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1. acephalocystic, adj. View full entry 1824
...Of or relating to acephalocysts; of the nature of acephalocysts....
2. achroo-, comb. form View full entry 1878
...Forming the names of a small number of chemical compounds which are colourless analogues of another compound, as achroodextrin, achrooglycogen (now disused)....
3. biokinetic, adj. View full entry 1915
...Med. Designating a method of treating chilblains, frostbite, or other injuries of the skin by repeated exercise of underlying muscles. Now disused....
4. biotrophic, adj. View full entry 1902
...Vital, life-sustaining. Cf. abiotrophicabiotrophy. rare. Now disused....
5. diphtheroid, adj. and n. View full entry 1859
...Originally: resembling (that of) diphtheria. In later use: spec. (of a bacterium) resembling the causative agent of diphtheria (Corynebacterium diphtheriae), coryneform; caused by such a bacterium....
6. immunify, v. View full entry 1892
...trans. = immunize1a. Also fig....
7. immunifying, adj. View full entry 1892
...Producing immunity; = immunizing Also fig....
8. Mycetes, n.1 View full entry 1826
...A former genus comprising the howler monkeys (family Cebidae); a member of this genus....
9. palatinoid, n. View full entry 1890
...A gelatinous lozenge or cachet containing an unpalatable medicinal substance....
10. pental, n. View full entry 1891
...An oily liquid hydrocarbon, methylbut-2-ene, originally used as an anaesthetic (chiefly for dental procedures) but soon found to be toxic; (CH3)2C=CHCH3....
11. phimosed, adj. View full entry 1850
...Affected by phimosis; = phimotic...
12. pneumotyphoid, n. View full entry 1895
...Typhoid fever complicated by or presenting with pneumonia....
13. procursive, adj. View full entry 1888
...Originally: (Med.) designating a form of epilepsy in which the seizures are characterized by a sudden, impulsive running forward; also fig.; (disused). Later: (gen.)...
14. punctograph, n. View full entry 1901
...A device used in conjunction with fluoroscopy to ascertain the precise position of a foreign body embedded in tissue....
15. quinetum, n. View full entry 1875
...A mixture of alkaloids obtained from cinchona bark, used, esp. in India, as a substitute for quinine in the treatment of malaria....
16. quinine, n. View full entry 1824
...A bitter alkaloid found in cinchona bark; a drug containing this or any of several of its derivatives, employed in the treatment of malaria and (in early use) as a general febrifuge...
17. rhabdonema, n. View full entry 1886
...(In form Rhabdonema) a former genus of parasitic nematode worms (now included in the genus Ascaris) which pass through a rhabditiform stage in the life cycle; (in form...
