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Acacia colletioidesWait-a-while Wait"-a-while`, n.
(a) One of the Australian wattle trees (Acacia
colletioides), so called from the impenetrability of the
thicket which it makes.
(b) = Wait-a-bit. AccretionAccretion Ac*cre"tion, n. [L. accretio, fr. accrescere to
increase. Cf. Crescent, Increase, Accrue.]
1. The act of increasing by natural growth; esp. the increase
of organic bodies by the internal accession of parts;
organic growth. --Arbuthnot.
2. The act of increasing, or the matter added, by an
accession of parts externally; an extraneous addition; as,
an accretion of earth.
A mineral . . . augments not by grown, but by
accretion. --Owen.
To strip off all the subordinate parts of his as a
later accretion. --Sir G. C.
Lewis.
3. Concretion; coherence of separate particles; as, the
accretion of particles so as to form a solid mass.
4. A growing together of parts naturally separate, as of the
fingers toes. --Dana.
5. (Law)
(a) The adhering of property to something else, by which
the owner of one thing becomes possessed of a right to
another; generally, gain of land by the washing up of
sand or sail from the sea or a river, or by a gradual
recession of the water from the usual watermark.
(b) Gain to an heir or legatee, failure of a coheir to the
same succession, or a co-legatee of the same thing, to
take his share. --Wharton. Kent. AEtiologicalAEtiological [AE]`ti*o*log"ic*al, a.
Pertaining to [ae]tiology; assigning a cause. --
[AE]`ti*o*log"ic*al*ly, adv. AEtiologicallyAEtiological [AE]`ti*o*log"ic*al, a.
Pertaining to [ae]tiology; assigning a cause. --
[AE]`ti*o*log"ic*al*ly, adv. aetiologyPathology Pa*thol"o*gy (-j[y^]), n.; pl. Pathologies
(-j[i^]z). [Gr. pa`qos a suffering, disease + -logy: cf. F.
pathologie.] (Med.)
The science which treats of diseases, their nature, causes,
progress, symptoms, etc.
Note: Pathology is general or special, according as it treats
of disease or morbid processes in general, or of
particular diseases; it is also subdivided into
internal and external, or medical and surgical
pathology. Its departments are nosology,
[ae]tiology, morbid anatomy, symptomatology, and
therapeutics, which treat respectively of the
classification, causation, organic changes, symptoms,
and cure of diseases.
Celluar pathology, a theory that gives prominence to the
vital action of cells in the healthy and diseased function
of the body. --Virchow. Completion
Completion Com*ple"tion, n. [L. completio a filling, a
fulfillment.]
1. The act or process of making complete; the getting through
to the end; as, the completion of an undertaking, an
education, a service.
The completion of some repairs. --Prescott.
2. State of being complete; fulfillment; accomplishment;
realization.
Predictions receiving their completion in Christ.
--South.
Concretion
Concretion Con*cre"tion, n. [L. concretio.]
1. The process of concreting; the process of uniting or of
becoming united, as particles of matter into a mass;
solidification.
Concretional
Concretional Con*cre"tion*al, a.
Concretionary.
Concretionary
Concretionary Con*cre"tion*a*ry, a.
Pertaining to, or formed by, concretion or aggregation;
producing or containing concretions.
D pretiosumIoqua shell I"o*qua shell` [From the native name.] (Zo["o]l.)
The shell of a large Dentalium (D. pretiosum), formerly
used as shell money, and for ornaments, by the Indians of the
west coast of North America. DecretionDecretion De*cre"tion, n. [From L. decrescere, decretum. See
Decrease.]
A decrease. [Obs.] --Pearson. DeletionDeletion De*le"tion, n. [L. deletio, fr. delere. See
Delete.]
Act of deleting, blotting out, or erasing; destruction.
[Obs.] --Jer. Taylor.
A total deletion of every person of the opposing party.
--Sir M. Hale. Etiolate
Etiolate E"ti*o*late, Etiolated E"ti*o*la`ted, a.
Having a blanched or faded appearance, as birds inhabiting
desert regions.
Etiolated
Etiolate E"ti*o*late, Etiolated E"ti*o*la`ted, a.
Having a blanched or faded appearance, as birds inhabiting
desert regions.
Etiolation
Etiolation E`ti*o*la"tion, n.
1. The operation of blanching plants, by excluding the light
of the sun; the condition of a blanched plant.
2. (Med.) Paleness produced by absence of light, or by
disease. --Dunglison.
Etiological
Etiological E`ti*o*log"ic*al, a.
Pertaining to, or inquiring into, causes; [ae]tiological.
ExpletionExpletion Ex*ple"tion, n. [L. expletio a satisfying. See
Expletive.]
Accomplishment; fulfillment. [Obs.] --Killingbeck. foot secretionSclerobase Scler"o*base (? or ?), n. [Gr. sklhro`s hard +
ba`sis base.] (Zo["o]l.)
The calcareous or hornlike coral forming the central stem or
axis of most compound alcyonarians; -- called also foot
secretion. See Illust. under Gorgoniacea, and
C[oe]nenchyma. -- Scler`o*ba"sic, a. Gouty concretionsGouty Gout"y, a.
1. Diseased with, or subject to, the gout; as, a gouty
person; a gouty joint.
2. Pertaining to the gout. ``Gouty matter.' --Blackmore.
3. Swollen, as if from gout. --Derham.
4. Boggy; as, gouty land. [Obs.] --Spenser.
Gouty bronchitis, bronchitis arising as a secondary disease
during the progress of gout.
Gouty concretions, calculi (urate of sodium) formed in the
joints, kidneys, etc., of sufferers from gout.
Gouty kidney, an affection occurring during the progress of
gout, the kidney shriveling and containing concretions of
urate of sodium. Hypersecretion
Hypersecretion Hy`per*se*cre"tion, n. (Med.)
Morbid or excessive secretion, as in catarrh.
ImpletionImpletion Im*ple"tion, n. [L. impletio. See Implement.]
1. The act of filling, or the state of being full. --Sir T.
Browne.
2. That which fills up; filling. --Coleridge. Incompletion
Incompletion In`com*ple"tion, n.
Want of completion; incompleteness. --Smart.
InterpetiolarInterpetiolar In`ter*pet"i*o*lar, a. (Bot.)
Being between petioles. Cf. Intrapetiolar. Intrapetiolar
Intrapetiolar In`tra*pet"i*o*lar, a. (Bot.)
Situated between the petiole and the stem; -- said of the
pair of stipules at the base of a petiole when united by
those margins next the petiole, thus seeming to form a single
stipule between the petiole and the stem or branch; -- often
confounded with interpetiolar, from which it differs
essentially in meaning.
Noncompletion
Noncompletion Non`com*ple"tion, n.
Lack of completion; failure to complete.
Oppletion
Oppletion Op*ple"tion, n.
The act of filling up, or the state of being filled up;
fullness. [Obs.]
PalaetiologicalPalaetiology Pa*l[ae]`ti*ol"o*gy, n. [Pal[ae]o- +
[ae]tiology.]
The science which explains, by the law of causation, the past
condition and changes of the earth. --
Pa*l[ae]`ti*o*log"ic*al, a. Palaetiologist
Palaetiologist Pa*l[ae]`ti*ol"o*gist, n.
One versed in pal[ae]tiology.
PalaetiologyPalaetiology Pa*l[ae]`ti*ol"o*gy, n. [Pal[ae]o- +
[ae]tiology.]
The science which explains, by the law of causation, the past
condition and changes of the earth. --
Pa*l[ae]`ti*o*log"ic*al, a. Paralytic secretionParalytic Par`a*lyt"ic, a. [L. paralyticus, Gr. ?: cf. F.
paralytique.]
1. Of or pertaining to paralysis; resembling paralysis.
2. Affected with paralysis, or palsy.
The cold, shaking, paralytic hand. --Prior.
3. Inclined or tending to paralysis.
Paralytic secretion (Physiol.), the fluid, generally thin
and watery, secreted from a gland after section or
paralysis of its nerves, as the pralytic saliva.
