adductor 
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adenomyoma 
magnus (the great adductor), three adductor muscles of mnata, and making the third section consist of the order adeni-. Same as adeno-. 
thehuman thigh, arising from the pelvis and inserted in fodosomata these ordinal names being all Leach's, ex- oHonia (a-de'ni-a), n. fNL.,< Gr. ai 
the linea asnera of the femur. - Adductor digit! tertii. editing Westwood's Adelarthnaomata. ' , which his hepn armlied t 
aim, a gland.] 
to strurnous 
the chameleon. Adductor mandibulae, mCru*tn '-,,1. :[ 
muscle which adducts the mandible, and so brings to- 
gether the opposite sides of the upper jaw. Adductor 
pollicis. the adductor of the thumb. Adductor polli- 
cis pedls, or adductor hallucis, the adductor of the 
great toe. (Other muscles of the digits having the same 
function are sometimes called adductors.] 
II. a. Of or pertaining to an adductor ; having 
the function of adducting ; adducent : as, the 
adductor muscles of the thigh: opposed to ab- 
ductor. Adductor impressions, in conch., the scars 
on the interior surfaces of the opposite valves of bivalve 
shells left by the adductor muscles; the ciboria. (See 
ciborium.) There are generally two, an anterior and a pos- 
terior, as in the clam, but often only one, as in the oyster 
andscallop(Pci;(e(0. Adductor muscles, (a) In atiat., 
the adductors. See I. (6) In malacology, the muscles 
which draw together or close the valves in bivalve niol- 
lusks. See cut under Waldheimia. 
addulcet (a-duls'), < [< late ME. adoulce, < 
OF. adoulcir, earlier adulcir, adolcir, F. adoueir, 
< ML. *addulcire,<. L. ad, to,+ dulcis, sweet: see 
dulce.~\ To sweeten. 
Some mirth t' addulce man's miseries. 
-ade 1 . [(1) < F. -ade, < Pr. Sp. or P 
It. -ate, < L. -ata, f. ; (2) < Pr. -at, ! 
-ado, or It. -ato, < L. -atus, m., pp 
verbs in -are : see -ate 1 . The native F. form is 
ee, OF. -ee, whence in older E. -y : cf. army (F.) 
tus), a. Being i 
body indistinctly segmented ; specifically, ot or 
pertaining to the Adclarthrostnnata. 
(Ji 8ea8e ._2. [cup.] In zool., a genus of dipter- 
oug ingeets Desvuidti, 1863. 
la Hn'i fftrtn ornrl'p tii f 
(a-den i 
Htrrielc. 
-add or 
p or Pg 
sufL of 
A proposed name for such plants as come into 
cultivation before they are sufficiently well 
known to be referred to their true genera. 
adelfisch (ii'del-fish), n. [G., < adel, nobility, 
+ yisc/t = E. fish.] A name of a European 
species of whitefish, Coregonus lavaretus: sy- 
nonymous with lavaret (which see). 
adelingt, Obsolete form of atheling. 
Adelobranchia (ad'e-16-brang'ki-S), n. pi. 
[NL., < Gr. atiiitof. not manifest, + ' ppayxia, 
gills.] 1. A family name for gastropods in 
which the respiratory cavity has a slit-like out- 
let and is without a siphon. The term includes 
the pulmonates as well as the marine forms. 
Dumeril, 1807. 2. An ordinal name for the 
true pulmonates. Risso, 1826. 
adelocodonic (ad'e-16-ko-don'ik), a. [< Gr. a<V 
Aof, not manifest, + Ku6wv, a bell, the head of a 
flower. ] In godl. , noting the condition of a gon- 
ophore when no developed umbrella is present. 
owadc, etc., or of (a few) English nouns formed 
on the same model, as blockade, orangeade. 2. 
A suffix of nouns of Spanish or Italian origin 
(originally masculine form of preceding), as 
brocade, renegade, etc. It also appears in the 
Spanish form -ado, as in rcncgado, desperado. 
-ade 2 . [<F.-ade, <L. 
i' v nna / ftd /g 15 m6r'fus) a K Gr 
^ 
adenitis (ad-e-ui'tis), . [NL.,< Gr. aM/v (aScv-), 
a gland, + -ilia.] Inflammation of a gland, es- 
pecially of a lymphatic gland. 
adenko (a-deng'ko), M. [Native name.] A cala- 
bash or gourd used on the Gold Coast of Africa 
for holding liquids, and generally decorated by 
carvings in low relief or incited lines. 
adeno-. [Combining form (aden- before a vowel, 
adeni- regarded as Latin) of Gr. adi/v (aievo-), 
a gland.] An element in compound words of 
Greek origin, meaning gland. 
adenocarcinoma (ad"e-u6-kar-si-n6'ma), .; pi. 
adenocarcinomata (-ma-ta). [NL., < Gr. ao//v 
(adev-), a gland, + napKivuua : see carcinoma.] 
A tumor which deviates from the true gland- 
structure characterizing the adenomata, but 
which does not differ from it as much as a typi- 
cal carcinoma. See adenoma. 
adenocele (ad'e-no-sel), n. [< Gr. a&rfv (aiev-), 
a gland, + nf/fa/, a tumor.] Same as adenoma. 
J *-* * ' (ad'e-no-ki-rap-sol'o-ji), 
* e 
oie ston 
of the stomach. 
? ^ "^ "' 
now usually -ad, as in decade (sometimes .decad) 
(usually nomad, like -monad, triad, etc.). 
Egyptian weight 
Adelopneumona (ad'e-lop-nu'mo-nS,), n. pi. 
[NL., < Gr. deV.of, not manifest, + Trvevfiuv, lung : 
see pneumonia.] A name sometimes given to the 
inoperculate terrestrial gastropods, in allusion 
to the inclosure of the pulmonary cavity by the 
union of the mantle with the nape, except at a 
touch), -t- -Xo)ia, < Myeiv, speak : see -ology.] 
The doctrine of the reputed power of kings 
to cure diseases, as scrofula or king's evil, by 
touching the patient : a word used as the title 
of a book on that subject published in 1684. 
adenochondroma (ad"e-n6-kon-dr6'ma), n.; 
pi. adenochondromata (-ma-ta). [NL., < Gr. 
), a gland, + jowfyiof, car " 
A tumor consisting of ; 
r 
thing bequeathed, or its equivalent, to tne lega- 
tee during the lifetime of the bequeather. 
'issara;,ss saass 
executor. 
used to denote the coa- 
lescence of stamens by their filaments into 
glandular ._ 2 . Of or pertaining to glands, es- 
* eeiaUy to tho8e of the lymphatic system.-Ade- 
'- 
their filaments into 
used Retiform, adenoid, or lymphoid connective tissue U 
Wot down P nd, 
fest,<d-priv.', not, + AjJtoc, clear, manifest.] A 
genus of moths, of the family rnowo/Henrtdo-. 
S. degeerdla is a woodland species, notable for spinning 
fruit or plants: s^e d^a^do.] A Spanish 
red wine made of the earliest ripe grapes. 
early; pp. of add Hto advance, grow antici- 
pate, < adelante adv. forward onward < ad-, a 
e 
ademption (a-demp'shon), . . L. odeTOj;- 
to(-l, < odiwere, pp. ademptus, take away: see 
adeem.] In tatf, the revocation of a grant, do- 
d ^ r 2 ^ e ^ ^Salingwith the 
thing bequeathed so as to manifest an intent 
^n^S'the O^ZlTor^s, Ar . 
Hind ^ dfln etc _ gee ^^.^ Sam ' e 
mence m ent of .ymphatic c 
i AEjJSJii aa i ( a d*e-n6-loj'i-kal), a. [< *ad- 
ic ( < fldeno/oow) + -/.] Pertaining to ade- 
!/"- ^ 
g ' 
i (d*e Um'fo-sel) f< 
"" 
-nt 
faces. ilauringer, Virgin-Martyr, 11. 1. 
The marquess had a secret conference with Don Pedro 
Enriquez, -4dr/a;Kado of Andalusia. Irving, Granada, p. 29. 
Adelarthrosomata (ad-e-lar-thro-so'ma-ta), n. 
pi. [NL., < Gr. d<ty;ioc, not manifest (< a- p'riv., 
not, + 6ff/j}f, manifest), + apdpov, joint, + CUJJUL, 
pi. au/uara, body.] In Westwood's system of 
classification, an order of arachnids which re- 
spire by tracheae, it consists of the false scorpions 
and harvestmen, or the families Svlpugidce, Cheliffridce, 
It shall clasp a sainted maiden whom the angels name 
Lenore. Poe, The Raven, 
mala. With the view of adapting Leach's system 
of Latreille, Westwood adopted Latreille's three sections 
of Arachnida, namely, Pulmoiutria, Trachearia, and Apo- 
robranchia, dividing the first of these sections into the 
orders Diinerosomata and Polymerotioutata, the second 
section into the orders Adelarthrwtwtiata and Monumero- 
ttucii-. Same as adeno-. 
adenalgia (ad-e-nal'ji-a), n. [NL., < Gr. aSijv 
(aSev-), a gland, + -dkyia, < aAyof, pain.] In 
pathol., pain in a gland; adenodynia. 
adenalgy (ad-e-nal'ji), n. Same as adenalgia. 
Adenanthera (ad"e-nan-the'ra), n. [NL., < Gr. 
dii/v (aiev-), a gland, + NL. anthera, anther : see 
an ther.~\ A genus of trees and shrubs, natives of 
the East Indies and Ceylon, natural order Legu- 
minosce, suborder Mimosece. A. pavonina is one of 
the largest and handsomest trees of India, and yields hard 
solid timber called red sandal-wood. The bright-scarlet 
seeds, from their equality in weight (each = 4 grains), are 
used by goldsmiths in the East as weights. 
q-v-] . -,. 
of the gland from which it springs ; a tumor 
originating in a gland, and presenting the gen- 
eral character of racemose or of tubular glands. 
Also called adenocele. 
adenomatoilS (ad-e-nom'a-tus), a. [< tidcuii- 
ma(t-) + -OMS.] Pertaining to or of the nature 
of an adenoma. 
adenomeningeal (ad*e-no-me-nin'je-al), a. 
[< Gr. aMjv (a&ev-), a gland, + fV"'1'?> a mem- 
brane, esp. the pia mater: see meningitis.] An 
epithet applied to a kind of fever supposed to 
depend upon disease of the intestinal follicles. 
adenomyoma (ad"e-n6-mi-6'ma), . ; pi. de- 
nomyomata (-ma-ta). [NL., < Gr. ad-fyv (a6cv-), a 
gland, + pif, a muscle (see myokigy), + -omu, 
