Dictionary of Scientific TermsStrahan & Company, 1878 - 325 pages |
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... medicine used for removing concretions or obstructions in general . Absus ( Lat . ) , in botany , the four - eared cassia , the Cassius absus of Linnæus . Abu'ta ( the vernacular name in Guiana ) , in botany , a genus of climb- ing ...
... medicine used for removing concretions or obstructions in general . Absus ( Lat . ) , in botany , the four - eared cassia , the Cassius absus of Linnæus . Abu'ta ( the vernacular name in Guiana ) , in botany , a genus of climb- ing ...
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... medicine which has the property of uniting different parts . Aggrega'ta ( Lat . called together ) , in zoology , a family of naked Acephala , whose bodies become united in one mass in the later stages of existence . Agil'ia ( Lat ...
... medicine which has the property of uniting different parts . Aggrega'ta ( Lat . called together ) , in zoology , a family of naked Acephala , whose bodies become united in one mass in the later stages of existence . Agil'ia ( Lat ...
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... medicine that operates as a remedy against fever . Aley rodes ( Gr . flour ) , a genus of white- looking hemipterous or half - winged insects ; fam . Aphide . Alga ( Lat . sea - weeds ) , in botany , an order of cryptogamous plants ...
... medicine that operates as a remedy against fever . Aley rodes ( Gr . flour ) , a genus of white- looking hemipterous or half - winged insects ; fam . Aphide . Alga ( Lat . sea - weeds ) , in botany , an order of cryptogamous plants ...
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... medicine , an infusion of the leaves makes a valuable cathartic . Al'lanite , an opaque mineral , found in West Greenland , so named from Thos . Allan , of Edinburgh ; its com- ponent parts consist of oxide of ce- rium , oxide of iron ...
... medicine , an infusion of the leaves makes a valuable cathartic . Al'lanite , an opaque mineral , found in West Greenland , so named from Thos . Allan , of Edinburgh ; its com- ponent parts consist of oxide of ce- rium , oxide of iron ...
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... medicine and as a paint . Al'ma - Ma'ter ( Lat . a fostering mother ) , a term applied to a university , or to a college or seminary of education . Alman'dine ( Fr. from Arab . ) , in minera- logy , an inferior kind of ruby ; a precious ...
... medicine and as a paint . Al'ma - Ma'ter ( Lat . a fostering mother ) , a term applied to a university , or to a college or seminary of education . Alman'dine ( Fr. from Arab . ) , in minera- logy , an inferior kind of ruby ; a precious ...
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