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1. ab-, comb. form View full entry 1904
...Prefixed to the names of units (esp. of electrical and magnetic quantities) in the practical system to form the names of the corresponding units in the centimetre-gram-second electromagnetic system, as abampere...
2. 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;...
3. acanthopterous, adj. View full entry 1838
...Of a fish: spiny-finned; = acanthopterygious Now disused....
4. acanthopterygious, adj. View full entry 1753
...Ray-finned; = acanthopterygian...
5. acephalocystic, adj. View full entry 1824
...Of or relating to acephalocysts; of the nature of acephalocysts....
6. acetoacetic, adj. View full entry 1880
...= acetoacetic ester...
7. achromycin, n. View full entry 1952
...The antibiotic puromycin. rare. Now disused....
8. 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....
9. acronarcotic, adj. View full entry 1816
...Of a poison or its effect: both corrosive or irritating and narcotic....
10. actinophone, n. View full entry 1881
...An apparatus in which sound is produced as a result of the action of sunlight on it....
11. actinophorous, adj. View full entry 1857
...Characterized by radiating projections....
12. actinopod, n. and adj. View full entry 1896
...A holothurian of the former order Actinopoda. rare. Now disused....
13. acupunctuation, n. View full entry 1821
...= acupuncture...
14. adamantoid, n. and adj. View full entry 1850
...Crystallogr. A polyhedron bounded by forty-eight equal scalene triangles; = hexoctahedronb. Now disused....
15. adenology, n. View full entry 1721
...A branch of medical science dealing with the structure and function of glands and lymphoid organs....
16. adhesiveness, n. View full entry 1663
...The quality of being adhesive (lit. and fig.)....
17. adicity, n. View full entry 1882
...W. Odling's term for: combining power, valency. Cf. monad4, dyad2a, etc....
18. adipocellulose, n. View full entry 1887
...Any of various insoluble waxy compounds found in the cell walls of certain plants which make them more or less impermeable to water, esp. suberin (in cork) and cutin (in...
19. admaxillary, adj. and n. View full entry 1881
...Situated close to or connected with the maxilla; (in early use) spec. designating accessory salivary glands associated with the parotid and submaxillary glands in certain mammals. Now rare....
20. adrenaline, n. View full entry 1893
...Physiol. and Med. Originally: an extract of the adrenal glands of animals, supposedly containing a mixture of cortical and medullary hormones (now disused). In later use: ...
