Part 419

<h1>Ananthous</h1> <Xpage=53>

<hw>An*an"thous</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[Gr. <?/ priv. + <?/ a flower.]</ety> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>Destitute of flowers; flowerless.</def>

<mhw><h1>Anap\'91st</h1> <Xpage=53>

<hw>An`a*p\'91st</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <hw>An`a*p\'91s"tic<hw> <tt>(#)</tt>. <def>Same as <er>Anapest</er>, <er>Anapestic</er>.</def>

<h1>Anapest</h1> <Xpage=53>

<hw>An"a*pest</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>anapaestus</ets>, Gr. <?/ an anapest, <it>i.e.</it>, a dactyl reserved, or, as it were, <ets>struck back</ets>; fr. <?/; <?/ back + <?/ to strike.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <fld>(Pros.)</fld> <def>A metrical foot consisting of three syllables, the first two short, or unaccented, the last long, or accented (#); the reverse of the <i>dactyl</i>. In Latin <i>d<?/-<?/-t\'bes</i>, and in English <i>in-ter-vene<?/</i>, are examples of anapests.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>A verse composed of such feet.</def>

<h1>Anapestic</h1> <Xpage=53>

<hw>An`a*pes"tic</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>anapaesticus</ets>, Gr. <?/.]</ety> <def>Pertaining to an anapest; consisting of an anapests; <as>as, an <ex>anapestic</ex> meter, foot, verse</as>.</def> -- <def2><tt>n.</tt> <def> Anapestic measure or verse.</def></def2>

<h1>Anapestical</h1> <Xpage=53>

<hw>An`a*pes"tic*al</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Anapestic.</def>

<h1>Anaphora</h1> <Xpage=53>

<hw>A*naph"o*ra</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L., fr. Gr. <?/, fr. <?/ to carry up or back; <?/ + <?/ to carry.]</ety> <fld>(Rhet.)</fld> <def>A repetition of a word or of words at the beginning of two or more successive clauses.</def>

<h1>Anaphrodisia</h1> <Xpage=53>

<hw>An*aph`ro*dis"i*a</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[NL., fr. Gr. <?/ priv. + <?/ sexual pleasure, <?/ the goddess of love.]</ety> <fld>(Med.)</fld> <def>Absence of sexual appetite.</def>

<h1>Anaphrodisiac</h1> <Xpage=53>

<hw>An*aph`ro*dis"i*ac</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>a. & n.</tt> <ety>[Gr. <?/ priv. + <?/ pertaining to venery.]</ety> <fld>(Med.)</fld> <def>Same as <er>Antaphrodisiac</er>.</def>

<i>Dunglison.</i>

<h1>Anaphroditic</h1> <Xpage=53>

<hw>An*aph`ro*dit"ic</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[Gr. <?/ without love.]</ety> <fld>(Biol.)</fld> <def>Produced without concourse of sexes.</def>

<h1>Anaplastic</h1> <Xpage=53>

<hw>An`a*plas"tic</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Of or pertaining to anaplasty.</def>

<h1>Anaplasty</h1> <Xpage=53>

<hw>An`a*plas`ty</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Gr. <?/ again + <?/ to form: cf. F. <ets>anaplastie</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Surg.)</fld> <def>The art of operation of restoring lost parts or the normal shape by the use of healthy tissue.</def>

<h1>Anaplerotic</h1> <Xpage=53>

<hw>An`a*ple*rot"ic</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>anapleroticus</ets>, fr. Gr. <?/ to fill up; <?/ + <?/ to fill.]</ety> <fld>(Med.)</fld> <def>Filling up; promoting granulation of wounds or ulcers.</def> -- <def2><tt>n.</tt> <def> A remedy which promotes such granulation.</def></def2>

<h1>Anapnograph</h1> <Xpage=53>

<hw>A*nap"no*graph</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Gr. <?/ respiration + <ets>-graph</ets>.]</ety> <def>A form of spirometer.</def>