Part 493

<hw>An"thrax</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L., fr. Gr. <?/ coal, carbuncle.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <fld>(Med.)</fld> <sd>(a)</sd> <def>A carbuncle.</def> <sd>(b)</sd> <def>A malignant pustule.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Biol.)</fld> <def>A microscopic, bacterial organism <spn>(Bacillus anthracis)</spn>, resembling transparent rods. [See <i>Illust</i>. under <er>Bacillus</er>.]</def>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>An infectious disease of cattle and sheep. It is ascribed to the presence of a rod-shaped bacterium <spn>(Bacillus anthracis)</spn>, the spores of which constitute the contagious matter. It may be transmitted to man by inoculation. The spleen becomes greatly enlarged and filled with bacteria. Called also <altname>splenic fever</altname>.</def>

<h1>Anthrenus</h1> <Xpage=63>

<hw>An*thre"nus</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[NL., fr. Gr. <?/ a hornet.]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>A genus of small beetles, several of which, in the larval state, are very destructive to woolen goods, fur, etc. The common "museum pest" is <spn>A. varius</spn>; the carpet beetle is <spn>A. scrophulari\'91</spn>. The larv\'91 are commonly confounded with moths.</def>

<h1>Anthropic, Anthropical</h1> <Xpage=63>

<hw><hw>An*throp"ic</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <hw>An*throp"ic*al</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>,<hw> <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[Gr. <?/, fr. <?/ man.]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>Like or related to man; human.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<i>Owen.</i>

<h1>Anthropid\'91</h1> <Xpage=63>

<hw>An*throp"i*d\'91</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n. pl.</tt> <ety>[NL., fr. Gr. <?/ man.]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>The group that includes man only.</def>

<h1>Anthropocentric</h1> <Xpage=63>

<hw>An`thro*po*cen"tric</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[Gr. <?/ man + <?/ center.]</ety> <def>Assuming man as the center or ultimate end; -- applied to theories of the universe or of any part of it, as the solar system.</def>

<i>Draper.</i>

<h1>Anthropogenic</h1> <Xpage=63>

<hw>An`thro*po*gen"ic</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Of or pertaining to anthropogeny.</def>

<h1>Anthropogeny</h1> <Xpage=63>

<hw>An`thro*pog"e*ny</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Gr. <?/ man + <?/ birth.]</ety> <def>The science or study of human generation, or the origin and development of man.</def>

<h1>Anthropoglot</h1> <Xpage=63>

<hw>An*throp"o*glot</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Gr. <?/; <?/ man + <?/, <?/, tongue.]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>An animal which has a tongue resembling that of man, as the parrot.</def>

<h1>Anthropography</h1> <Xpage=63>

<hw>An`thro*pog"ra*phy</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Gr. <?/ man + <ets>-graphy</ets>.]</ety> <def>That branch of anthropology which treats of the actual distribution of the human race in its different divisions, as distinguished by physical character, language, institutions, and customs, in contradistinction to <i>ethnography</i>, which treats historically of the origin and filiation of races and nations.</def>

<i>P. Cyc.</i>

<h1>Anthropoid</h1> <Xpage=63>

<hw>An"thro*poid</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[Gr. <?/ man + <ets>-oid</ets>.]</ety> <def>Resembling man; -- applied especially to certain apes, as the ourang or gorilla.</def> -- <wordforms><tt>n.</tt> <def>An anthropoid ape.</def></wordforms>

<h1>Anthropoidal</h1> <Xpage=63>

<hw>An`thro*poid"al</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Anthropoid.</def>

<h1>Anthropoidea</h1> <Xpage=63>

<hw>An`thro*poid"e*a</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n. pl.</tt> <ety>[NL. See <er>Anthropoid</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>The suborder of primates which includes the monkeys, apes, and man.</def>