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1. A, n. View full entry OE
...The letter, and the sound it represents....
2. abdomen, n. View full entry ?1541
...Anat. and Zool. In humans and other vertebrates: the belly; the part of the trunk of body between the chest and the pelvis; the cavity of the body bounded...
3. 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;...
4. acalephan, n. and adj. View full entry 1834
...An animal of the former class Acalepha; esp. a jellyfish. Obs....
5. 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....
6. acanthopterous, adj. View full entry 1838
...Of a fish: spiny-finned; = acanthopterygious Now disused....
7. acanthopterygious, adj. View full entry 1753
...Ray-finned; = acanthopterygian...
8. accession, n. View full entry 1551
...Something which is added or joined to another thing; an augmentation. Also: a person who joins a group of others....
9. acephal, n. and adj. View full entry a1387
...Church Hist. = Acephalian Also: †a priest who is not subject to the authority of a bishop (cf. acephali1) (obs.rare). Usu. with capital...
10. 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. ...
11. acephalocystic, adj. View full entry 1824
...Of or relating to acephalocysts; of the nature of acephalocysts....
12. acetoacetic, adj. View full entry 1880
...= acetoacetic ester...
13. 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...
14. achromycin, n. View full entry 1952
...The antibiotic puromycin. rare. Now disused....
15. 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)....
16. acid, adj. and n. View full entry 1626
...In general use: sour, tart, sharp to the taste; tasting like vinegar....
17. 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....
18. acronarcotic, adj. View full entry 1816
...Of a poison or its effect: both corrosive or irritating and narcotic....
19. actinophorous, adj. View full entry 1857
...Characterized by radiating projections....
20. actinopod, n. and adj. View full entry 1896
...A holothurian of the former order Actinopoda. rare. Now disused....
