Part 6484

<hw><hw>Leu"co*plast</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <hw>Leu`co*plas"tid</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>,<hw> <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[<ets>Leuco-</ets> + Gr. <?/ to mold.]</ety> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>One of certain very minute whitish or colorless granules occurring in the protoplasm of plants and supposed to be the nuclei around which starch granules will form.</def>

<h1>Leucopyrite</h1> <Xpage=845>

<hw>Leu*cop"y*rite</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[<ets>Leuco-</ets> + <ets>pyrites</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Min.)</fld> <def>A mineral of a color between white and steel-gray, with a metallic luster, and consisting chiefly of arsenic and iron.</def>

<h1>Leucorrh\'d2a</h1> <Xpage=845>

<hw>Leu`cor*rh\'d2"a</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[<ets>Leuco-</ets> + Gr. <grk>"rei^n</grk> to flow.]</ety> <fld>(Med.)</fld> <def>A discharge of a white, yellowish, or greenish, viscid mucus, resulting from inflammation or irritation of the membrane lining the genital organs of the female; the whites.</def><-- leukorrhea, leukorrhagia -->

<i>Dunglison.</i>

<h1>Leucoryx</h1> <Xpage=845>

<hw>Leu"co*ryx</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[NL., from Gr. <?/ + <?/ a kind of gazelle.]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>A large antelope of North Africa (<spn>Oryx leucoryx</spn>), allied to the gemsbok.</def>

<h1>Leucoscope</h1> <Xpage=845>

<hw>Leu"co*scope</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[<ets>Leuco-</ets> + <ets>-scope</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Physics)</fld> <def>An instrument, devised by Professor Helmholtz, for testing the color perception of the eye, or for comparing different lights, as to their constituent color or their relative whiteness.</def>

<h1>Leucosoid</h1> <Xpage=845>

<hw>Leu"co*soid</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[NL. <ets>Leucosia</ets>, the typical genus (fr. Gr. <?/ white) + <ets>-oid</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>Like or pertaining to the <spn>Leucosoidea</spn>, a tribe of marine crabs including the box crab or <spn>Calappa</spn>.</def>

<h1>Leucosphere</h1> <Xpage=845>

<hw>Leu"co*sphere</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[<ets>Leuco-</ets> + <ets>sphere</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Astron.)</fld> <def>The inner corona.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<h1>Leucoturic</h1> <Xpage=845>

<hw>Leu`co*tu"ric</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[<ets>Leuco-</ets> + allan<ets>t</ets>oic + <ets>uric</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <def>Pertaining to, or designating, a nitrogenous organic substance of the uric acid group, called <i>leucoturic</i> acid or <i>oxalantin</i>. See <er>Oxalantin</er>.</def>

<h1>Leucous</h1> <Xpage=845>

<hw>Leu"cous</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[Gr. <?/.]</ety> <def>White; -- applied to albinos, from the whiteness of their skin and hair.</def>

<h1>Leucoxene</h1> <Xpage=845>

<hw>Leu*cox"ene</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[<ets>Leuco-</ets> + Gr. <grk>xe`nos</grk> stranger.]</ety> <fld>(Min.)</fld> <def>A nearly opaque white mineral, in part identical with titanite, observed in some igneous rocks as the result of the alteration of titanic iron.</def>

<h1>Leuk\'91mia</h1> <Xpage=845>

<hw>Leu*k\'91"mi*a</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>Leucocyth\'91mia.</def>

<mhw><h1>Leuke, a., Leukeness</h1> <Xpage=845>

<hw>Leuke</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt>, <hw>Leuke"ness</hw>, <tt>n.</tt></mhw> <def>See <er>Luke</er>, <er>etc.</er></def>

<h1>Leucoplast</h1> <Xpage=845>

<hw>Leu"co*plast</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>See <er>Leucoplast</er>.</def>

<h1>Levana</h1> <Xpage=845>

<hw>Le*va"na</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L., fr. <ets>levare</ets> to raise.]</ety> <fld>(Rom. Myth.)</fld> <def>A goddess who protected newborn infants.</def>