{ ‖‖ } n. [ Ar. & Per. abāsī, belonging to Abas (a king of Persia). ] A silver coin of Persia, worth about twenty cents. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. 'a priv. + bi`os life + ge`nesis, origin, birth. ] (Biol.) The supposed origination of living organisms from lifeless matter; such genesis as does not involve the action of living parents; spontaneous generation; -- called also abiogeny, and opposed to biogenesis. [ 1913 Webster ]

I shall call the . . . doctrine that living matter may be produced by not living matter, the hypothesis of abiogenesis. Huxley, 1870. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. See Apsis. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. [ L. absistere, p. pr. absistens; ab + sistere to stand, causal of stare. ] To stand apart from; top leave off; to desist. [ Obs. ] Raleigh. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A standing aloof. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. abnormally high acidity of the blood and other body fluids. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ NL. ] (Med.) A chronic infectious disease of cattle and man due to infection with actinomycetes, especially by Actinomyces bovis in cattle and by Actinomyces israeli or Arachnia propionica in man. It is characterized by hard swellings usually in the mouth and jaw. In man the disease may also affect the abdomen or thorax. In cattle it is called also lumpy jaw or big jaw. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. + AS ]

‖n. [ NL.; adeno- + sclerosis. ] (Med.) The hardening of a gland. AS [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

‖n. [ NL.; L. adeps, adipis, fat + Gr. ly`sis a loosing. ] (Physiol.) The digestion of fats. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

‖n. [ Gr. &unr_;. ] Sensuous perception. [ R. ] Ruskin. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ Gr. &unr_; unmarried ('a priv. + &unr_; marriage) + &unr_; reproduction. ] (Biol.) Reproduction without the union of parents of distinct sexes: asexual reproduction. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ Gr. 'a priv. + &unr_; birth. ] (Physiol.) Any imperfect development of the body, or any anomaly of organization. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ Gr. 'a priv. + &unr_; an engendering. ] (Physiol.) Impotence; sterility. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ NL., fr. E. albumin. ] (Med.) A condition of excessively high blood albumin level. [ obsolescent ] [ Webster 1913 Suppl. + AS ]

n. 1. abnormally high alkalinity in the blood and other body fluids. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n.; pl. Amanuenses [ L., fr. a, ab + manus hand. ] A person whose employment is to write what another dictates, or to copy what another has written. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ Gr. 'amay`rosis, fr. 'amayro`s dark, dim. ] (Med.) A loss or decay of sight as the result of a neurological disease, without any perceptible changes in the eye; -- called also gutta serena, the “drop serene” of Milton. [ 1913 Webster + AS ]

Amaurosis fugax (Med.), Temporary amaurosis [ AS ]

‖n. [ NL. See A- not, and Mitosis. ] (Biol.) Cell division in which there is first a simple cleavage of the nucleus without change in its structure (such as the formation of chromosomes), followed by the division of the cytoplasm; direct cell division; -- opposed to mitosis. It is not the usual mode of division, and is believed by many to occur chiefly in highly specialized cells which are incapable of long-continued multiplication, in transitory structures, and in those in early stages of degeneration. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

‖n. [ NL., fr. Gr. 'a`mpelos vine + 'o`psis appearance. ] (Bot.) A genus formerly including the Virginia creeper. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. [ NL., fr. Gr. 'amfi` + &unr_; a joining, &unr_; a joint. ] (Anat.) A form of articulation in which the bones are connected by intervening substance admitting slight motion; symphysis. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. 'amfi` + &unr_; generation. ] (Biol.) Sexual generation; amphigony. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Amylum + genesis. ] The formation of starch. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. (Med.) A disorder characterized by deposit of extracellular amyloid{ 2 } in organs or tissues in an amount that interferes with normal function of the affected organ; it is often secondary to chronic rheumatoid arthritis or tuberculosis or multiple myeloma. Called also amyloid degeneration waxy degeneration and lardaceous degeneration. [ WordNet 1.5 + AS ]

n. [ Amylum + Gr. ly`sis a loosing. ] (Chem.) The conversion of starch into soluble products, as dextrins and sugar, esp. by the action of enzymes. -- Am`y*lo*lyt"ic a. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]

‖n. [ Gr. 'ana`basis, fr. 'anabai`nein to go up; 'ana` up + bai`nein to go. ] 1. A journey or expedition up from the coast, like that of the younger Cyrus into Central Asia, described by Xenophon in his work called “The Anabasis.” [ 1913 Webster ]

The anabasis of Napoleon. De Quincey. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Med.) The first period, or increase, of a disease; augmentation. [ Obs. ] AS [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (Med) A plant genus of the goosefoot family Chenopodiaceae. [ AS ]

n. 1. suspended animation in organisms during periods of extreme drought from which they revive when moisture returns. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

‖n. [ Gr. &unr_;, fr. &unr_;, to communicate; &unr_; up + &unr_; to make common, &unr_; common. ] (Rhet.) A figure by which a speaker appeals to his hearers or opponents for their opinion on the point in debate. Walker. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ Gr. &unr_;, fr. &unr_; to push up or back; &unr_; + &unr_; to strike. ] (Pros.) A prefix of one or two unaccented syllables to a verse properly beginning with an accented syllable. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ L., fr. Gr. &unr_;; &unr_; + &unr_; to double, &unr_;, &unr_;, twofold, double. ] (Rhet.) A repetition of the last word or any prominent word in a sentence or clause, at the beginning of the next, with an adjunct idea; as, “He retained his virtues amidst all his misfortunes -- misfortunes which no prudence could foresee or prevent.” [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. See Anaesthesia. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ Latinized fr. Gr. &unr_;; &unr_; + &unr_; to recognize. ] The unfolding or dénouement. [ R. ] De Quincey. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ ‖ } [ Gr. 'ana`lhpsis a taking up, or again, recovery, from 'analamba`nein. See Analemma. ] (Med.) (a) Recovery of strength after sickness. (b) A species of epileptic attack, originating from gastric disorder. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster + AS ]

n.; pl. Analyses [ Gr. &unr_;, fr. &unr_; to unloose, to dissolve, to resolve into its elements; &unr_; up + &unr_; to loose. See Loose. ] 1. A resolution of anything, whether an object of the senses or of the intellect, into its constituent or original elements; an examination of the component parts of a subject, each separately, as the words which compose a sentence, the tones of a tune, or the simple propositions which enter into an argument. It is opposed to synthesis. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Chem.) The separation of a compound substance, by chemical processes, into its constituents, with a view to ascertain either (a) what elements it contains, or (b) how much of each element is present. The former is called qualitative, and the latter quantitative analysis. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (Logic) The tracing of things to their source, and the resolving of knowledge into its original principles. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. (Math.) The resolving of problems by reducing the conditions that are in them to equations. [ 1913 Webster ]

5. (a) A syllabus, or table of the principal heads of a discourse, disposed in their natural order. (b) A brief, methodical illustration of the principles of a science. In this sense it is nearly synonymous with synopsis. [ 1913 Webster ]

6. (Nat. Hist.) The process of ascertaining the name of a species, or its place in a system of classification, by means of an analytical table or key. [ 1913 Webster ]

Ultimate,
Proximate,
Qualitative,
Quantitative, and
Volumetric analysis. (Chem.) See under Ultimate, Proximate, Qualitative, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Statistics) a statistical technique by which the results of an observation or experiment are analyzed to determine the relative contributions of the different possible causative factors or variables to the outcome. Abbreviated ANOVA. [ PJC ]

‖n. [ Gr. 'ana`mnhsis, fr. &unr_; to remind, recall to memory; &unr_; + &unr_; to put in mind. ] (Rhet.) A recalling to mind; recollection. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. &unr_;, fr. &unr_; to form anew; &unr_; again + &unr_; to form; morfh` form. ] 1. (Persp.) A distorted or monstrous projection or representation of an image on a plane or curved surface, which, when viewed from a certain point, or as reflected from a curved mirror or through a polyhedron, appears regular and in proportion; a deformation of an image. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Biol.) Same as Anamorphism, 2. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (Bot.) A morbid or monstrous development, or change of form, or degeneration. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. (Med.) A filling up; restoring a defective part; especially, promoting granulation of wounds or ulcers. [ AS ]

2. (Med) The process of restoring the depleted cellular metabolic intermediate pools; most commonly used to refer to the restoration of the citric acid cycle intermediates pool. [ AS ]

‖n. [ Gr. 'ana` back + &unr_; offshoot. ] (Anat.) An accessory process in many lumbar vertebræ. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n.; pl. Anastomoses [ NL., fr. Gr. &unr_; opening, fr. &unr_; to furnish with a mouth or opening, to open; &unr_; + &unr_; mouth: cf. F. anastomose. ] (Anat. & Bot.) The inosculation of vessels, or intercommunication between two or more vessels or nerves, as the cross communication between arteries or veins. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖ n. [ NL., fr. Gr. 'agky`lwsis, fr. 'agkyloy^n to crook, stiffen, fr. 'agky`los crooked: cf. F. ankylose. ] 1. (Med.) The process of formation of a stiff joint; also, the abnormal adhesion and rigidity of the bones of a joint which has become stiff. Dunglison. [ 1913 Webster + AS ]

2. (Anat.) The union of two or more separate bones to from a single bone; the close union of bones or other structures in various animals. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. 1 a genus consisting of one species: the yerba mansa.
Syn. -- genus Anemopsis. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

‖n. [ NL., fr. Gr. &unr_; wind. ] A condition in the wood of some trees in which the rings are separated, as some suppose, by the action of high winds upon the trunk; wind shake. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

‖n. [ NL.; angio- + neurosis. ] (Med.) Angioneuropathy{ 1 }. The term angioneuropathy is now used more frequently than angioneurosis. -- An`gi*o*neu*rot"ic a. [Webster 1913 Suppl. + AS]

‖n. Same as Anchylosis. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖ n. [ NL., fr. Ankylostoma, var. of Agchylostoma, generic name of one genus of the parasitic nematodes. ] (Med.) A disease caused by the hookworm parasites of the genus Ancylostoma (especially Ancylostoma duodenale), and Necator americanus. Typically, infection in humans occurs in the small intestine. In the small intestine they suck the blood from the wall and, when present in large numbers, produce a severe anaemia. Called also miner's anaemia, tunnel disease, brickmaker's anaemia, Egyptian chlorosis. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. + AS ]

‖n. [ Gr. &unr_;; 'anti`/ + 'ana`klasis a bending back and breaking. See Anaclastic. ] (Rhet.) (a) A figure which consists in repeating the same word in a different sense; as, Learn some craft when young, that when old you may live without craft. (b) A repetition of words beginning a sentence, after a long parenthesis; as, Shall that heart (which not only feels them, but which has all motions of life placed in them), shall that heart, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ Gr. &unr_; bloom, fr. 'anqei^n to bloom, 'a`nqos flower. ] (Bot.) The period or state of full expansion in a flower. Gray. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ NL. See Anthrax. ] (Med.) A chronic lung disease, common among coal miners, due to the inhalation of coal dust; -- called also collier's lung and miner's phthisis. See also the related conditions pneumomelanosis and pneumoconiosis (black lung). [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. 1. 1 the evolution or genesis of the human race.
Syn. -- anthropogeny. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. Transformation into the form of a human being. [ 1913 Webster ]