apophyge 
low or scotia beneath the echinus of the Doric 
capital, occurring in some archaic examples, 
and relinquished as the style advanced. Also 
called apophysis and coiii/r. 
apophyllite (a-pof'i-lit or ap-o-fil'it), . [So 
named because of its tendency to exfoliate (cf. 
Gr. uiro^u/tt/few, strip of its leaves), < Gr. iixi'i, 
off, from, + jiMov (= L. folium, a leaf) + -ite 2 .] 
A mineral allied to the zeolites, occurring in 
laminated masses or in tetragonal crystals, and 
having a strong pearly luster on the surface of 
perfect cleavage, parallel to which it separates 
readily into thin laminte. It exfoliates iilso under 
the blowpipe. From its peculiar luster it is sometimes 
railed irlttliiiiiti/itliitlitiilp, that is, fish-eye stone. It is a 
hydrated silicate of calcium and potassium, containing also 
some nuorin. 
apophyllous (ap-o-fil'us), a. [< Gr. air6, off, 
from, + (fi'u'A'Aov = Li. folium, a leaf.] In but., hav- 
ing distinct leaves ; eleutherophyllous : applied 
to a perianth with distinct sepals and petals : 
opposed to yamophyllous. 
apophysary (a-pof 'i-sa-ri), a. [< apophysis + 
-ary.] Having the character of an apophysis 
or outgrowth ; apophysial. 
Ill Magas the apophifttary system is composed of an 
elevated longitudinal septum reaching from one valve to 
the other. Encyc. Brit., IV. 190. 
apophysate (a-pof'i-sat), a. [< apophysis + 
-ate 1 .] In hot., having an apophysis. 
apophyses. n. Plural of apophysis. 
apophysial (ap-o-fiz'i-al), a. [< apophysis + 
-/.] Pertaining to or of the nature of an apo- 
physis ; growing out from, as an apophysis. 
apophysis (a-pof 'i-sis), n. ; pi. apophyses (-sez). 
[< Gr. anfyvaic, an offshooL the process of a bone, 
< airo<t>veo6ai, grow as an offshoot, < OTTO, off, from, 
+ (pveaOai, grow, > Qiatf, growth: see physic.'] 
1. In anat. : (a) Any process of bone ; an out- 
growth of bone ; a mere projection or protuber- 
ance, which has no independent ossifle center, 
and is thus distinguished from an epiphysis 
(which see) ; specifically, any process of a ver- 
tebra, whether it has such a center, and thus is 
epiphysial in nature, or not : in the former case, 
a vertebral apophysis is called autogenous or 
endogenous; in the latter, exogenous. The princi- 
pal vertebral apophyses are distinguished as anapophyain, 
diapophysiz, epapophysij, hemapophyxw, hypapophysix, 
metapophysit, neurapophyxis, parapopht/nis, pleurapophy- 
sis, and zygapophysis. See these words, (ft) A process 
or outgrowth of some organ of the body, as the 
brain : as, apophysis cerebri, the pituitary body. 
See cut under brain, (c) In chitons, a process 
of one of the plates, inserted into the mantle. 
2. In tot., a swelling under the base of the 
theca or spore-case of some mosses, as in species 
of Splaehuum. See cut under Andreiea. 3. In 
geol., a term applied to the arms which often 
extend outward in a horizontal direction from 
the main mass or dike of an intrusive igneous 
rock. 4. In arch., same as apophyge Arthro- 
dial apophysis. See arthrodial. 
apoplectic (ap-o-plek'tik), a. and n. [< L. apo- 
plecticus, < Gr. ajronvl^/nv/cdf, apoplectic, < inc6- 
v>.?/KTof, disabled by a stroke: see apoplexy.'] 
I. a. 1. Of the nature of or pertaining to apo- 
plexy ; affected with apoplexy : as, an apo- 
plectic fit; an apoplectic patient. 2. Predis- 
posed or tending to apoplexy : as, an apoplectic 
person ; an apoplectic habit of body. 3f. Serv- 
ing to cure apoplexy: as, "apoplectic balsam," 
Addition, Travels, Italy. 
II. . A person affected with or predisposed 
to apoplexy. 
apoplectical (ap-o-plek'ti-kal), a. Same as 
apoplectic. 
apoplectiform (ap-o-plek'ti-form), a. [< L. apo- 
pleetus, apoplecticus (see apoplectic), + forma, 
form.] Resembling apoplexy ; of the nature of 
apoplexy. 
In the gravest forms of specific cerebral disease, an apo- 
plectif'orm seizure followed by fatal coma may usher in 
the attack with no premonitory symptoms. 
E. C. Mann, Psychol. Med., p. 63. 
apoplezt (ap'o-pleks), n. [< L. apoplexis, < Gr. 
oTroir/^fff, var. of a7ro7r?.?/f/a : see apoplexy.] 
Apoplexy. 
Repletions, apoplex, intestate death. 
Drydt'H, Juvenal, S;it. i. 
How does bis fii>n/,lfj- f 
Is that strong on him still? 
B. Joiutun, The Fox, i. 1. 
apoplexedt (ap'o-plekst), a. [< apoplex + -erf 2 .] 
Affected with apoplexy or paralysis. 
Sense, sure, you have, 
Else could you not have motion ; but, sure, that sense 
Is apoplex'd. Shak., Hamlet, iii. 4. 
265 
apoplexioust (ap-o-plek'shus), a. [< apoplexy 
T -oils.] Consisting in or having the character 
of apoplexy: as, '' ii/io/i/r.i'ionx and other con- 
generous diseases," Arouthnot. 
apoplexy (ap'6-plek-si), n. [< ME. 
' 
(and abforev. fi'iplf.rir), < !'. ii/Hi/ili-sic, < L. apo- 
plexia, < Gr. {moTr'/.tftia, apoplexy, < aKoTr'Ar/k-uc, 
disabled by a stroke, stricken with apoplexy, 
verbal adj. of aTTOTr'Ayaauv, disable by a stroke, 
< iiiro, off, from, + Tt'At/aaeiv, strike.] In putliol., 
a sudden loss or impairment of consciousness 
and voluntary motion, caused by the rupture 
of a blood-vessel in the brain, an embolism, 
or other cerebral shock. [Sometimes incor- 
rectly used to denote hemorrhage into the tis- 
sues of any organ.] 
apora, . Plural of aporon. 
aporeme (ap'o-rem), . [< Gr. inr6piifia, a mat- 
ter of doubt (also with Aristotle a dialectical 
syllogism of contradiction), < imopelv, be in 
doubt: see aporetic."] An argument to show 
that a question presents a doubt or difficulty. 
aporetic (ap-o-ret'ik), a. and n. [Formerly 
aporetiquc, < F. aporetique (Cotgrave), < Gr. 
dirofwyra-of, inclined to doubt, < intopeiv, be in 
doubt, < airopoc, in doubt, at a loss: see aporia.] 
I.t a. Inclined to doubt or to raise objections. 
II. n. A skeptic ; one who believes that per- 
fect certainty is unattainable, and finds in 
every object of thought insoluble difficulties. 
aporetical (ap-o-ret'i-kal), a. Same as aporetic. 
aporia (a-po'ri-'a), n. ; pi. aporice (-). _ [LL., < 
Gr. cnropia, difficulty, doubt, puzzle, < airopof, in 
doubt, doubtful, at a loss, lit. impassable, with- 
out passage, < a- priv. + jropof, way, passage : 
see pore 2 .] 1. In rhct., a professed doubtwhere 
to begin or what to say on account of the va- 
riety of matter. 2. An equality of reasons 
for and against a given proposition. 3. In 
pathol., febrile anxiety ; uneasiness. 
Also apory. 
aporimet, aporimt (ap'o-rim), n. [< Gr. a- priv. 
T iropi/wf, finding a way, able to provide, < 
Trtipof, way, passage: see pore 2 , and cf. aporia."] 
Same as aporon. 
Aporobranchia (ap"o-ro-brang'ki-a), n. pi. 
[NL., < Gr. an-opof, without passage (see apo- 
ria),+ jipayx la , gills-] 1. In Latreille's system 
of classification, an order of Arachnida having 
no apparent respiratory apparatus, by which 
the Pycnogonidw alone were distinguished from 
other arachnidans: synonymous with Podoso- 
mata of Leach's system. 2. In Do Blainville's 
system of classification, an order of his Para- 
cephalophora, containing the pteropods, which 
are divided into the Thecosomata and Gymno- 
somata. Also Aporobranchiata. 
aporobrancbian (ap"o-ro-brang'ki-an), a. and 
n. I. a. Pertaining to or having the characters 
of the Aporobranchia. 
II. n. One of the Aporobranchia. 
Aporobranchiata (ap*o-r6-brang-ki-a'ta), n.pl. 
[NL., as Aporobranchia + -ata.] Same as Apo- 
robranchia, 2. 
apor obranchiate (ap " o - ro - brang ' ki - at), a. 
Pertaining to or having the characters of the 
Aporobranchiata. 
aporont (ap'o-ron), .; pi. apora (-ra). [NL., 
< Gr. aTro/mv, neut. of artopoc, doubtful, difficult : 
see aporia.) A very difficult or insoluble 
problem. Also called aporime. 
Aporopoda (ap-o-rop'o-dji), n. pi. [NL., < Gr. 
axopoe, without passage (see aporia), + irovf 
(nod-) = E./oot] In Latreille's system of clas- 
sification, a prime division of his Condylopa, by 
which the crustaceans, arachnidans, and myria- 
pods are collectively contrasted with Hexapoda, 
or insects proper. It was defined as "insects" with 
more than six feet and destitute of wings. Savigny also 
uses the name. It is synonymous with the Hyperhexapoda 
of Westwood. 
Aporosa (ap-o-ro'sa), n. pi. [NL., pi. of apo- 
rosus, not porous (see aporose); cf. Gr. a-rro/mc, 
without passage : see aporia.] A group of corals 
of the sclerodermic section, having the coral- 
lum or calcareous cup solid, and not perforated 
with minute apertures. Edwards and Haime, 
1850. 
aporose (ap'o-ros), a. [< NL. aporosus, < Gr. a- 
priv. + NL. 'jiorosus, porous, < L. porus, pore: 
see jtore 2 ."] 1. Not porous. 2. Belonging to 
the group of corals called Aporosa ; eporose. 
In the simple n;row corals the calcification of the base 
and side walls of tile body gives rise to the cup, or them. 
Huxley, Anat. Invert., p. 146. 
aporrhaid (ap-o-ra'id), n. A gastropod of the 
family Aporrhuidce. 
apostasy 
Aporrhaidae (ap-o-ra'i-de), n. pi [NL., < Ap- 
orrhitix + -iV/'.] A family of entobranchiiitc 
tM-niiiglossate gastropods, of 
which tliere are few living spe- 
cies. Its members ;tiv characterized 
by a tlat foot, a broail muzzle, elongate 
tentacles, eyes on the outer sides of the 
tentacles, teeth in seven longitudinal 
rows, a turreted shell with the aper- 
ture more or less produced in front. 
and an alate outer lip. 
Aporrhais (ap-o-ra'is), . [NL., 
in form < Gr. aoppaif, a vari- 
ous reading for ai/joppoii;, a kind 
of shell-fish: see hcninrrliiii<l.~\ 
A genus of gastropods with 
effuse channel-like lip-spines, 
represented by the pelican's- 
foot or spout-shell (which see) 
of northern Europe, and typ- %S$$tfZ,. 
ical of the family Aporrliaida'. 
aport (a-port' ), prep. phr. as adv. [< 3 + port*.~\ 
Naut., to or on the port side of a ship, as in the 
phrase hard aport. Hard apart .' as a command, in- 
structs the helmsman to turn the tiller to the left or port 
side of the ship, thus causing the ship to swerve to the 
right or starboard. 
apory (ap'o-ri), n. [< LL. aporia : see aporia.'} 
Same as aporia. 
aposaturn (ap'o-sat-ern), n. [Also, as NL., 
aposaturnium, < Gr. im6, from, + L. Saturnus, 
Saturn. Cf. apojore.'] The point in the orbit 
of any one of the satellites of Saturn most re- 
mote from the planet. Airy. 
aposepalous (ap-o-sep'a-lus), a. [< NL. opo- 
scpalus, < Gr. ami, from, '+ NL. sepalum, sepal.] 
In hot., having a calyx composed of distinct 
sepals: polysepalous. 
aposepidin (ap-o-sep'i-din), n. [< Gr. inr&, away, 
+ aijTteiv, make rotten (see septic), + -id 4- -in 2 .'] 
Same as leucin. 
aposiopesis (ap"o-sl-o-pe'sis), n. [L., < Gr. 
aTrofftuTrqaiS, < airoatuTrdv, become silent, < air6, 
off, from, + aiuirav, be silent.] In rhet., sud- 
den reticence ; the suppression by a speaker or 
writer of something which he seemed to be 
about to say ; the sudden termination of a dis- 
course before it is really finished. The word is 
also applied to the act of speaking of a thing while pre- 
tending to say nothing about it, or of aggravating what 
one pretends to conceal by uttering a part and leaving the 
remainder to be understood: as, his character is such but 
it is better I should not speak of that. 
aposiopestic (ap'o-sl-o-pes'tik), . [For apo- 
s tope tic, in irreg. imitation of aposiopesis. ] 
Same as aposiopetie. [Rare.] 
That interjection of surprise . . . with the aposiopestic 
break after it, marked thus, Z da. 
Sterne, Tristram Shandy, iv. 27. 
aposiopetie (ap'-'o-si-o-pefik), a. [< aposiope- 
sis (-pet-) + -ic, after LGr. aium/riKof, taciturn.] 
Pertaining to or of the nature of aposiopesis. 
apositia (ap-o-sit'i-a), n. [NL., < Gr. fmoatria, 
< cmfatrof, abstaining from food, < air6, away, 
from, + alroc, food.] A loathing of food. Dtm- 
glison. 
aposporous (a-pos'po-rus), a. [< NL. aposporus, 
< Gr. a.Tc6, from, away, + airopof, seed : see spore.] 
Of, pertaining to, or characterized by apospory. 
In the aposporous Ferns and Mosses and in the Chara- 
cete the oophore is developed as a bud from the sporo- 
phore. Encyc. Brit., XX. 431. 
apospory (a-pos'po-ri), n. [< NL. *apoporia, < 
aposporux: see aposporous.~] In the higher 
cryptogams, the production of the prothallus 
immediately from the sporangium without the 
ordinary intervention of spores, or from the 
leaf itself, without either sporangium or spore. 
apostacy, . See apostasy. 
apostasis (a-pos'ta-sis), n. [< Gr. airfaTams, 
m med. a suppurativo inflammation, a transi- 
tion from one disease to another, lit. a stand- 
ing away from: see apostasy.] 1. In old med.: 
(a) The termination or crisis of a disease by 
some secretion or critical discharge, in opposi- 
tion to metastasis, or the termination by trans- 
fer to some other part. (6) An apostem or 
abscess, (c) The throwing off or separation of 
exfoliated or fractured bones. 2. In hot., a 
term proposed by Engelmann for the separ? 
tion of floral whorls or of parts from each other 
by the unusual elongation of the internodes. 
apostasy (a-pos'ta-si), n. ; pi. apostasies (-siz). 
[< ME. apdstasie,(F. apostasie, <LL. apontnxin, 
< Gr. OTrooram'a, late form for inr&aTamf, a stand- 
ing away from, a defection, revolt, departure, 
distance, etc., in med. a suppurative inflam- 
mation (see aposlasis), < atyicTaaflai, aTroar^vai, 
stand away from, < air6, away, off, + "icraofiat, 
, stand: see stasis.] 1. An abandonment 
