Part 411

<hw>An`a*cru"sis</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Gr. <?/, fr. <?/ to push up or back; <?/ + <?/ to strike.]</ety> <fld>(Pros.)</fld> <def>A prefix of one or two unaccented syllables to a verse properly beginning with an accented syllable.</def>

<h1>Anadem</h1> <Xpage=52>

<hw>An"a*dem</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>anadema</ets>, Gr. <?/, fr. <?/ to wreathe; <?/ up + <?/ to bind.]</ety> <def>A garland or fillet; a chaplet or wreath.</def>

<i>Drayton. Tennyson.</i>

<h1>Anadiplosis</h1> <Xpage=52>

<hw>An`a*di*plo"sis</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L., fr. Gr. <?/; <?/ + <?/ to double, <?/, <?/, twofold, double.]</ety> <fld>(Rhet.)</fld> <def>A repetition of the last word or any prominent word in a sentence or clause, at the beginning of the next, with an adjunct idea; <as>as, "He retained his virtues amidst all his <ex>misfortunes</ex> -- <ex>misfortunes</ex> which no prudence could foresee or prevent</as>."</def>

<h1>Anadrom</h1> <Xpage=52>

<hw>An"a*drom</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>anadrome</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>A fish that leaves the sea and ascends rivers.</def>

<h1>Anadromous</h1> <Xpage=52>

<hw>A*nad"ro*mous</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[Gr. <?/ running upward; <?/ + <?/ a running, <?/ to run.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>Ascending rivers from the sea, at certain seasons, for breeding, as the salmon, shad, etc.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>Tending upwards; -- said of terns in which the lowest secondary segments are on the upper side of the branch of the central stem.</def>

<i>D. C. Eaton.</i>

<h1>An\'91mia</h1> <Xpage=52>

<hw>A*n\'91"mi*a</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[NL., fr. Gr. <?/; <?/ priv. + <?/ blood.]</ety> <fld>(Med.)</fld> <def>A morbid condition in which the blood is deficient in quality or in quantity.</def>

<h1>An\'91mic</h1> <Xpage=52>

<hw>A*n\'91m"ic</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Of or pertaining to an\'91mia.</def>

<h1>Ana\'89robic</h1> <Xpage=52>

<hw>An*a`\'89*rob"ic</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <fld>(Biol.)</fld> <def>Relating to, or like, ana\'89robies; ara\'89robiotic.</def>

<h1>Ana\'89robies</h1> <Xpage=52>

<hw>An*a"\'89r*o*bies</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n. pl.</tt> <ety>[Gr. <?/ priv. + <?/, <?/, air + <?/ life.]</ety> <fld>(Biol.)</fld> <def>Micro\'94rganisms which do not require oxygen, but are killed by it.</def><-- anaerobe, anaerobes -->

<i>Sternberg.</i>

<h1>Ana\'89robiotic</h1> <Xpage=52>

<hw>An*a`\'89r*o*bi*ot"ic</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <fld>(Anat.)</fld> <def>Related to, or of the nature of, ana\'89robies.</def>

<h1>An\'91sthesia</h1> <Xpage=52>

<hw>An`\'91s*the"si*a</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[NL., fr. Gr. <?/; <?/ priv. + <?/ feeling, <?/ to feel: cf. F. <ets>anesth\'82sie</ets>. See <er>\'92sthetics</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Med.)</fld> <def>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 an\'91sthetic.</def>

<h1>An\'91sthesis</h1> <Xpage=52>

<hw>An`\'91s*the"sis</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>See <er>An\'91sthesia</er>.</def>

<h1>An\'91sthetic</h1> <Xpage=52>