Pythonist Pyth"o·nist noun A conjurer; a diviner.
Pythonomorpha Pyth`o·no·mor"pha noun plural [ New Latin See
Python , and
-morphous .]
(Paleon.) Same as Mosasauria .
Pyuria Py·u"ri·a noun [ New Latin , from Greek ... pus + ... urine.]
(Medicine) A morbid condition in which pus is discharged in the urine.
Pyx Pyx noun [ Latin
pyxis a box, Greek
pyxi`s a box, especially of boxwood, from
py`xos the box tree or boxwood. See
Box a receptacle.] [ Written also
pix .]
1. (R. C. Ch.) The box, case, vase, or tabernacle, in which the host is reserved. 2. A box used in the British mint as a place of deposit for certain sample coins taken for a trial of the weight and fineness of metal before it is sent from the mint. Mushet. 3. (Nautical) The box in which the compass is suspended; the binnacle. Weale. 4. (Anat.) Same as Pyxis . Pyx cloth (R. C. Ch.) ,
a veil of silk or lace covering the pyx. --
Trial of the pyx ,
the annual testing, in the English mint, of the standard of gold and silver coins. Encyc. Brit.
Pyx Pyx transitive verb To test as to weight and fineness, as the coins deposited in the pyx. [ Eng.]
Mushet.
Pyxidate Pyx"i·date adjective Having a pyxidium.
Pyxidium Pyx·id"i·um noun ;
plural Pyxidia . [ New Latin , from Greek ..., dim. a ... a box. See
Pyx .]
(Botany) (a) A pod which divides circularly into an upper and lower half, of which the former acts as a kind of lid, as in the pimpernel and purslane. (b) The theca of mosses.
Pyxie Pyx"ie (pĭks"ĭ)
noun (Botany) Same as Pixy .
Pyxis Pyx·is noun [ Latin ]
1. A box; a pyx. 2. (Botany) A pyxidium. 3. (Anat.) The acetabulum. See Acetabulum , 2.
Pyæmia Py·æ"mi·a noun [ New Latin , from Greek ... pus + ... blood.]
(Medicine) A form of blood poisoning produced by the absorption into the blood of morbid matters usually originating in a wound or local inflammation. It is characterized by the development of multiple abscesses throughout the body, and is attended with irregularly recurring chills, fever, profuse sweating, and exhaustion.
Pyæmia Py·æ"mi·a Py*e"mi*a noun [ New Latin , from Greek ... pus + ... blood.] (Medicine) A form of blood poisoning produced by the absorption of pyogenic microorganisms into the blood, usually from a wound or local inflammation. It is characterized by multiple abscesses throughout the body, and is attended with irregularly recurring chills, fever, profuse sweating, and exhaustion. -- Py*æ"mic , Py*e"mic adjective
Pyæmic Py·æ"mic adjective Of or pertaining to pyæmia; of the nature of pyæmia.
Pæan Pæ"an (pē`
a n)
noun [ Latin
paean , Greek
paia`n , from
Paia`n the physician of the gods, later, Apollo. Confer
Pæon ,
Peony .] [ Written also
pean .]
1. An ancient Greek hymn in honor of Apollo as a healing deity, and, later, a song addressed to other deities. 2. Any loud and joyous song; a song of triumph. Dryden. "Public
pæans of congratulation."
De Quincey. 3. See Pæon .
Pædobaptism Pæ`do·bap"tism (pē`do*băp"tĭz'm)
noun Pedobaptism.
Pædogenesis Pæ`do·gen"esis (pē`do*jĕn"e*sĭs)
noun [ Greek
pai^s ,
paido`s , child + English
genesis .]
(Zoology) Reproduction by young or larval animals.
Pædogenetic Pæ`do·ge·net"ic (-je*nĕt"ĭk)
adjective (Zoology) Producing young while in the immature or larval state; -- said of certain insects, etc.
Pæon Pæ"on (pē"ŏn)
noun [ Latin
paeon , Greek
paiw`n a solemn song, also, a pæon, equiv. to
paia`n . See
Pæan .]
(Anc. Poet.) A foot of four syllables, one long and three short, admitting of four combinations, according to the place of the long syllable. [ Written also, less correctly,
pæan .]
Pæonine Pæ"o·nine (pē"o*nĭn)
noun (Chemistry) An artifical red nitrogenous dyestuff, called also red coralline .
Pæony Pæ"o·ny (pē"o*nȳ)
noun (Botany) See Peony .
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