adenomyoma 
q. v.] A tumor consisting of glandular and 
muscular tissue, 
adenoncus (ad-e-noug'kus), n. ; pi. adenonci 
(-non'si). [NL., < Gr. aSi/v (afcv-), a gland, + 
oy/iof, a bulk, mass.] A swelling of a gland. 
adenopathy (ad-e-nop ' a-thi), . [< Gr. aSi/v 
(aSev-), a gland, + -Katiia, < iratfof, suffering.] 
Disease of a gland. 
There are no lesions of the mucous membrane, nor call 
any atlt'iiopathit lie found (case of sypm'loderma). 
liiilifinn, Skin Diseases, plate I'. 
adenopharyngitis (ad"e-n6-far-in-ji'tis), n. 
[NL., < Gr. aSifv (a&v-), a gland, + fapvyf. pha- 
rynx, -t- -itis.] Inflammation of the tonsils and 
pharynx. 
adenophore (a-den'o-for), n. [As adenoplio- 
rous.J In bot., a short stalk or pedicel support- 
ing a nectar-gland. 
adenophorous (ad-e-nof'o-rus), a. [< Gr. aSi/v 
(dfcv-), a gland, + -$6pof, < Qepetv = E. fcear 1 .] In 
:ool. and bot., bearing or producing glands. 
adenophthalmia (ad"e-nof-tharmi-a), n. 
[NL., < Gr. a/ii/v (aSev-), a gland, 4- ixji&aZ/iOf, 
eye. ] Inflammation of the Meibomian glands. 
adenophyllous (ad"e-n6-firus), a. [< Gr. adt/v 
(afiev-), a gland, + fyvUtiv = L. folium, a leaf: 
see/oHo.] In Itot., having leaves bearing glands, 
or studded with them. 
adenophyma (ad'e-no-fi'ma), re. ; pi. adenophy- 
mata (-ma-tii). [NL., < Gr. aotrn (ddev-), a gland, 
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arrive at, reach, attain, obtain, < ad, to, + 
ap-inei, reach, attain, = Gr. air-reiv, touch, seize, 
= Skt. y dp, attain, obtain : see apt.'] I. a. 
Well skilled ; completely versed or acquainted. 
Adept in everything profound. Cowper, Hope, 1. 350. 
II. H. One who has attained proficiency; 
one fully skilled in anything; a proficient or 
master; specifically, in former times, a pro- 
ficient in alchemy or inagic; a master of oc- 
cult science, or one who professed to have dis- 
covered "the great secret" (namely, of trans- 
muting base metal into gold). 
Shakespeare, in the person of Prospero, has exhibited 
the prevalent notions of the judicial astrologer combined 
with the adept, whose white magic, as distinguished from 
the black or demon magic, holds an intercourse with purer 
spirits. /. D'Israeli, Amen, of Lit., II. 285. 
Howes was the true adept, seeking what spiritual ore 
there might be among the dross of the hermetic philoso- 
phy. Lomll, Among my Books, 1st ser., p. 269. 
The Persians were adepts in archery and horsemanship, 
and were distinguished by courtesy and high-breeding. 
If. A. Rev., CXL. 329. 
= Syn. Adept, Expert. An adept is one who possesses 
natural as well as acquired aptitude or skill in anything : 
as, an adept in the art of governing ; an adept in diplomacy, 
lying, cajolery, whist-playing, etc. An expert, on the other 
hand, is one whose skill and proficiency are more conspicu- 
ously the result of practice or experience, or of an intimate 
acquaintance with a subject. The term is mostly limited 
to one possessing special skill or knowledge in some branch, 
and regarded as an authority on it : as, an expert in alien- 
ism, chemistry, penmanship, etc. 
adhere 
a.] A making or being equal; an equivalence 
or equivalent. [Bare.] 
The principles of logic and natural reason tell us, that 
there must be a just prnpui'tiuii ami tnli'<iuatuin between 
the medium by which we prove, and the conclusion to be 
proved. Bp. Barlow, Remains, p. 125. 
It was the anne (not of King Henry) but King Edward 
the First, which is notoriously known to have been the 
adequation of a yard. [An erroneous statement.] 
Fuller, Worthies, Berkshire. 
adequative (ad'e-kwa-tiv), a. [< ML. adatqua- 
tivus, <L. adaiquare: see adequate, a.] Equiv- 
alent or sufficient ; adequate. [Bare.] 
Adesma (a-des'ma), n.pl. Same as Adesmacea. 
Adesmacea (ad-es-ma'se-a), . pi. [NL., < odes- 
ma (< Gr. aieafiof, unfettered, unbound : see ades- 
my) + -acea.] An old family name for lamelli- 
branchiate mollusks destitute of a ligament. 
The term includes the Pholadidas and Teredi- 
nida:. Blainville, 1824. 
adesmy (a-des'mi), n. [< NL. adesmia, < Gr. 
JA H 4. AH ._ / j i./- \ rs ri ' t/ vioiiL , a oiuiicitmi; v lur a particular pi 
adenotomy (ad-e-not'o-mi), [< Gr aifr as, the adequacy of supply to expendi) 
(adev- a gland, + -rouia, a cutting, < rtpEiv, of ' an ef f ort \ o & puppo ^ f an adequacy 
cut. Of. atiatomy.] In anat. and surg., dissec- visions 
+ <j>v/ia, a tumor, lit. a growth. < jvetv, grow: see adeptiont (a-dep'shon), . [< L. adeptio(n-), < 
physic.] In pathol., a swelling of a gland: adipisci: see adept.]' An obtaining or gaining ; 
sometimes used to signify a soft swelling. acquirement. 
adenOS (ad'e-nos), M. [Native term.] A kind In the wit and policy of the captain eonsisteth the chief 
of cotton which comes from Aleppo, Turkey, adeptim of the victory. Graf ton, Rich. III., an. 3. 
o^i S ^a, 1 ^^'f7'!f/ 0< '-P'~\ adeptistt (a-dep'tist), . [< adept + -is*.] An 
elUCIlOSiil COIilRj ( <i < I 6-UO-S&ir-iO niii ), n, j pl Q'Cl~ fl,df)T)t" 
nosarcomata (-ma-ta). [NL.,< Gr. ad> (aiev), adep tness (a-dept'ues), n. The quality or state 
a gland, + aap^ua sarcoma.] A tumor con- of eing adept . * kilf uln ' ess f al pro fi ciency- 
sisting in part of adenomatous and m part of adeptship (a-dept'ship), .' The state of being 
sarcomatous tissue an adept ; adeptness : specifically used in the? 
adenose, adenous (ad'e-nos, -nus), a. [< NL. ogophy 
adenosM >, < Gr. Mfr, gland ] Like or apper- adequacy (ad'e-kwa-si), n. [< adequate: see 
a rfT- a $ ' a _ de , nol( Ji adeniform ^ ^ gtat ' e or ' f it O f being adequate ; 
adenotomic(ad"e-no-tom'ik),a. l<adenoto- tne condition of being proportionate or suffi- 
_ Pertaining to adenotqmy. _ _ _ oien t . a sufficiency for a particular purpose : 
".ture, or 
of pro- 
adequate (ad'e-kwat), a. [Formerly adequate, 
-at, < L. adatquatus, pp. of adosquare, make 
equal, < ad, to, + aiquus, equal : see equal.] 
Equal to requirement or occasion; commen- 
surate ; fully sufficient, suitable, or fit : as, 
moans adequate to the object ; an adequate com- 
parison. 
I did for once see right, do right, give tongue 
The adequate protest. 
Browning, Ring and Book, II. 66. 
In our happy hours we should be inexhaustible poets, 
if once we could break through the silence into adequate 
rhyme. Emerson, Essays, 1st ser., p. 305. 
Adequate cognition, in logic: (a) A cognition involving 
no notion which is not perfectly clear and distinct, (b) A 
cognition at once precise and complete. Adequate defi- 
nition or mark, in logic. See definition. = Syn. Ade- 
quate, Sufficient, Enough, commensurate, competent. A 
thing is adequate to something else when it comes quite 
up to its level ; yet neither may be sufficient when viewed 
in relation to some third thing. That which is sufficient 
may be adequate and more. Enough equals adequate, but 
is applied to a different class of subjects. 
Nothing is a due and adequate representation of a state 
that does not represent its ability as well as its property. 
Burke, Rev. in France. 
Sufficient unto the day is the evil thereof. Mat. vi. 34. 
Which is enough, I'll warrant, 
As this world goes, to pass for honest. 
Shale., W. T., U. 3. 
A beetle of the adequate! (ad'e-kwat), v. t. 1. To make equal 
or adequate. 
tion or incision of a gland. 
adenous, a. See adenose. 
Adeona (ad-e-6'na), n. [LL., in myth., a Ro- 
man divinity who presided over the arrival of 
travelers, < L. adire, come, arrive, adeo, I come, 
< ad, to, + ire, go. Cf. Abeona.] In zool., the 
typical genus of Adeonidte (which see). 
Adeonidae (ad-e-on'i-de), n.pl. [NL., < Adeona 
+ -idie.] A family of chilostomatous poly- 
zoans, typified by the genus Adeona. They have 
the zoarium erect or (rarely) incrusting, affixed by a flex- 
ible jointed or jointless radicate peduncle, immediately 
attached. The zoarium is bilaminar when not incrusting 
and foliaeious and fenestrate, or branched or lobate and 
entire. The cells are usually of three kinds, zocecial, 
ooecial, and avicularian ; the zocecia are of the usual type. 
The family (originally named Adeonece by Busk) contains 
about 38 recent species, referred to 3 genera. Bust. 
Adephaga (a-def a-ga), n. pi [NL., neut. pi., 
<Gr. ad^dyof : see adephagous.] A group of 
voracious, carnivorous, and predatory beetles, 
composing a part of the pentamerous division 
of the order Coleoptera. They have filiform anten- 
nae and but two palpi to each maxilla. Of the four families 
which make up this group, two, OyritMce and Dytucidce 
are aquatic, and sometimes called Hydradephaga ; the 
other two, Carabidce and Cicindelida, are chiefly terres- 
trial, and are sometimes called Qeodephaga. The whirli- 
gig and the tiger-beetle respectively exemplify these two 
divisions of Adephaga. Also called Carniwra. See cuts 
under Ztytwnu and Cicindela. 
adephagan (a-def a-gan), . 
group Adephaga. 
adephagia (ad-e-fa'ji-a), n. [NL., < Gr. a 
yia, < a6r/(f>dyof, eating one's fill, gluttonous: 
see adephagous. ] In pa thai. , voracious appetite : 
bulimia. 
Let me give you one instance more of a truly intellectual 
object, exactly adequated and proportioned unto the in- 
tellectual appetite ; and that is, learning and knowledge. 
Fotherby, Atheomastix, p. 208. 
adephagous (a-def 'a-jjus), a. [< NL. adepha- 2. To attain equality with ; equal. 
gust, < Gr. a&^ayof, eating one's fill, gluttonous, Though it be an impossibility for any creature to ade- 
<; afit/v, or afnjv, abundantly, enough (cf. L. satis, 9 uate Oocl . m h ' 8 eternity, yet he hath ordained all his 
enough), + fyaytiv, eat.] Gluttonous of or per- 80ns ln christ to P ar take of it by living with him eternally, 
taiuing to the Adephaga: as, adephagous beetles. Shelford, Discourses, p. 227. 
adeps (ad' eps), n. [L., the soft fat or grease of adequately (ad'e-kwat-li), adv. In an ade- 
animals, suet, lard : see adipose and adipic.] 1. Quate manner ; commensurately ; sufficiently. 
Fat ; animal oil ; the contents of the cells of adequateness (ad'e-kwat-nes), _ rp ne state of 
the adipose tissue; specifically, lard. 2 In being adequate; justness of adaptation; suffi- 
.pfcar.,tallow;_suet; prepared fat.-ceratum adi- ciene y; adequacy. 
The adequateness of the advantages [of a given course 
of study) is the point to be judged. 
.. .._, H. Spencer, Education, p. 28. 
ned, ML. adeptus, n., one who attained adequation (ad-e-kwa'shon), n. [< L. ada-qua- 
knowledge or proficiency, prop. pp. of adipisci, tio(n-), < adaiquare, make'equal : see adequate, 
\ [gen. sing, of adeps}, simple cerate ; hog's lard with 
addition of white wax to give it greater consistency 
adept (a-dept'), a. and n. [< L. adeptus, having 
, 
aSeapof, unfettered, unbound, < a- priv. + 6e 
a bond, tie, < Shtv, bind, tie.] In bot., a term 
applied by Morren to the division of organs 
that are normally entire, or their separation if 
normally united. 
adespotic (a-des-pot'ikOj a. [< Gr. a- priv. (a-18) 
+ despotic. Cf. Gr. arftoTrorof, without master 
or owner.] Not despotic ; not absolute. 
Adessenarian (ad - es - e - na ' ri - an), n. [< NL. 
Adessenarii, pi., irreg. < L. adesse, be present, < 
ad, to, near, + esse, be : see essence and -arian.] 
In eccles. hist., a name given in the sixteenth 
century to those who believed in the real pres- 
ence of Christ's body in the eucharist, not by 
transubstantiation, but by impanation (which 
see). 
ad eundeni (ad e-un'dem). [L.; lit., to the 
same (sc. gradum, grade) : ad, to ; eundem, ace. 
masc. sing, of idem, the same: see idem.] A 
phrase used in universities to signify the ad- 
mitting of a student of another university, 
without examination, to the degree or standing 
he had previously held in that other university. 
Here [Oxford in the vacation] I can take my walks un- 
molested, and fancy myself of what degree or standing I 
please. I seem admitted ad eundem. Lamb, Oxford. 
ad extremum (ad eks-tre'mum). [L. : ad, to ; 
extremmii, ace. neut. sing, of extremus, last: see 
extreme.'} To the extreme ; at last ; finally. 
adfected (ad-fek'ted), a. [< L. adfechts, later 
affectus, pp. of adficere, later afficere, affect : 
see affect.] In alg. , compounded ; consisting of 
different powers of the unknown quantity. 
Adfected or affected equation, an equation in which 
the unknown quantity is found in two or more different 
degrees or powers: thus, x3~px2 + qx = a is an adfected 
equation, as it contains three different powers of the un- 
known quantity x. 
adfiliate, adfiliation, etc. See affiliate, etc. 
ad flnem (ad fi'nem). [L. : ad, to; finem, ace. 
of finis, end: see finis.] To or at the end. 
adfluxion (ad-fluk'shon), re. [Var. of affluxion, 
q. v.] A flow, as of sap, caused by a drawing, 
not a propelling, force. 
adglutinate (ad-glo'ti-nat), a. Same as agglu- 
tinate. 
ad gustum (ad gus'tum). [L. : ad, to; gustum, 
ace. of gustus, taste : see gust" 2 .] To the taste ; 
to one's liking. 
Adhatoda (ad-hat'o-da), n. [NL., from the 
Singhalese or Tamil name.] A genus of herbs 
or shrubs, natural order Acanthaceai. A. Vasica 
is used in India to expel the dead fetus in 
abortion. 
adhere (ad-her'), v. i.', pret. and pp. adhered, 
ppr. adhering. [< F. adherer, < L. adhcerere, < 
ad, to, + hxrere, stick, pp. hamus. Cf. cohere, 
inhere, hesitate.'} 1. To stick fast; cleave; be- 
come joined or united so as not to be easily 
separated without tearing : as, glutinous sub- 
stances adhere to one another ; the lungs some- 
times adhere to the pleura. 
When a piece of silver and a piece of platinum are 
brought in contact at 500 C. they adhere. 
A. Daniell, Prin. of Physics, p. 229. 
2. To hold closely or firmly (to) : as, to adhere 
to a plan. 
(Clive) appears to have strictly adhered to the rules 
which he had laid down for the guidance of others. 
Macaulay, Lord Clive. 
3. To belong intimately ; be closely connected. 
A shepherd's daughter, 
And what to her adheres. Shak., W. T., iv. (cho.). 
4. To be fixed in attachment or devotion ; be 
devoted ; be attached as a follower or up- 
holder : as, men adhere to a party, a leader, a 
church, or a creed ; rarely, to be attached as a 
friend. 
Two men there are not living 
To whom he more adheres. Shak., Hamlet, ii. i 
