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1. abdominoscopy, n. View full entry 1826
...Originally: examination of the abdomen by visual inspection or by other standard methods of physical examination (palpation, percussion, etc.) (now disused). In later use: endoscopic examination of the abdominal cavity;...
2. acalephan, n. and adj. View full entry 1834
...An animal of the former class Acalepha; esp. a jellyfish. Obs....
3. acanthin, n. View full entry 1876
...A substance forming the skeletal elements of certain radiolarians whose skeletons are not siliceous, eventually identified as strontium chloride....
4. acanthopterous, adj. View full entry 1838
...Of a fish: spiny-finned; = acanthopterygious Now disused....
5. acara, n. View full entry 1830
...Any of several deep-bodied, freshwater cichlid fishes native to Central and South America, with elongated dorsal and anal fins; esp. one now in the genus Aequidens or ...
6. acephalocyst, n. View full entry 1814
...A cyst formed by and containing the larva of a tapeworm, esp. one of the genus Echinococcus; a hydatid. ...
7. acephalocystic, adj. View full entry 1824
...Of or relating to acephalocysts; of the nature of acephalocysts....
8. acetoacetic, adj. View full entry 1880
...= acetoacetic ester...
9. acholia, n. View full entry 1835
...Absent or reduced secretion of bile. In early use also: any of several diseases (supposedly) characterized by this, esp. cholera (cholera4) and coeliac disease (now disused...
10. 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)....
11. acopic, adj. View full entry 1846
...That serves as a remedy for fatigue....
12. acroblast, n. View full entry 1884
...Embryol. In the terminology of J. Kollmann: a germ layer giving rise to embryonic mesenchyme; a cell of such tissue. Now disused....
13. acronarcotic, adj. View full entry 1816
...Of a poison or its effect: both corrosive or irritating and narcotic....
14. actinophone, n. View full entry 1881
...An apparatus in which sound is produced as a result of the action of sunlight on it....
15. actinophorous, adj. View full entry 1857
...Characterized by radiating projections....
16. actinopod, n. and adj. View full entry 1896
...A holothurian of the former order Actinopoda. rare. Now disused....
17. Actinopoda, n. View full entry 1896
...In Ludwig's classification: an order of holothuroid echinoderms having radial canals. rare. Now disused....
18. acupunctuation, n. View full entry 1821
...= acupuncture...
19. adamantoid, n. and adj. View full entry 1850
...Crystallogr. A polyhedron bounded by forty-eight equal scalene triangles; = hexoctahedronb. Now disused....
20. adamellite, n. View full entry 1896
...= tonalite Now disused....
