a. [ Gr. 'akro`ths an extreme, fr. 'a`kros. ] 1. (Med.) Pertaining to or affecting the surface of the body. AS [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Med.) Pertaining to acrotism. Dorland. [ AS ]

n. [ Gr. 'a priv. + kro`tos a rattling, beating. ] (Med.) Lack or defect of pulsation. AS [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Affected with amaurosis; having the characteristics of amaurosis. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Physiol.) Pertaining to anachronism. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. &unr_;, up, again + &unr_; a stroke. ] (Physiol.) A secondary notch in the pulse curve, obtained in a sphygmographic tracing. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. anapleroticus, fr. Gr. 'anaplhroy^n to fill up; 'ana` + plhroy^n to fill. ] (Med.) Of or relating to anaplerosis. [ AS ]

a. [ L. anapleroticus, fr. Gr. 'anaplhroy^n to fill up; 'ana` + plhroy^n to fill. ] n. (Med.) A substance which promotes anaplerosis. [ AS ]

a. (Med.) Good against burns or pyrosis. -- n. Anything of use in preventing or healing burns or pyrosis. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Anat.) Of or pertaining to an aponeurosis. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. 1. of or pertaining to arteriosclerosis. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

adj. 1. sexually self-satisfying, as by masturbation. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. using you own body as a sexual object. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

a. [ Gr. &unr_; stupefying. See Carotid. ] 1. Of or pertaining to stupor; as, a carotic state. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Anat.) Carotid; as, the carotic arteries. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. &unr_;, pl., from &unr_; heavy sleep: cf. F. carotide. The early Greeks believed that these arteries in some way caused drowsiness. ] (Anat.) One of the two main arteries of the neck, by which blood is conveyed from the aorta to the head. [ See Illust. of Aorta. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } a. (Anat.) Pertaining to, or near, the carotids or one of them; as, the carotid gland. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Chem.) A red crystallizable tasteless substance, extracted from the carrot. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Cata- + Gr. &unr_; a beating. ] (Physiol.) Designating, pertaining to, or characterized by, that form of pulse tracing, or sphygmogram, in which the descending portion of the curve is marked by secondary elevations due to two or more expansions of the artery in the same beat. -- Ca*tac"rotism n. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]

n. [ Cata- + dicrotism. ] (Physiol.) Quality or state of being catacrotic. -- Cat`a*di*crot"ic a. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]

a. [ See Cerotene. ] (Chem.) Pertaining to, or derived from, beeswax or Chinese wax; as, cerotic acid or alcohol. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ See Cerotene. ] (Chem.) A white crystalline substance, C27H55.OH, obtained from Chinese wax, and regarded as an alcohol of the paraffin series; -- called also cerotic alcohol, ceryl alcohol. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Cf. F. chlorotique. ] Pertaining to, or affected by, chlorosis. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Gr. &unr_; = &unr_; to knock, beat. ] (Physiol.) (a) Of or pertaining to dicrotism; as, a dicrotic pulse. (b) Of or pertaining to the second expansion of the artery in the dicrotic pulse; as, the dicrotic wave. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Physiol.) A condition in which there are two beats or waves of the arterial pulse to each beat of the heart. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Gr. &unr_; for abortion; 'ek out + &unr_; to wound, cause mischief to. ] (Med.) Having a tendency to prevent the development of anything, especially of a disease. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. An amorous composition or poem. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } a. [ Gr. &unr_;: cf. F. érotique. See Eros. ] Of or pertaining to the passion of love; treating of love; amatory. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Erotic quality. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Med.) A substance which produces an eschar; a caustic, esp., a mild caustic. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Gr. &unr_;, fr. &unr_; an eschar: cf. F. escharotique. ] (Med.) Serving or tending to form an eschar; producing a scar; caustic. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. an order of fungi having a closed ascocarp (cleistothecium) with the asci scattered rather than gathered into a hymenial layer.
Syn. -- order Eurotiales, Aspergillales, order Aspergillales. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

a. [ Gr. &unr_; sudorific. ] (Med.) Causing perspiration; diaphoretic or sudorific. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. A medicine that causes perspiration; a diaphoretic or a sudorific. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

a. [ Gr. "y`dwr water: cf. Gr. &unr_; moisture, F. hydrotique.] Causing a discharge of water or phlegm. -- n. (Med.) A hydrotic medicine. [1913 Webster]

a. Hydrotic. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Physiol.) Excessive dicrotic; as, a hyperdicrotic pulse. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Physiol.) A hyperdicrotic condition. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } a. (Physiol.) Exhibiting retarded dicrotism; as, a hypodicrotic pulse curve. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Anat.) Situated between the external and internal carotid arteries; as, an intercarotid ganglion. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Physiol.) Of, pertaining to, or showing, monocrotism; as, a monocrotic pulse; a pulse of the monocrotic type. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. mo`nos alone + &unr_; a beating. ] (Physiol.) That condition of the pulse in which the pulse curve or sphygmogram shows but a single crest, the dicrotic elevation entirely disappearing. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Med.) Affected with necrosis; as, necrotic tissue; characterized by, or producing, necrosis; as, a necrotic process. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Gr. ney^ron nerve. ] 1. Of or pertaining to the nerves; seated in the nerves; nervous; as, a neurotic disease. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Useful in disorders of, or affecting, the nerves. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Of or pertaining to neurosis{ 2 }; characteristic of neurosis{ 2 }; caused by neurosis{ 2 }. [ PJC ]

n. 1. A disease seated in the nerves. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Med.) Any toxic agent whose action is mainly directed to the great nerve centers. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ Neurotics as a class include all those poisons whose main action is upon the brain and spinal cord. They may be divided into three orders: (a) Cerebral neurotics, or those which affect the brain only. (b) Spinal neurotics, or tetanics, those which affect the spinal cord. (c) Cerebro-spinal neurotics, or those which affect both brain and spinal cord. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. A person afflicted with a neurosis{ 2 }. [ PJC ]

a. [ See Parotid. ] (Anat.) On the side of the auditory capsule; near the external ear. [ 1913 Webster ]

Parotic region (Zool.), the space around the ears. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. parotis, -idis, Gr. &unr_;, &unr_;; para` beside, near + &unr_;, &unr_;, the ear: cf. F. parotide. ] (Anat.) (a) Situated near the ear; -- applied especially to the salivary gland near the ear. (b) Of, pertaining to, or in the region of, the parotid gland. [ 1913 Webster ]

Parotid gland (Anat.), one of the salivary glands situated just in front of or below the ear. It is the largest of the salivary glands in man, and its duct opens into the interior of the mouth opposite the second molar of the upper jaw. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Anat.) The parotid gland. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ NL. See Parotid, and -itis. ] (Med.) Inflammation of the parotid glands. [ 1913 Webster ]

Epidemic parotitis or
Infectious parotitis, mumps. [ 1913 Webster ]

prop. n. A genus containing one species, the irontree.
Syn. -- genus Parrotia. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

prop. n. A genus of trees containing only one species, a deciduous tree of Himalaya.
Syn. -- genus Parrotiopsis. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

a. [ Poly- + Gr. krotei^n to beat. ] (Physiol.) Of or pertaining to polycrotism; manifesting polycrotism; as, a polycrotic pulse; a polycrotic pulse curve. [ 1913 Webster ]