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‖ a. [ NL., fr. Gr. 'anaimi`a; 'an priv. + a'i^ma blood. ] (Med.) A morbid condition in which number of the red blood cells or concentration of hemoglobin decreases below that of normal. [ 1913 Webster + AS ]

a. 1. Of or pertaining to anaemia. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Med.) Suffering from anaemia. [ PJC ]

{ ‖ , n. pl. [ NL. anaerobia; an-not + aëro- + Gr.&unr_; life. ] (Bacteriol.) Anaërobic bacteria. They are called facultative anaërobes when able to live either in the presence or absence of free oxygen; obligate anaërobes, or obligatory anaërobes, when they thrive only in its absence. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

a. [ Pref. an-not + aërobic. ] 1. (Biol.) Not requiring air or oxygen for life; -- applied especially to those microbes to which free oxygen is unnecessary; anaërobiotic; -- opposed to aërobic. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

2. (Biol.) Relating to, or like, anaërobies; anaërobiotic. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. pl. [ Gr. 'an priv. + &unr_;, &unr_;, air + bi`os life. ] (Biol.) Microörganisms which do not require oxygen, but are killed by it. See obligate anaerobes under anaerobes. Sternberg. [ 1913 Webster +PJC ]

a. (Anat.) Related to, or of the nature of, anaërobies. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖ n. [ NL., fr. Gr. 'anaisqhsi`a; 'an priv. + a'i`sqhsis feeling, a'isqa`nesqai to feel: cf. F. anesthésie. See aesthetics. ] (Med.) Entire or partial loss or absence of feeling or sensation; a state of general or local insensibility produced by disease or by the inhalation or application of an anaesthetic. AS [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. See Anaesthesia. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖ a. (Med.) (a) Capable of causing anesthesia; as, anæsthetic agents. (b) Characterized by, or connected with, anesthesia; as, an anæsthetic effect or operation. [ 1913 Webster + AS ]

‖ AS, n. (Med.) A substance which produces anesthesia, as chloroform, ether, etc. [ 1913 Webster + AS ]

n. The process of anæsthetizing; also, the condition of the nervous system induced by anæsthetics. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖ , v. t. (Med.) To produce anesthesia by an anæsthetic. Encyc. Brit. [ 1913 Webster + AS ]

adj. 1. rendered insensible by means of anesthesia. [ Also spelled anesthetized. ] [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. 1. 1 a family name used in some classifications for the swans.
Syn. -- subfamily Anserinae. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

‖ [ L., the tree of Diana, or silver. ] (Chem.) A precipitation of silver, in a beautiful arborescent form. [ 1913 Webster ]

/mhw>, n.; pl. E. Atheneums L. Athenæa [ L. Athenaeum, Gr. 'Aqhnai`on a temple of Minerva at Athens, fr. 'Aqhna^, contr. fr. 'Aqhna`a, 'Aqhnai`a, in Homer 'Aqh`nh, 'Aqhnai`n, Athene (called Minerva by the Romans), the tutelary goddess of Athens. ] 1. (Gr. Antiq.) A temple of Athene, at Athens, in which scholars and poets were accustomed to read their works and instruct students. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A school founded at Rome by Hadrian. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. A literary or scientific association or club. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. A building or an apartment where a library, periodicals, and newspapers are kept for use. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. a term essentially coextensive with the genus Bos, including cattle, buffalo, and sometimes kudu; -- it is not used technically.
Syn. -- subfamily Bovinae. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. the name of a battle in which Hannibal defeated the Romans in 216 b. c. Called also battle of Cannae. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. a subfamily of birds consisting of the old world finches, many of which have taken up residence in the Americas; -- it is a subgroup of finches used in some classifications, in which the Fringillidae are divided into two subfamilies, the Carduelinae (including the goldfinches, siskins, redpolls, crossbills, and linnets) and Fringillinae (the brambling and the chaffinches). The siskins and goldfinches have migrated as far south as the southern end of South America. T. M. Shortt.
Syn. -- subfamily Carduelinae. [ WordNet 1.5 +PJC ]

n. a natural family comprising the honeycreepers.
Syn. -- Coerebidae, family Coerebidae, family Dacninae. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. (Bot.) a class of plants comprising those seed plants that produce an embryo with two cotyledons and net-veined leaves; divided into six (not always well distinguished) subclasses (or superorders): Magnoliidae and Hamamelidae (considered primitive); Caryophyllidae (an early and distinctive offshoot); and three more or less advanced groups: Dilleniidae; Rosidae; Asteridae.
Syn. -- Dicotyledones, class Dicotyledones, class Dicotyledonae, Magnoliopsida, class Magnoliopsida. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

‖n. [ NL., fr. Gr. &unr_; a name of Aphrodite. ] (Bot.) An insectivorous plant. See Venus's flytrap. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖ [ L. ] The actors in a drama or play. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ NL., fr. gr. &unr_; easy breathing; e'y^ well + &unr_; to breathe. ] (Physiol.) Normal breathing where arterialization of the blood is normal, in distinction from dyspnæa, in which the blood is insufficiently arterialized. Foster. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n.; pl. [ NL., fr. L. gallina a hen, gallus a cock. ] (Zool.) An order of birds, including the common domestic fowls, pheasants, grouse, quails, and allied forms; -- sometimes called Rasores. [ 1913 Webster ]

prop. n. A subfamily of the crow family, including the jays.
Syn. -- subfamily Garrulinae. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. (Zool.) A natural family of rodents including the gerbils.
Syn. -- subfamily Gerbillinae. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

‖prop. n. pl. [ NL., fr. Gregarina the typical genus, fr. L. gregarius. See Gregarious. ] (Zool.) An order of Protozoa, allied to the Rhizopoda, and parasitic in other animals, as in the earthworm, lobster, etc. When adult, they have a small, wormlike body inclosing a nucleus, but without external organs; in one of the young stages, they are amœbiform; -- called also Gregarinida, and Gregarinaria. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. The same as Gynecian. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ ‖‖ } n. [ L., fr. Gr. gynaikei^on women's apartments, fr. gynh` a woman. ] That part of a large house, among the ancients, exclusively appropriated to women. [ Written also gyneceum, gynecium. ] Tennyson. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The branch of medicine that deals with the diseases and hygiene of women; same as gynecology.
Syn. -- gynecology. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ Gr. gynaikei^on the women's apartments + fe`rein to bear. ] (Zool.) A ventral canal or groove, in which the males of some diœcious trematodes carry the female. See Illust. of Hæmatozoa. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. Of or pertaining to gynecology; same as gynecological.
Syn. -- gynecologic. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

‖n. [ Hemi- + anaesthesia. ] (Med.) Anaesthesia upon one side of the body. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Physiol.) Kinesodic. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ NL., fr. Gr. kinei^n to move + &unr_; perception. ] (Physiol.) The perception attendant upon the movements of the muscles; the sensation accompanying movement of the muscles. [ Also spelled kin`es*the"sia and kin`es*the"sis. ] Bastian. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ }, a. Of, pertaining to, or involving, kinaesthesia. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

‖n.; pl. L. Lacunæ E. Lacunas [ L., ditch, pit, lake, orig., anything hollow. See Lagoon. ] 1. A small opening; a small pit or depression; a small blank space; a gap or vacancy; a hiatus. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Biol.) A small opening; a small depression or cavity; a space, as a vacant space between the cells of plants, or one of the spaces left among the tissues of the lower animals, which serve in place of vessels for the circulation of the body fluids, or the cavity or sac, usually of very small size, in a mucous membrane. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n.; pl. L. Lagenæ E. Lagenas [ L., a flask; cf. Gr. &unr_;, &unr_;. ] (Anat.) The terminal part of the cochlea in birds and most reptiles; an appendage of the sacculus, corresponding to the cochlea, in fishes and amphibians. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ NL., fr. L. Lernaeus Lernæan, fr. Lerna, Gr. Le`rnh, a forest and marsh near Argos, the mythological abode of the hydra. ] (Zool.) A Linnæan genus of parasitic Entomostraca, -- the same as the family Lernæidæ. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ The genus is restricted by modern Zoologists to a limited number of species similar to Lernæa branchialis found on the gills of the cod. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. pl. [ NL. See Lernæa. ] (Zool.) A suborder of copepod Crustacea, including a large number of remarkable forms, mostly parasitic on fishes. The young, however, are active and swim freely. See Illustration in Appendix. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖prop. n. [ NL., fr. Gr. limnai^os pertaining to a marsh, fr. li`mh a marsh. ] (Zool.) A genus of fresh-water air-breathing mollusks, abundant in ponds and streams; -- called also pond snail. [ Written also Lymnæa. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A genus with only one species, the twinflower.
Syn. -- genus Linnaea. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

‖pos>n. [ NL. Linnaeus Linnæan + L. borealis northern. ] (Bot.) The twin flower which grows in cold northern climates. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } prop. a. Of or pertaining to Linnæus, the celebrated Swedish botanist. [ 1913 Webster ]

Linnaean system,
Linnean system (Bot.), the system in which the classes of plants are founded mainly upon the number of stamens, and the orders upon the pistils; the artificial or sexual system. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ See Linnæan. ] (Min.) A mineral of pale steel-gray color and metallic luster, occurring in isometric crystals, and also massive. It is a sulphide of cobalt containing some nickel or copper. [ 1913 Webster ]

pos>n. Carolus Linnaeus, also called Karl von Linné. Born at Råshult, Småland, Sweden, May 13, 1707: died at Upsala, Sweden, Jan. 10, 1778. A celebrated Swedish botanist and naturalist, founder of the Linnean system in botany. He made a journey to Lapland in 1732; resided in the Netherlands 1735-38; and became professor of medicine (later of botany) at Upsala in 1741. Among his works are “Systema naturæ” (1735), “Fundamenta botanica” (1736), “Genera plantarum” (1737), “Flora lapponica” (1737), “Philosophia botanica” (1751), and “Species plantarum” (1753). [ Century Dict. 1906 ]

n. A subdivision of mammals including the otters; it is not used in some classifications.
Syn. -- subfamily Lutrinae. [ WordNet 1.5 ]