Part 89

||Ad*e*las"ter (&?;), n. [Gr. &?; not manifest + &?; a star.] (Bot.) A provisional name for a plant which has not had its flowers botanically examined, and therefore has not been referred to its proper genus.

Ad"el*ing (&?;), n. Same as Atheling.

A*del`o*co*don"ic (&?;), a. [Gr. &?; invisible + &?; a bell.] (Zoöl.) Applied to sexual zooids of hydroids, that have a saclike form and do not become free; -- opposed to phanerocodonic.

A*del"o*pod (&?;), n. [Gr. &?; invisible + &?;, &?;, foot.] (Zoöl.) An animal having feet that are not apparent.

||A*del"phi*a (&?;), n. [Gr. 'adelfo`s brother.] (Bot.) A "brotherhood," or collection of stamens in a bundle; -- used in composition, as in the class names, Monadelphia, Diadelphia, etc.

A*del"phous (&?;), a. [Gr. 'adelfo`s brother.] (Bot.) Having coalescent or clustered filaments; -- said of stamens; as, adelphous stamens. Usually in composition; as, monadelphous. Gray.

A*dempt" (*dmt"; 215), p. p. [L. ademptus, p. p. of adimere to take away.] Takes away. [Obs.]

Without any sinister suspicion of anything being added or adempt. Latimer.

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A*demp"tion (*dmp"shn), n. [L. ademptio, fr. adimere, ademptum, to take away; ad + emere to buy, orig. to take.] (Law) The revocation or taking away of a grant donation, legacy, or the like. Bouvier.

Aden- or Adeno-. [Gr. &?;, &?;, gland.] Combining forms of the Greek word for gland; -- used in words relating to the structure, diseases, etc., of the glands.

{ ||Ad`e*nal"gi*a (&?;), Ad"e*nal`gy (&?;), } n. [Gr. &?; + &?; pain.] (Med.) Pain in a gland.

A*den"i*form (&?;), a. [Aden- + - form.] Shaped like a gland; adenoid. Dunglison.

||Ad`e*ni"tis (&?;), n. [Aden- + - itis.] (Med.) Glandular inflammation. Dunglison.

Ad`e*no*graph"ic (&?;), a. Pertaining to adenography.

Ad`e*nog"ra*phy (&?;), n. [Adeno- + -graphy.] That part of anatomy which describes the glands.

{ Ad"e*noid (&?;), Ad`e*noid"al (&?;) } a. Glandlike; glandular.

Ad`e*no*log"ic*al (&?;), a. Pertaining to adenology.

Ad`e*nol"o*gy (&?;), n. [Adeno- + - logy.] The part of physiology that treats of the glands.

Ad`e*noph"o*rous (&?;), a. [Adeno- + Gr. &?; bearing.] (Bot.) Producing glands.

Ad`e*noph"yl*lous (&?;), a. [Adeno- + Gr. &?; leaf.] (Bot.) Having glands on the leaves.

Ad"e*nose` (?; 277), a. Like a gland; full of glands; glandulous; adenous.

Ad`e*no*tom"ic (&?;), a. Pertaining to adenotomy.

Ad`e*not"o*my (&?;), n. [Adeno- + Gr. &?; a cutting, &?; to cut.] (Anat.) Dissection of, or incision into, a gland or glands.

Ad"e*nous (&?;), a. Same as Adenose.

||Ad"eps (&?;), n. [L.] Animal fat; lard.

A*dept" (&?;), n. [L. adeptus obtained (sc. artem), &?;he who has obtained an art, p. p. of adipsci to arrive &?;at, to obtain; ad + apisci to pursue. See Apt, and cf. Adapt.] One fully skilled or well versed in anything; a proficient; as, adepts in philosophy.

A*dept", a. Well skilled; completely versed; thoroughly proficient.