Anaphrodisia An·aph`ro·dis"i·a noun [ New Latin , from Greek
'an priv. + ... sexual pleasure, ... the goddess of love.]
(Medicine) Absence of sexual appetite.
Anaphrodisiac An·aph`ro·dis"i·ac adjective & noun [ Greek
'an priv. + ... pertaining to venery.]
(Medicine) Same as Antaphrodisiac . Dunglison.
Anaphroditic An·aph`ro·dit"ic adjective [ Greek ... without love.]
(Biol.) Produced without concourse of sexes.
Anaplastic An`a·plas"tic adjective Of or pertaining to anaplasty.
Anaplasty An`a·plas`ty noun [ Greek ... again + ... to form: confer French
anaplastie .]
(Surg.) The art of operation of restoring lost parts or the normal shape by the use of healthy tissue.
Anaplerotic An`a·ple·rot"ic adjective [ Latin
anapleroticus , from Greek ... to fill up; ... + ... to fill.]
(Medicine) Filling up; promoting granulation of wounds or ulcers. --
noun A remedy which promotes such granulation.
Anapnograph A·nap"no·graph noun [ Greek ... respiration +
-graph .]
A form of spirometer.
Anapnoic An`ap·no"ic adjective [ Greek ... respiration.]
(Medicine) Relating to respiration.
Anapodeictic An·ap`o·deic"tic adjective [ Greek ...;
'an priv. + .... See
Apodeictic .]
Not apodeictic; undemonstrable. [ R.]
Anapophysis An`a·poph"y·sis noun [ Greek ... back + ... offshoot.]
(Anat.) An accessory process in many lumbar vertebræ.
Anaptotic An`ap·tot"ic adjective [ Greek ... back + ... belonging to case.]
Having lost, or tending to lose, inflections by phonetic decay; as, anaptotic languages.
Anaptychus An·ap"ty·chus noun ;
plural Anaptichi [ New Latin , from Greek ... unfolding; ... back + ... to fold.]
(Paleon.) One of a pair of shelly plates found in some cephalopods, as the ammonites.
Anapæst, Anapæstic An`a·pæst, An`a·pæs"tic Same as Anapest , Anapestic .
Anarch An"arch noun [ Greek ... without head or chief;
'an priv. + ... beginning, the first place, magistracy, government.]
The author of anarchy; one who excites revolt. Milton. Imperial anarchs doubling human woes.
Byron.
Anarchal A·nar"chal adjective Lawless; anarchical. [ R.]
We are in the habit of calling those bodies of men anarchal which are in a state of effervescence.
Landor.
Anarchic, Anarchical A·nar"chic, A·nar"chic·al adjective [ Confer French
anarchique .]
Pertaining to anarchy; without rule or government; in political confusion; tending to produce anarchy; as, anarchic despotism; anarchical opinions.
Anarchism An"arch·ism noun [ Confer French
anarchisme .]
The doctrine or practice of anarchists.
Anarchist An"arch·ist noun [ Confer French
anarchiste .]
An anarch; one who advocates anarchy of aims at the overthrow of civil government.
Anarchize An"arch·ize transitive verb To reduce to anarchy.
Anarchy An"arch·y noun [ Greek ...: confer French
anarchie . See
Anarch .]
1. Absence of government; the state of society where there is no law or supreme power; a state of lawlessness; political confusion. Spread anarchy and terror all around.
Cowper.
2. Hence, confusion or disorder, in general. There being then . . . an anarchy , as I may term it, in authors and their re...koning of years.
Fuller.
Anarthropoda An`ar·throp"o·da noun plural [ New Latin , from Greek ... without joints +
-poda . See
Anarthrous .]
(Zoology) One of the divisions of Articulata in which there are no jointed legs, as the annelids; -- opposed to Arthropoda .
Anarthropodous An`ar·throp"o·dous adjective (Zoology) Having no jointed legs; pertaining to Anarthropoda.
Anarthrous An·ar"throus adjective [ Greek
'a`narqros without joints, without the article;
'an priv. +
'a`rqron joint, the article.]
1. (Gr. Gram.) Used without the article; as, an anarthrous substantive. 2. (Zoology) Without joints, or having the joints indistinct, as some insects.
Anas A"nas noun [ Latin , duck.]
(Zoology) A genus of water fowls, of the order Anseres, including certain species of fresh-water ducks.
Anasarca An`a·sar"ca noun [ New Latin , from Greek ... throughout + ..., ..., flesh.]
(Medicine) Dropsy of the subcutaneous cellular tissue; an effusion of serum into the cellular substance, occasioning a soft, pale, inelastic swelling of the skin.
Anasarcous An`a·sar"cous adjective Belonging, or affected by, anasarca, or dropsy; dropsical. Wiseman.
Anaseismic An`a·seis"mic adjective [ Confer Greek ... a shaking up and down.]
Moving up and down; -- said of earthquake shocks.
Anastaltic An`a·stal"tic (-stăl"tĭk)
adjective & noun [ Greek
'anastaltiko`s fitted for checking, from
'ana` +
ste`llein to send.]
(Medicine) Styptic. [ Obsolete]
Coxe.
Anastate An"a·state noun [ Greek ... up + ... to make to stand.]
(Physiol.) One of a series of substances formed, in secreting cells, by constructive or anabolic processes, in the production of protoplasm; -- opposed to katastate . Foster.
Anastatic An`a·stat"ic adjective [ Greek ... up + ... to make to stand: confer ... causing to stand.]
Pertaining to a process or a style of printing from characters in relief on zinc plates. In this process the letterpress, engraving, or design of any kind is transferred to a zinc plate; the parts not covered with ink are eaten out, leaving a facsimile in relief to be printed from.
Anastigmatic An·as`tig·mat"ic adjective [ Prefix
an- not +
astigmatic .]
(Optics) Not astigmatic; -- said esp. of a lens system which consists of a converging lens and a diverging lens of equal and opposite astigmatism but different focal lengths, and sensibly free from astigmatism.
Anastomose A·nas"to·mose intransitive verb [
impast participle p. Anastomozed ;
present participle & verbal noun Anastomosing .] [ Confer French
anastomoser , from
anastomose . See
Anastomosis .]
(Anat. & Bot.) To inosculate; to intercommunicate by anastomosis, as the arteries and veins. The ribbing of the leaf, and the anastomosing network of its vessels.
I. Taylor.
Anastomose A·nas"to·mose intransitive verb Of any channels or lines, to meet and unite or run into each other, as rivers; to coalesce; to interjoin.
Anastomosis A·nas`to·mo"sis noun ;
plural Anastomoses [ New Latin , from Greek ... opening, from ... to furnish with a mouth or opening, to open; ... +
sto`ma mouth: confer French
anastomose .]
(Anat. & Bot.) The inosculation of vessels, or intercommunication between two or more vessels or nerves, as the cross communication between arteries or veins.
Anastomotic A·nas`to·mot"ic adjective Of or pertaining to anastomosis.
Anastrophe A·nas"tro·phe noun [ Greek ..., from ... to turn up or back; ... + ... to turn.]
(Rhet. & Gram.) An inversion of the natural order of words; as, echoed the hills , for, the hills echoed .
Anathema A·nath"e·ma noun ;
plural Anathemas [ Latin
anath...ma , from Greek ... anything devoted, esp. to evil, a curse; also Latin
anath...ma , from Greek ... a votive offering; all from ... to set up as a votive gift, dedicate; ... up + ... to set. See
Thesis .]
1. A ban or curse pronounced with religious solemnity by ecclesiastical authority, and accompanied by excommunication. Hence: Denunciation of anything as accursed. [ They] denounce anathemas against unbelievers.
Priestley.
2. An imprecation; a curse; a malediction. Finally she fled to London followed by the anathemas of both [ families].
Thackeray.
3. Any person or thing anathematized, or cursed by ecclesiastical authority. The Jewish nation were an anathema destined to destruction. St. Paul . . . says he could wish, to save them from it, to become an anathema , and be destroyed himself.
Locke.
Anathema Maranatha (see
1 Cor. xvi. 22 ),
an expression commonly considered as a highly intensified form of anathema . Maran atha is now considered as a separate sentence, meaning, "Our Lord cometh."
Anathematic, Anathematical A·nath`e·mat"ic, A·nath`e·mat"ic·al adjective Pertaining to, or having the nature of, an anathema. --
A*nath`e*mat"ic*al*ly ,
adverb
Anathematism A·nath"e·ma·tism noun [ Greek ... a cursing; confer French
anathématisme .]
Anathematization. [ Obsolete]
We find a law of Justinian forbidding anathematisms to be pronounced against the Jewish Hellenists.
J. Taylor.
Anathematization A·nath`e·ma·ti·za"tion noun [ Late Latin
anathematisatio .]
The act of anathematizing, or denouncing as accursed; imprecation. Barrow.
Anathematize A·nath"e·ma·tize transitive verb [
imperfect & past participle Anathematized ;
present participle & verbal noun Anathematizing .] [ Latin
anathematizare , Greek ... to devote, make accursed: confer French
anathématiser .]
To pronounce an anathema against; to curse. Hence: To condemn publicly as something accursed. Milton.
Anathematizer A·nath"e·ma·ti`zer noun One who pronounces an anathema. Hammond.
Anatifa A·nat"i·fa noun ;
plural Anatifæ [ New Latin , contr. from
anatifera . See
Anatiferous .]
(Zoology) An animal of the barnacle tribe, of the genus Lepas , having a fleshy stem or peduncle; a goose barnacle. See Cirripedia . » The term
Anatifæ , in the plural, is often used for the whole group of pedunculated cirripeds.
Anatifer A·nat"i·fer noun (Zoology) Same as Anatifa .
Anatiferous An`a·tif"er·ous adjective [ Latin
anas ,
anatis , a duck +
-ferous .]
(Zoology) Producing ducks; -- applied to Anatifæ , under the absurd notion of their turning into ducks or geese. See Barnacle .
Anatine An"a·tine adjective [ Latin
anatinus , from
anas ,
anatis , a duck.]
(Zoology) Of or pertaining to the ducks; ducklike.
Anatocism A·nat"o·cism noun [ Latin
anatocismus , Greek ...; ... again + ... to lend on interest.]
(Law) Compound interest. [ R.]
Bouvier.
Anatomic, Anatomical An`a·tom"ic, An`a·tom"ic·al adjective [ Latin
anatomicus , Greek ...: confer French
anatomique . See
Anatomy .]
Of or relating to anatomy or dissection; as, the anatomic art; anatomical observations. Hume.
Anatomically An`a·tom"ic·al·ly adverb In an anatomical manner; by means of dissection.
Anatomism A·nat"o·mism noun [ Confer French
anatomisme .]
1. The application of the principles of anatomy, as in art. The stretched and vivid anatomism of their [ i. e. , the French ] great figure painters .
The London Spectator.
2. The doctrine that the anatomical structure explains all the phenomena of the organism or of animal life.
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