Phyllorhine Phyl"lo·rhine adjective [ Phyllo- + Greek ..., ..., the nose.] (Zoology) Of or pertaining to Phyllorhina and other related genera of bats that have a leaflike membrane around the nostrils.

Phyllosoma Phyl`lo·so"ma noun [ New Latin See Phyllo- , and -some body.] (Zoology) The larva of the spiny lobsters ( Palinurus and allied genera). Its body is remarkably thin, flat, and transparent; the legs are very long. Called also glass-crab , and glass- shrimp .

Phyllostome Phyl"lo·stome (fĭl"lo*stōm) noun [ Phyllo- + Greek sto`ma mouth.] (Zoology) Any bat of the genus Phyllostoma , or allied genera, having large membranes around the mouth and nose; a nose-leaf bat.

Phyllostomid Phyl·los"to·mid noun A phyllostome.

Phyllotactic Phyl`lo·tac"tic adjective (Botany) Of or pertaining to phyllotaxy.

Phyllotaxy, Phyllotaxis Phyl"lo·tax`y, Phyl"lo·tax`is noun [ Phyllo- + Greek ta`xis order.] (Botany) The order or arrangement of leaves on the stem; the science of the relative position of leaves.

Phyllous Phyl"lous adjective (Botany) Homologous with a leaf; as, the sepals, petals, stamens, and pistils are phyllous organs.

Phylloxanthin Phyl`lo·xan"thin noun [ Phyllo- + Greek ... yellow.] (Botany) A yellow coloring matter extracted from chlorophyll.

Phylloxera Phyl`lox·e"ra noun [ New Latin , from Greek ... leaf + ... dry.] 1. (Zoology) A small hemipterous insect ( Phylloxera vastatrix ) allied to the aphids. It attacks the roots and leaves of the grapevine, doing great damage, especially in Europe.

» It exists in several forms, some of which are winged, other wingless. One form produces galls on the leaves and twigs, another affects the roots, causing galls or swellings, and often killing the vine.

2. The diseased condition of a vine caused by the insect just described.

Phylogenesis, Phylogeny Phy`lo·gen"e·sis, Phy·log"e·ny noun [ Greek ... tribe + English genesis , or root of Greek ... to be born.] The history of genealogical development; the race history of an animal or vegetable type; the historic exolution of the phylon or tribe, in distinction from ontogeny , or the development of the individual organism, and from biogenesis , or life development generally.

Phylogenetic Phy·lo·ge·net"ic adjective Relating to phylogenesis, or the race history of a type of organism. -- Phy*lo*ge*net"ic*al*ly adverb

Phylon Phy"lon noun ; plural Phyla . [ New Latin , from Greek ... race, tribe.] (Biol.) A tribe.

Phylum Phy"lum noun ; plural Phyla . [ New Latin See Phylon .] (Zoology) One of the larger divisions of the animal kingdom; a branch; a grand division.

Phylum Phy"lum noun (Biol.) A series of animals or plants genetically connected.

Phyma Phy"ma noun ; plural Phymata . [ New Latin , from Greek ..., from ... to produce.] (Medicine) A tubercle on any external part of the body.

Physa Phy"sa noun [ New Latin , from Greek ... a bellows.] (Zoology) A genus of fresh-water Pulmonifera, having reversed spiral shells. See Pond snail , under Pond .

Physalia Phy·sa"li·a noun [ New Latin , from Greek ... a bladder, from ... a bellows.] (Zoology) A genus of large oceanic Siphonophora which includes the Portuguese man-of- war.

» It has a large air sac, or float, with a sail-like crest on its upper side. Numerous zooids of different kinds are attached to the under side of the float. Some of the zooids have very long tentacles; some have a mouth and digest food; others produce gonophores. The American species ( Physalia arethusa ) is brilliantly colored, the float being pink or purple, and bright blue; the zooids blue. It is noted for its virulent stinging powers, as well as for its beautiful colors, graceful motions, and its ability to sail to windward.

Physaliæ Phy·sa"li·æ noun plural [ New Latin ] (Zoology) An order of Siphonophora which includes Physalia.

Physemaria Phys`e·ma"ri·a noun plural [ New Latin , from Greek ... a blowing.] (Zoology) A group of simple marine organisms, usually classed as the lowest of the sponges. They have inflated hollow bodies.

Physeter Phy·se"ter noun [ Latin , from Greek ..., from ... to blow: confer French physétère .] 1. (Zoology) The genus that includes the sperm whale.

2. A filtering machine operated by air pressure.

Physianthropy Phys`i·an"thro·py noun [ Greek fy`sis nature + ... man.] The philosophy of human life, or the doctrine of the constitution and diseases of man, and their remedies.

Physic Phys"ic noun [ Middle English phisike , fisike , Old French phisique , French physique knowledge of nature, physics, Latin physica , physice , from Greek ..., from fysiko`s natural, from fy`sis nature, from ... to produce, grow, akin to English be . See Be , and confer Physics , Physique .] 1. The art of healing diseases; the science of medicine; the theory or practice of medicine. "A doctor of physik ." Chaucer.

2. A specific internal application for the cure or relief of sickness; a remedy for disease; a medicine.

3. Specifically, a medicine that purges; a cathartic.

4. A physician. [ R.] Shak.

Physic nut (Botany) , a small tropical American euphorbiaceous tree ( Jatropha Curcas ), and its seeds, which are well flavored, but contain a drastic oil which renders them dangerous if eaten in large quantities.

Physic Phys"ic transitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Physiced ; present participle & verbal noun Physicking .] 1. To treat with physic or medicine; to administer medicine to, esp. a cathartic; to operate on as a cathartic; to purge.

2. To work on as a remedy; to heal; to cure.

The labor we delight in physics pain.

Shak.

A mind diseased no remedy can physic .

Byron.

Physical Phys"ic·al adjective 1. Of or pertaining to nature (as including all created existences); in accordance with the laws of nature; also, of or relating to natural or material things, or to the bodily structure, as opposed to things mental, moral, spiritual, or imaginary; material; natural; as, armies and navies are the physical force of a nation; the body is the physical part of man.

Labor, in the physical world, is . . . employed in putting objects in motion.

J. S. Mill.

A society sunk in ignorance, and ruled by mere physical force.

Macaulay.

2. Of or pertaining to physics, or natural philosophy; treating of, or relating to, the causes and connections of natural phenomena; as, physical science; physical laws. " Physical philosophy." Pope.

3. Perceptible through a bodily or material organization; cognizable by the senses; external; as, the physical , opposed to chemical , characters of a mineral.

4. Of or pertaining to physic, or the art of medicine; medicinal; curative; healing; also, cathartic; purgative. [ Obsolete] " Physical herbs." Sir T. North.

Is Brutus sick? and is it physical
To walk unbraced, and suck up the humors
Of the dank morning?

Shak.

Physical astronomy , that part of astronomy which treats of the causes of the celestial motions; specifically, that which treats of the motions resulting from universal gravitation. -- Physical education , training of the bodily organs and powers with a view to the promotion of health and vigor. -- Physical examination (Medicine) , an examination of the bodily condition of a person. -- Physical geography . See under Geography . -- Physical point , an indefinitely small portion of matter; a point conceived as being without extension, yet having physical properties, as weight, inertia, momentum, etc.; a material point. -- Physical signs (Medicine) , the objective signs of the bodily state afforded by a physical examination.

Physically Phys"ic·al·ly adverb In a physical manner; according to the laws of nature or physics; by physical force; not morally.

I am not now treating physically of light or colors.

Locke.

2. According to the rules of medicine. [ Obsolete]

He that lives physically must live miserably.

Cheyne.

Physician Phy·si"cian noun [ Middle English fisician , fisicien , Old French physucien , a physician, in F., a natural philosopher, an experimentalist in physics. See Physic .] 1. A person skilled in physic, or the art of healing; one duty authorized to prescribe remedies for, and treat, diseases; a doctor of medicine.

2. Hence, figuratively, one who ministers to moral diseases; as, a physician of the soul.

Physicianed Phy·si"cianed adjective Licensed as a physician. [ Obsolete] "A physicianed apothecary." Walpole.

Physicism Phys"i·cism noun The tendency of the mind toward, or its preoccupation with, physical phenomena; materialism in philosophy and religion.

Anthropomorphism grows into theology, while physicism (if I may so call it) develops into science.

Huxley.

Physicist Phys"i·cist noun One versed in physics.

2. (Biol.) A believer in the theory that the fundamental phenomena of life are to be explained upon purely chemical and physical principles; -- opposed to vitalist .

Physicking Phys"ick·ing present participle & verbal noun from Physic , transitive verb

Physico- Phys"i·co- [ Fr. Greek ... natural, physical.] A combining form, denoting relation to , or dependence upon , natural causes , or the science of physics .

Physico-mathematics Phys`i·co-math`e·mat"ics noun [ Physico- + mathematics .] Mixed mathematics.

Physico-philosophy Phys`i·co-phi·los"o·phy noun [ Physico- + philosophy .] The philosophy of nature.

Physico-theology Phys`i·co-the·ol"o·gy noun [ Physico- + theology .] Theology or divinity illustrated or enforced by physics or natural philosophy.

Physicochemical Phys`i·co·chem"ic·al adjective [ Physico- + chemical .] Involving the principles of both physics and chemistry; dependent on, or produced by, the joint action of physical and chemical agencies. Huxley.

Physicologic Phys`i·co·log"ic noun [ Physico- + logic .] Logic illustrated by physics.

Physicological Phys`i·co·log"ic·al adjective Of or pertaining to physicologic. Swift.

Physicology Phys`i·col"o·gy noun [ Physico- + -logy .] Physics. [ R.] -- Phys`i*col"o*gist noun [ R.]

Physics Phys"ics noun [ See Physic .] The science of nature, or of natural objects; that branch of science which treats of the laws and properties of matter, and the forces acting upon it; especially, that department of natural science which treats of the causes (as gravitation, heat, light, magnetism, electricity, etc.) that modify the general properties of bodies; natural philosophy.

» Chemistry , though a branch of general physics , is commonly treated as a science by itself, and the application of physical principles which it involves constitute a branch called chemical physics , which treats more especially of those physical properties of matter which are used by chemists in defining and distinguishing substances.

Physiocrat Phys"i·o·crat noun [ Greek fy`sis nature + ... to rule.] One of the followers of Quesnay of France, who, in the 18th century, founded a system of political economy based upon the supremacy of natural order. F. A. Walker. -- Phys`i*o*crat"ic adjective

Physiogeny Phys`i·og"e·ny noun [ Greek fy`sis nature + root of ... to be born.] (Biol.) The germ history of the functions, or the history of the development of vital activities, in the individual, being one of the branches of ontogeny. See Morphogeny . Haeckel.

Physiognomer Phys`i·og"no·mer noun Physiognomist.

Physiognomic, Physiognomical Phys`i·og·nom"ic, Phys`i·og·nom"ic·al adjective [ Greek ...: confer French physiognomonique .] Of or pertaining to physiognomy; according with the principles of physiognomy. -- Phys`i*og*nom"ic*al*ly , adverb

Physiognomist Phys`i·og·nom"ist noun Same as Physiognomy , 1.

Physiognomist Phys`i·og"no·mist noun [ Confer French physiognomiste .] 1. One skilled in physiognomy. Dryden.

2. One who tells fortunes by physiognomy. Holland.

Physiognomize Phys`i·og"no·mize transitive verb To observe and study the physiognomy of. [ R.] Southey.

Physiognommonic Phys`i·og`no·mmon"ic adjective Physiognomic.

Physiognomy Phys`i·og"no·my noun ; plural Physiognomies . [ Middle English fisonomie , phisonomie , fisnamie , Old French phisonomie , French physiognomie , physiognomonie , from Greek ...; fy`sis nature + ... one who knows or examines, a judge, from ..., ..., to know. See Physic , and Know , and confer Phiz .] 1. The art and science of discovering the predominant temper, and other characteristic qualities of the mind, by the outward appearance, especially by the features of the face.

2. The face or countenance, with respect to the temper of the mind; particular configuration, cast, or expression of countenance, as denoting character.

3. The art telling fortunes by inspection of the features. [ Obsolete] Bale.

4. The general appearance or aspect of a thing, without reference to its scientific characteristics; as, the physiognomy of a plant, or of a meteor.

Physiogony Phys`i·og"o·ny noun [ Greek fy`sis nature + go`nos birth.] The birth of nature. [ R.] Coleridge.

Physiographic, Physiographical Phys`i·o·graph"ic, Phys`i·o·graph"ic·al adjective [ Confer French physiographique .] Of or pertaining to physiography.

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