‖n. [ NL., fr. Gr. 'an priv. + 'afrodi`sia sexual pleasure, 'Afrodi`th the goddess of love. ] (Med.) Absence of sexual appetite. AS [ 1913 Webster ]

a. & n. [ Gr. 'an priv. + 'afrodisiako`s pertaining to venery. ] (Med.) Same as Antaphrodisiac. Dunglison. AS [ 1913 Webster ]

‖ a. [ Pref. anti- + aphrodisiac. ] (Med.) Capable of blunting the sexual appetite. -- n. Anything that reduces the sexual appetite. [ 1913 Webster + AS ]

a. [ Gr. 'anafro`dito`s without love. ] (Biol.) Produced without concourse of sexes. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. An antaphroditic medicine. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Pref. anti- + Gr. 'Afrodi`th Aphrodite: cf. F. antaphroditique. ] (Med.) 1. Antaphrodisiac. AS [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Antisyphilitic. [ R. ] AS [ 1913 Webster ]

a. & n. Same as Antaphrodisiac. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Med.) Counteracting, or deemed of use in, diseases of the kidneys. -- n. An antinephritic remedy. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ L., fr. Gr. &unr_;, fr. &unr_; to express by antithesis or negation. ] (Rhet.) The use of words in a sense opposite to their proper meaning; as when a court of justice is called a court of vengeance. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } a. [ Gr. &unr_;. ] Pertaining to antiphrasis. -- An`ti*phras"tic*al*ly, adv. [1913 Webster]

‖n. [ NL., fr. Gr. 'a priv. + fra`sis speech. ] (Med.) (a) = Dumbness. (b) A disorder of speech in which words can be uttered but not intelligibly joined together. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. (Min.) See under Calcite. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. That which (as a drug, or some kinds of food) stimulate sexual desire. [ 1913 Webster +PJC ]

{ } a. [ Gr. &unr_; pertaining to sensual love, fr. &unr_;. See Aphrodite. ] Exciting venereal desire; stimulating the desire for sexual gratification. [ 1913 Webster +PJC ]

a. [ Gr. &unr_;. ] Pertaining to Aphrodite or Venus. “Aphrodisian dames” [ that is, courtesans ]. C. Reade. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ Gr. &unr_;. ] 1. (Classic Myth.) The Greek goddess of love, corresponding to the Venus of the Romans. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Zool.) A large marine annelid, covered with long, lustrous, golden, hairlike setæ; the sea mouse. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (Zool.) A beautiful butterfly (Argunnis Aphrodite) of the United States. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Venereal. [ R. ] Dunglison. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ LL. auriphrigiatus; L. aurum gold + LL. phrygiare to adorn with Phrygian needlework, or with embroidery; perhaps corrupted from some other word. Cf. Orfrays. ] Embroidered or decorated with gold. [ R. ] Southey. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ rom Camphor. ] Pertaining to, or derived from camphor. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. cataphractes, Gr. &unr_;, fr. &unr_; covered, fr. &unr_; to cover; kata` down, wholly + fra`ssein to inclose. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. (Mil. Antiq.) Defensive armor used for the whole body and often for the horse, also, esp. the linked mail or scale armor of some eastern nations. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A horseman covered with a cataphract. [ 1913 Webster ]

Archers and slingers, cataphracts, and spears. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (Zool.) The armor or plate covering some fishes. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Zool.) Covered with a cataphract, or armor of plates, scales, etc.; or with that which corresponds to this, as horny or bony plates, hard, callous skin, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Of, pertaining to, or resembling, a cataphract. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. a genus of fishes consisting of the australian snapper.
Syn. -- genus Chrysophrys. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. Low, worthless people; the rabble. [ Scot. ] Jamieson. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. diaphragma, Gr. &unr_;, fr. &unr_; to fence by a partition wall; dia` through + &unr_;, &unr_;, to fence, inclose; prob. akin to L. fareire to stuff: cf. F. diaphragme. See Farce. ] 1. A dividing membrane or thin partition, commonly with an opening through it. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Anat.) The muscular and tendinous partition separating the cavity of the chest from that of the abdomen; the midriff. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (Zool.) A calcareous plate which divides the cavity of certain shells into two parts. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. (Opt.) A plate with an opening, which is generally circular, used in instruments to cut off marginal portions of a beam of light, as at the focus of a telescope. [ 1913 Webster ]

5. (Mach.) A partition in any compartment, for various purposes. [ 1913 Webster ]

Diaphragm pump, one in which a flexible diaphragm takes the place of a piston. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Cf. F. diaphragmatique. ] Pertaining to a diaphragm; as, diaphragmatic respiration; the diaphragmatic arteries and nerves. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Gr. &unr_;, from &unr_; to open; 'ek out + &unr_; to block up: cf. F. ecphractique. ] (Med.) Serving to dissolve or attenuate viscid matter, and so to remove obstructions; deobstruent. -- n. An ecphractic medicine. Harvey. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Gr. &unr_; obstructing, fr. &unr_; to block up. ] (Med.) Having the quality of closing the pores of the skin. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To madden. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ NL., fr. Gr. 'e`ndon + fra`gma a fence. ] (Zoöl.) A chitinous structure above the nervous cord in the thorax of certain Crustacea. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Zoöl.) Of or pertaining to the endophragma. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ The proper name. ] (Zoöl.) A hunter's name for the grizzly bear. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. &unr_; a covering, lid, fr. &unr_; to block up. ] (Zoöl.) A membranaceous or calcareous septum with which some mollusks close the aperture of the shell during the time of hibernation, or estivation. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ NL. euphrasia, fr. Gr. e'yfrasi`a delight, fr. e'yfrai`nein to delight; e'y^ well + frh`n heart, mind: cf. LL. eufrasia, F. eufraise. ] (Bot.) The plant eyebright (Euphrasia officionalis), formerly regarded as beneficial in disorders of the eyes. [ 1913 Webster ]

Then purged with euphrasy and rue
The visual nerve, for he had much to see. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

prop. n. an Asia river flowing into the Persian Gulf.
Syn. -- Euphrates River. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ Etymol. uncertain. ] A block or long slat of wood, perforated for the passage of the crowfoot, or cords by which an awning is held up. [ Written also uphroe and uvrou. ] Knight. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Gastro- + -phrenic. ] (Anat.) Pertaining to the stomach and diaphragm; as, the gastrophrenic ligament. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Hermaphrodism. B. Jonson. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. F. hermaphrodisme. ] (Biol.) See Hermaphroditism. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. hermaphroditus, Gr. &unr_;, so called from the mythical story that Hermaphroditus, son of Hermes and Aphrodite, when bathing, became joined in one body with Salmacis, the nymph of a fountain in Caria: cf. F. hermaphrodite. ] (Biol.) An individual which has the attributes of both male and female, or which unites in itself the two sexes; an animal or plant having the parts of generation of both sexes, as when a flower contains both the stamens and pistil within the same calyx, or on the same receptacle. In some cases reproduction may take place without the union of the distinct individuals. In the animal kingdom true hermaphrodites are found only among the invertebrates. See Illust. in Appendix, under Helminths. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Including, or being of, both sexes; as, an hermaphrodite animal or flower. [ 1913 Webster ]

Hermaphrodite brig. (Naut.) See under Brig. Totten.

{ } a. 1. (Biol.) Partaking of the characteristics of both sexes; having male and female reproductive organs in the same plant or animal; characterized by hermaphroditism. Opposite of dioecious. [ wns=1 ]-- Her*maph`ro*dit"ic*al*ly, adv.
Syn. -- monoecious, monecious, hermaphrodite. [1913 Webster + WordNet 1.5]

2. Specifically: (Botany) having pistils and stamens in the same flower. Opposite of diclinous. [wns=2]
Syn. -- monoclinous. [WordNet 1.5]

n. (Biol.) The union of the two sexes in the same individual, or the combination of some of their characteristics or organs in one individual.

a. [ Holo + Gr. &unr_; to speak: cf. F. holophrastique. ] Expressing a phrase or sentence in a single word, -- as is the case in the aboriginal languages of America.
Syn. -- polysynthetic, agglutinative. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ NL., Gr. "y`dwr water + &unr_; a kidney.] (Med.) An accumulation of urine in the pelvis of the kidney, occasioned by obstruction in the urinary passages. [1913 Webster]

. An adjustable diaphragm, reminiscent of the iris of the eye in its action, by which the diameter of an approximately circular opening may be controlled, as for regulating the aperture of a lens; it consists of a number of movable thin curved plates fastened at regular intervals around the inside of a ring, the positions of which are simultaneously adjusted by a single knob on the outside of the lens. It is used in cameras and microscopes. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. +PJC ]

a. (Anat.) Of or pertaining to the mesonephros; as, the mesonephric, or Wolffian, duct. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ NL., fr. Gr. me`sos middle + nefro`s kidney. ] (Anat.) The middle one of the three pairs of embryonic renal organs developed in most vertebrates; the Wolffian body. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ NL., from Gr. meso`fryon. ] (Anat.) See Glabella. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Anat.) Of or pertaining to the metanephros. [ 1913 Webster ]