Dictionary of Scientific TermsStrahan & Company, 1878 - 325 pages |
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... diseases , which are fully explained in the pages of the present work ; as ANTHRAX ( a carbuncular or inflammatory fever in cattle ) ; STOMA- THRAX ( an inflammatory disease of the stomach ) ; STRONGYLUS ( a parasitical action of the ...
... diseases , which are fully explained in the pages of the present work ; as ANTHRAX ( a carbuncular or inflammatory fever in cattle ) ; STOMA- THRAX ( an inflammatory disease of the stomach ) ; STRONGYLUS ( a parasitical action of the ...
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... disease , the crisis of which is un- certain . Acri'ta ( Gr . doubtful ) , in zoology , a term applied to that division of the animal kingdom which comprehends the Polypes , Infusoria , Intestina , & c . Acrocarpe ( Gr . having seed at ...
... disease , the crisis of which is un- certain . Acri'ta ( Gr . doubtful ) , in zoology , a term applied to that division of the animal kingdom which comprehends the Polypes , Infusoria , Intestina , & c . Acrocarpe ( Gr . having seed at ...
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... disease . Eti'tes ( Gr . ) , in mineralogy , a variety ofironstone , eagle - stone , which makes a noise when shaken . Etoba'tis ( Gr . aetos an eagle , and ba tis a bramble ) , in ichthyology , a ge- nus of skate , the eagle - ray ...
... disease . Eti'tes ( Gr . ) , in mineralogy , a variety ofironstone , eagle - stone , which makes a noise when shaken . Etoba'tis ( Gr . aetos an eagle , and ba tis a bramble ) , in ichthyology , a ge- nus of skate , the eagle - ray ...
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... disease of the nails ; whit- low . Agna'tha ( Gr . without jaws ) , in ento- mology , a family of neuropterous in- sects , whose mouths are so small as to be scarcely observable . Agnos'tes ( Gr . unknown ) , in palæonto- logy , a genus ...
... disease of the nails ; whit- low . Agna'tha ( Gr . without jaws ) , in ento- mology , a family of neuropterous in- sects , whose mouths are so small as to be scarcely observable . Agnos'tes ( Gr . unknown ) , in palæonto- logy , a genus ...
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... disease of the eye ( leucoma ) , which consists of a white speck on the cornea that attends inflammation . - Albugeneous , in anatomy , is an epithet applied to membranes distinguished by their white colour , as the albugeneous membrane ...
... disease of the eye ( leucoma ) , which consists of a white speck on the cornea that attends inflammation . - Albugeneous , in anatomy , is an epithet applied to membranes distinguished by their white colour , as the albugeneous membrane ...
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