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An*a`ë*rob"ic (&?;), a. (Biol.) Relating to, or like, anaërobies; anaërobiotic.

An*a"ër*o*bies (&?;), n. pl. [Gr. 'an priv. + &?;, &?;, air + bi`os life.] (Biol.) Microörganisms which do not require oxygen, but are killed by it. Sternberg.

An*a`ër*o*bi*ot"ic (&?;), a. (Anat.) Related to, or of the nature of, anaërobies.

||An`æs*the"si*a (&?;), n. [NL., fr. Gr. &?;; 'an priv. + &?; feeling, &?; to feel: cf. F. anesthésie. See Æsthetics.] (Med.) Entire or partial loss or absence of feeling or sensation; a state of general or local insensibility produced by disease or by the inhalation or application of an anæsthetic.

||An`æs*the"sis (&?;), n. See Anæsthesia.

An`æs*thet"ic (&?;), a. (Med.) (a) Capable of rendering insensible; as, anæsthetic agents. (b) Characterized by, or connected with, insensibility; as, an anæsthetic effect or operation.

An`æs*thet"ic, n. (Med.) That which produces insensibility to pain, as chloroform, ether, etc.

An*æs`the*ti*za"tion (&?;), n. The process of anæsthetizing; also, the condition of the nervous system induced by anæsthetics.

An*æs"the*tize (&?;), v. t. (Med.) To render insensible by an anæsthetic. Encyc. Brit.

An"a*glyph (&?;), n. [Gr. &?; wrought in low relief, &?; embossed work; &?; + &?; to engrave.] Any sculptured, chased, or embossed ornament worked in low relief, as a cameo.

{ An`a*glyph"ic (&?;), An`a*glyph"ic*al (&?;), } a. Pertaining to the art of chasing or embossing in relief; anaglyptic; -- opposed to diaglyptic or sunk work.

An`a*glyph"ic, n. Work chased or embossed relief.

An`a*glyp"tic (&?;), a. [L. anaglypticus, Gr. &?;, &?;. See Anaglyph.] Relating to the art of carving, enchasing, or embossing in low relief.

An`a*glyp"tics (&?;), n. The art of carving in low relief, embossing, etc.

An`a*glyp"to*graph (&?;), n. [Gr. &?; + - graph.] An instrument by which a correct engraving of any embossed object, such as a medal or cameo, can be executed. Brande & C.

An`a*glyp`to*graph"ic (&?;), a. Of or pertaining to anaglyptography; as, anaglyptographic engraving.

An`a*glyp*tog"ra*phy (&?;), n. [Gr. &?; embossed + -graphy.] The art of copying works in relief, or of engraving as to give the subject an embossed or raised appearance; -- used in representing coins, bas-reliefs, etc.

||An`ag*nor"i*sis (&?;), n. [Latinized fr. Gr. &?;; &?; + &?; to recognize.] The unfolding or dénouement. [R.] De Quincey.

An`a*go"ge (&?;), n. [Gr. &?; a leading up; &?; + &?; a leading, &?; to lead.] 1. An elevation of mind to things celestial.

2. The spiritual meaning or application; esp. the application of the types and allegories of the Old Testament to subjects of the New.

{ An`a*gog"ic (&?;), An`a*gog"ic*al (&?;), } a. Mystical; having a secondary spiritual meaning; as, the rest of the Sabbath, in an anagogical sense, signifies the repose of the saints in heaven; an anagogical explication. -- An`a*gog"ic*al*ly, adv.

An`a*gog"ics (&?;), n. pl. Mystical interpretations or studies, esp. of the Scriptures. L. Addison.

An"a*go`gy (&?;), n. Same as Anagoge.

An"a*gram (&?;), n. [F. anagramme, LL. anagramma, fr. Gr. &?; back, again + &?; to write. See Graphic.] Literally, the letters of a word read backwards, but in its usual wider sense, the change or one word or phrase into another by the transposition of its letters. Thus Galenus becomes angelus; William Noy (attorney-general to Charles I., and a laborious man) may be turned into I moyl in law.

An"a*gram, v. t. To anagrammatize.

Some of these anagramed his name, Benlowes, into Benevolus. Warburton.

{ An`a*gram*mat"ic (&?;), An`a*gram*mat"ic*al (&?;), } a. [Cf. F. anagramtique.] Pertaining to, containing, or making, an anagram. -- An`a*gram*mat"ic*al*ly, adv.

An`a*gram"ma*tism (&?;), n. [Gr. &?;: cf. F. anagrammatisme.] The act or practice of making anagrams. Camden.