



quinsy, n., kunn'-zi (corrupted from 

 F, squinancie, quinsy ; L. cyn- 

 anche, a bad kind of sore throat), 

 suppurative inflammation of the 

 tonsils and adjacent parts of the 

 fauces or back part of the mouth. 



quintine, n., Ivmnt'-in (L. quintus, 

 the fifth), in lot., the fifth coat 

 of the ovule ; the embryo sac. 



quotidian, a., kwdt-id'i'an (L. 

 quotididnus, every day from 

 qud'tus, how many ; dies, a day), 

 occurring every day, or returning 

 daily, though not at the same 

 hour, as an ague: n., a particular 

 form of ague. 



rabies, n., rab'-i-ez (L. rdbiez, 

 madness), canine madness ; an 

 obscure disease, probably result- 

 ing from congestion of the central 

 nervous system: rabid, a., rob'- 

 Id, affected with canine madness, 

 or pert, to it : hydrophobia is 

 supposed to follow the bite of a 

 mad dog, but it is doubtful if 

 rabies is inoculable. 



race, n., rds (F. race, It. razza, 

 race, family ; old H. Ger. reiza, 

 a line), in bot., a permanent 

 variety ; a particular breed. 



raceme, n., ras-em' (L. racemus, 

 the stalk of a cluster of grapes), 

 in bot., an inflorescence having 

 a common axis or stem bearing 

 stalked flowers, as in the hyacinth, 

 the currant, etc. : racemation, 

 n., ras''%m-d f 'Shun, a cluster, as 

 of grapes ; the cultivation of 

 clusters : racemose, a., ras'em- 

 6z, bearing flowers in racemes or 

 clusters. 



rachis, n., ratf-is (Gr. rhachis, the 

 spine or back-bone), in bot., the 

 part of a culm which runs up 

 through the ear of corn ; the 

 stalk or axis bearing the flowers 

 in plants ; in zooL, the vertebral 

 column: rachitis, n., rak-it'-is, 



RAD 



the diseased state of the bones 

 called rickets ; inflammation of 

 the spine : rachitic, a. , rdh-itf-ih, 

 pert, to the muscles of the back ; 

 rickety. 



radial, radiant, see radius. 



Eadiata, n. plu., rad'i-dt'a (L. 

 radmtus, furnished with spokes), 

 one of the lowest divisions of the 

 animal kingdom, whose parts are 

 disposed around a central axis, 

 like the star-fish, the animals 

 formerly so included are now 

 placed under separate sub-king- 

 doms, as Coeleriterata, Echino- 

 dermata, Infusoria, etc. : radiate, 

 a., rdd'-i-dt, in bot., disposed like 

 the spokes of a wheel ; belonging 

 to the Radiata or rayed animals. 



radical, a., rad'-ik-al (L. radix, a 

 root, radlcis, of a root), in bot., 

 pert, to or arising from the root ; 

 applied to leaves close to the 

 ground ; clustered at the base of 

 a flower stalk : radicle, n. , rod'* 

 ih-l, the young root of the 

 embryo ; small rooting fibres : 

 radicular, a., rad-iWul-ar^ of or 

 pert, to the radicle : radicular 

 merithral, mer-Uh'-ral (Gr. meros, 

 a part ; thallos, a young shoot), 

 in bot. , the part corresponding to 

 the root. 



B/adiolaria, n. plu., rdd'i'dl'dr'i'O, 

 (L. radius, a staff, a beam or 

 ray), a division of the Protozoa. 



radius, n., rdd'i-us (L. radius, a 

 spoke, a ray), the small bone of 

 the forearm, which chiefly forms 

 the wrist joint, and carries the 

 thumb, so called from its fancied 

 resemblance to the spoke of a 

 wheel ; in bot. , the ray or outer 

 part of the heads of Composite 

 flowers : radio-carpal, rad'-l-o- 

 Mrp'-al, applied to the joint at 

 the wrist uniting the radius with 

 the carpus : radio-ulnar, ul f -ndr, 

 applied to the joint at the point 

 where the radius and ulna unite, 

 as at the wrist or the elbow : 

 radial, a., rad'-i'til, of or pert, 

 to the radius : radial aspect, an 



