it>or /mhw> [ Contr. from Gr. dey`teros second. ] (Chem.) A prefix which formerly properly indicated the second in a regular series of compound in the series, and not to its composition, but which is now generally employed in the same sense as bi- or di-, although little used. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Gr. &unr_; second + E. canonical. ] Pertaining to a second canon, or ecclesiastical writing of inferior authority; -- said of the Apocrypha, certain Epistles, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ See Deuterogamy. ] One who marries the second time. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. &unr_;; &unr_; second + &unr_; wedding, marriage. ] A second marriage, after the death of the first husband of wife; -- in distinction from bigamy, as defined in the old canon law. See Bigamy. Goldsmith. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Gr. &unr_; second + root of gi`gnesqai to be born. ] (Geol.) Of secondary origin; -- said of certain rocks whose material has been derived from older rocks. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The writer of Deuteronomy. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. &unr_;; &unr_; second + &unr_; law: cf. L. Deuteronomium. ] (Bibl.) The fifth book of the Pentateuch, containing the second giving of the law by Moses.

a. Pertaining to deuteropathy; of the nature of deuteropathy. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ ‖ } n. [ NL. deuteropathia, fr. Gr. &unr_; second + &unr_; suffering, fr. &unr_;, &unr_;, to suffer: cf. F. deutéropathie. ] (Med.) A sympathetic affection of any part of the body, as headache from an overloaded stomach. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. &unr_; second + -scopy. ] 1. Second sight. [ 1913 Webster ]

I felt by anticipation the horrors of the Highland seers, whom their gift of deuteroscopy compels to witness things unmeet for mortal eye. Sir W. Scott. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. That which is seen at a second view; a meaning beyond the literal sense; the second intention; a hidden signification. Sir T. Browne. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. &unr_; second + E. zooid. ] (Zool.) One of the secondary, and usually sexual, zooids produced by budding or fission from the primary zooids, in animals having alternate generations. In the tapeworms, the joints are deuterozooids. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Chem.) Same as Deutohydroguret.

n. [ Pref. deut-, deuto- + hydroguret. ] (Chem.) A compound containing in the molecule two atoms of hydrogen united with some other element or radical. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Pref. deuto- + Gr. &unr_; form. ] (Biol.) The lifeless food matter in the cytoplasm of an ovum or a cell, as distinguished from the active or true protoplasm; yolk substance; yolk. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Pref. deuto- + Gr. &unr_; plastic. ] (Biol.) Pertaining to, or composed of, deutoplasm. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Pref. deuto- + sulphuret. ] (Chem.) A disulphide. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Pref. deut- + oxide. ] (Chem.) A compound containing in the molecule two atoms of oxygen united with some other element or radical; -- usually called dioxide, or less frequently, binoxide. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ NL. Named after Jan Deutz of Holland. ] (Bot.) A genus of shrubs with pretty white flowers, much cultivated.

n. [ Gr. paideytikh`, fr. paidey`ein to teach, fr. pai^s, paido`s, a boy. ] The science or art of teaching. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The modern dialects spoken in the north of Germany, taken collectively; modern Low German. See Low German, under German. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ , a. [ Gr. &unr_; to teach beforehand; &unr_; before + &unr_; to bring up a child, to educate, teach, fr. &unr_;, &unr_;, a child. ] Of, pertaining to, or conveying, preliminary instruction; introductory to any art or science; instructing beforehand. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The preliminary learning connected with any art or science; preparatory instruction. [ 1913 Webster ]