leucanlline 3423 lencophlegmatic 
less salts, prepared by treating fuchsbie Halts lencite (lu'sit), . [So called from its white- leucoSthiop (lu-ko-f-'thi-op), . [Also leva 
with zinc-dust and hydrochloric acid. It yields ness; < (ir. '/ii'itAe., white, + -tte*.] A mineral AiOf: < leucoltMopS.] Hame as leucoe'thiops. 
i asaiiiline by oxidation. originally found in the recent volcanic rocks of leucoe'thiopic (lu-ko-e-thi-op'ik), a. [< hue 
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Leucanthemum (lij-kan'thfi-mom), n. [L., southern Italy, especially at Vesuvius, dissemi- ethipn 4-'ic.] Pertaining" to a leucoe'thioptt 
/riinnitlii-iiiiit, < (!r. >i>i.<iiiit/n>v, the camo- nated through the lavas in crystals, usually or albino; pertaining to leucopathy. 
mile,< favKof, white, + it* /HIV, flower.] A sec- trapezohedrons, or in irregular masses. It has leucoe'thiops ( lu -ku-o'tlii-opti), .; pi. leueoetlii- 
tion of the genus CkrwanAfflMM, embracing 1 been observed similarly associated in lorae other re- oites (lii-ko-e-thi'o-pez). [<Gr. favKfc white + 
the species C. feuomOMMM (/>.</,., J ^,,|,';" ^^M,\\ut'1 n!'^^of^n?X"!"' AiftoV',anKthiop,anegro: see Ethu^g, Ethiop.} 
nth/arc), the oxeye daisy or whiteweed. It was currence. It is a silicate of aluminium and potassium An individual of a dark-skinned race exhibiting 
retained as a geuusby A. P.deCandollo(1837), and bus a white or grayish color. It wai very early called albinism or a want of coloring matter in the 
with -20 species. while yarn* tram lu similarity to garnet in crystalline skin and epidermic formations. 
leucanthoUS (ItVkan'thus), [< Gr. A*, SCeVi'nSre.rbe^o^rThTnon^rof'ruofe leucotodophenol (lu-ko-in-do-fe'nol), [< 
white, + avHoi;, flower.J In hot., having white refraction which Its crystals exhibit, this being at varl- Gr. /rtwof, white, + L.tiutophciiol.] Indophenol 
flowers. ance with the usually accepted isometric form. On ac- which has been reduced by glucose and caustic 
Leucaster (lu-kas'ter), . [NL. (J.D.Choisy, J>ntoi ; these optical anomalies" a,,,l because alsooj Bod a. It i. a commercial article, forming a white pule 
184!)), < (Jr. >*vnt(, white, + dart/p, a Star.] A gttJto22^?3l2 ?nZL3h soluble in pure and in acidified water. It Is used In dye 
genus of plants belonging to the i family Nycta- ^^SSS^^S^S^t^^Ki ^S&SS^LJSSS^ *"* ***** 
i//ive and type of the tribe Leucastcreai. distin- 600 C. it becomes isotropic, and hence It is Inferred that TJ,"''-,. i - rvi /n .\/i 
guished by liavingbut two stamens. Theonlyspe- when ' led " wa normally isometric, and that the o!,. Lenc01Um(lu-ko i-um), n. [NL. (Linnaeus), < L. 
fies 2; c mV', i" nativeof Brazil, and i. a haTf-tX "f variations in form and optical character have re- *****(< Gr. 2n*cW. name of several plants, 
Ing shrub with entire alternate leaves, and white flowers 81llt , ed fro '" *f"W"' molecular changes. .-Leuclte the wallflower, snowflake, etc., lit. 'white V1O- 
In axillary cymes. rocks, a series of rocks closely allied to basalt, but con- let,' < JUwcof, white. + Zov, violet.] A genus of 
Leucasterese (lu-kas-te're-e), n. pi. [NL. (Bon- iKSS^^^&SS^KmfSSSfSSi P 1 ** of the family AmarvUidca: and tribe Amu- 
tham and Hooker, 1880), < Leucaster + -t<e.] They are particularly well developed [in southern Italy and rullete, distinguished by the long filaments and 
A tribe of plants of the. order Nyclaginece, dis- tne EUel - * ee Uu&topkyn, phonolite, and tepkriu. the equal segments of the perianth. There are 
tinguished by a subglobose acheniiim, which leucite-basalt(lu'sit-ba-salt'),. Arockclosely specie*. L.a&tum is the summer snowflake, and L.ver- 
is free and inclosed by the base of the perianth, resembling leucitophyre, but less coarsely gran- """, smaller and earlier plant, the spring snowflake. 
and a short curved or annular embryo. It In- "lar in texture. Eosenbusch divides the leucite rocks leucol (lu kol), n. \ C Or. /fwcoc, white, + -p.] 
eludes the genera Leucaster (type of the trlbe)i Attdradea, lnto leucite-basalU and leucltites, the chief difference be- An organic base obtained from coal-tar, 18O- 
and Cryplncarpu, tropical American trees or shrubs with . lm * tlmt the former contain olirln, while the latter do not. meric with chinoline. 
alternaw leaves. leucitic (lu-sit'ik), a. [< leucite + -ic.] Of or leucoline (lu'kp-lin), n. Same as leucol. 
leucaugite (lu-kft'jit), n. [< Gr. XEWKOC, bright, pertaining to leucite; containing or resem- lencoma (lu-ko'ma), . [NL., < Gr. M'Ku/ia, a 
light, white. + *avyir?K: seea/7e.] Analumi- bhng leucite. white spot in the eye, < ^'KOW, whiten, < / 
, . . , , , , 
nous variety of pyroxene, allied to augite, but leucitlte (lu si-tit), n. [< leucite + -He*.] The white: see lentous.] In paihol., a white opaci- 
containing very little iron, and hence of a white name given by Rosenbusch to varieties of leu- ty of the cornea of the eye, the result of inflam- 
or grayish color. cite rock containing no olivin. Rocks of this type mation. Also called albuao. 
leucemia leucajmia (lu-se'mi-ii), [NL.,< Gr. gS*2|*JS^ vSJS!: S1S&A&! bSte leucomaine (lu'k^-man), . [< Gr. ?^5c, white, 
ACVKO,;, white, + ow blood.] A disease char- ^^S^a^^S^i!^^^SSSi + E. (,>to) m ai ne .} A nitrogenous organic base 
actenzed by a large excess of the white cor- yet been fully worked out or alkaloid produced in living animal tissues as 
puscles of the blood, with hypertrophy of the leucitoid (lu'si-toid), n. [< leucite + Gr. eMoc, a result of their activity: distinguished from 
spleen or the lymphatic glands, or changes in form: see -oirf.] In crystfil., a tetragonal tris- a ptomaine, which is an alkaloid produced in 
the bone-marrow. It is usually fatal. Also octahedron, or trapezohedron : so called as be- the putrefactive decay of a dead tissue. 
called leucocythemia. ing a common form of the mineral leucite. leucomatous (lu-kom'a-tus), a. [< NL. leu- 
leucemic, leucaemlc (lu-se'mik), o. [< leucemia leucitophyre (lu-sit'o-fir), M. [<fe'te+Gr. coma(t-) + -os!] Pertaining to or exhibiting 
+ -ic.] Pertaining to or affected with leucemia. <ft>i>eiv,-mix..] A crystalline-granular rock, differ- leucoma. 
With one exception, that of Itucamie blood (SchererX mg from ordinary basalt chiefly in the presence leucomelanoUS (lu-ko-mel'a-nus), n. [< Gr. 
no glutin has as yet been found in the fluids of the body. of considerable leucite. The essential ingredients /.rvn6f, white, + filfaf (fiefam-), black.] Having 
Vreg, Histol. and llistochem. (trans.), p. 22. of leucitophyre are leucite, augite, olivin, and magnetite, a f :l j r complexion with dark hair 
leuch (lyoch). A Scotch preterit of lauah. ^S*&35Z~* * met[me * M nmch Leuconaria (lu-ko-na'ri-a), n.pl.' [NL., < 1^- 
leuchtenbergite (loich'ten-berg-it), . [Named leucoblaat (lu'kd-blast),. [< Gr. Xfuxof, white, con(es) + -arin.] In Sollas's classification of 
after the duke Maximilian von Leuchtenbery.] + /j^oorof, germ': see6/<w<tts.] A germinal leu- sponges, a tribe of heteroclous Calcispongia', 
A kind of chlorite of a white or greenish-white cocyte, or the germ of a leucocyte. embracing recent and fossil forms whose canal 
, . 
color, occurring in hexagonal plates or crystals, leucocarpous (Iu-ko-kar'pus), o. [< Gr. ^tof, system is of the eurypylous rhagonate type, di- 
leucin (lu'sin), . [< Gr. Aftwof, white, + -i2.] white, + Kopjrof, friiit.] Having white fruit. vided into two families, Leuconida; and Eilhar- 
, , . . 
A white pulverulent substance, amido-caproic leucocholyt (lu'ko-kol-i), n. [< Gr. /.eu/tof, dida. 
acid (CnHij^NHo), obtained by treating mus- white, + ^o/.7/,bile :' see cholici. Cf . melancholy.] leuconate (lu'ko-nat), a. [< Leucon(es') + -a(i.] 
cular fiber with sulphuric acid, and afterward "White bile": a nonce-word, opposed to mel- Pertaining to the Leucones, or having their char- 
with alcohol, it crystallizes in shining scales, itisone aneholy, " black bile." acters: as, a leuconate canal system; leuconate 
luii.u . . . >d a white Melancholy, o. I..I.L i ......... i.....< - - 
fluids of the'body, being also a product of the pancreatic 'or the most part; which though it seldom laughs or LeUCOnOS (lu-ko nez), . J>7. ^u s wr. ,.rar, 
digestion of the protelds. Also called apoxpidin. dances nor ever amounts to what one calls Joy or Plea- white: see tettCOttS.] A group of the chalk- 
leucisciform (lu-sis'i-fdrm), . [< NI, Leucis- J^'"" 8^ sort of a state. Gray, Letters, 1. 113. gponge . or Calcbponai*. characterized first by 
CM. + L. forma, form.] Having the form of a Leucocoryne (lu-ko-kor i-ne), n. [NL. (Lmd- great thickening of the ectodermal syncytium, 
fish of the genus Leuciscus; resembling a dace. l ev > 1839), in allusion to the white flowers of so that the inhalent pores, such as exist in Ax- 
Leuciscina (lu-si-si'na) n.'pl. [NL., < Leucis- some species, mounted on scapes ;< Gr. /^twcof, cones, lengthen into canals which may variously 
CMS + -/Jin 2 ] In Gtinth'er's ichthyological sys- white, + Kopf'JT/, a club.] A genus of liliaceous branch and anastomose, and secondly by final 
tern, the eighth group of Cyprinula:. They have the P^nts of Chili, of the tribe Alliea, or onion restriction to these canals of the endodermal 
air-bladder divided into anterior and posterior portions ; family. Three or four species are known, having nar- cells, which at first form a continuous layer. 
pharyngeal teeth developed in single or double series; rowly linear, channeled, radical leaves, and simple leaf- leuCOpathla (lu-ko-path'i-S), M. [NL.: see leu- 
the anal fin short or of moderate length (not extending less scapes bearing few white or blue flowers in terminal rn ,, n tl, H 1 Same ns Iriimiirithu 
forward to below the dorsal), with from 8 to 11 branched umbels. They are called white elub.Jtou*r. ' "> "' } /{,-<*' r/wr i 
rays; the lateral line when complete running in or nearly leucOCVte (lu'ko-sit), . f< Gr. /Lfwtoc, white, lepcopatnjf (lu-Kop a ttl), n. [_s LI. lencopn- 
in the middle of the tail; and the dorsal flu short, without + 5J*. a hollow.] A white or colorless cor- '*'?; < ? r " J^' whlt ?! + '^ affection : see 
osseous ray. The species are very numerous, and Include , "', ,, i,i,J - i^ m r%h pathos.} 1. The condition of beuig an albino; 
thu majority of the most familiar European and North PSCie O ilhinism 2 Snme is rhlnrnxis 
.;.in.i.... 1o/-r>o*rflinTni'> 1aii/>f>Trf>i 'ram in / A'tA-aT-tKa' aiDimsm. ^. Dailie as CmorOM*. 
'Knpaijc, 
. -javiic, < 
An imperfectly crvstnllized 
uuiaiiiiiy 01 uy//r/(cittf, wnn me air-uiauuer ivu^\n;y vi\* v* u ' B y 1 ' */,. L N tcwij "* ; y lc ' -*.j w ^. ...^i ' y "i L - -" n 
next to the roof of the abdominal cavity, the 1. Pertaining to leucocytes. 2. Pertaining to ,, V f ; fl pa .?- e ^S 
dorsal fin short, median, and spineless, and the an excess of leucocytes ; leucemic. "Jo*; 
lower jaw normal. It embraces partly or wholly the leUCOCytOgenesiS (fu-ko-si-tp-jen'e-sis), . ^,1^";,," 
Lcucitcina and Abramidina of Oiinther; and by far the [NL., < leucocyte + Gr. )tvtotc. production: see T u- t- , x\ I-KTT sn 
greater portion of the American as well as Eurasiatic genc.fi.^ The production of leucocytes,orwhite Lencophasia (lu-ko-fa 8i-h), w. [NL., < Gr. 
cyprinoids belong to it blood-corpuscles MvKOf, white, + fame, appearance: see phase.} 
leuciscine (lu'si-sin), a. and ii. I. a. Pertain- l euco cvtosis , (lu'ko-si-to'sis') fNL < tenco- A Renus of pierian butterflies of the family 
ing to the Lcuciscinai, or having their charac- e te . ^^ \ rp ne preggu,;',. ' O f an excessive Papilionidtf. Also called Leptidea. L. sinapis 
ters; leucisciform. umber of white cnrrtiisclcs in the hlnnd e is a British species. 
n^-i j.i T ' T II U I II IJtrT \)i Yi llllV t "OrllllhtrH H lill[HI'H)O<l,tSIK-. ^_*i /i- i / t \ rssv i / 
. One of the Leueiecina OTLeucisciH*. ciall when mere iy the result of temporary leucophllous (lu-kof 'i-lus), a [< Gr. , 
Leuciscus (lu-sis'kus), ,. [NL.,<Gr.?.n/o- k oc, cans ^ g and not produced by grave disease. white, + f /of loving.] Fond of light ; light- 
the white mullet, < /. fl *o f , white : se.> /<<*.] lftnoodermia (lu-kd-der'mi-'a * n. FNL.. < Gr. . lovingj _heliophilous. 
IciWWmi af PVT, ( fir oving; eiopious. 
A gemis of cyprinoid fishes to which various 5C skin lee rferm ] Abnorl leucophlegmacyt (lu-k^fleg'ma-si) n [< Gr 
ent in the skin Also written ^vKot-^l^ia (also /*w ftey/ia), the dropsy, < 
, 
limits have been assigned, typical of the sub- r of nhrment in the skin Also written 
family Lcnciscina-. L. rJ M is the European KE*" P1 ,JZfer^ IMer^a -^ I .suffering from white phlegm, < 
- 
roach. See cut under dace. dennia acqulsita, vitiligo.- Congenital leucoder- J*"*! "hite, + ^typa, phlegm: see phlegm.] 
leucism (lii'sizm), H. [< Gr. Aftwof, white : see mia, albinism. In pathol., an inferred tendency to a dropsical 
, 
\ -i.vi.] In -o/;/., whiteness resulting leucpdermic(lu-ko-der'mik),n. [As leucodermia state, as indicated by paleness, flabbiuess, or 
from lack or loss of coloring; albinism, partial +-io.] Pertainingtporexhibiting leucodermia. redundancy of serum in the blood. 
or.complete: a technical term, correlated with leucoethiopOu-se'thi-op), n. Same &a leueoetlii- leucpphleginatict (lu'kp-fleg-mat'ik), a. [< 
melanism and crytlirism. See albinism. ops. Gr. /Uvxo^Af^arof, suffering from white phlegm : 
