Part 722

<hw>A*ster"nal</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[Pref. <ets>a-</ets> not + <ets>sternal</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Anat.)</fld> <def>Not sternal; -- said of ribs which do not join the sternum.</def>

<h1>Asteroid</h1> <Xpage=93>

<hw>As"ter*oid</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Gr. <?/ starlike, starry; <?/ star + <?/ form: cf. F. <ets>ast\'82ro\'8bde</ets>. See <er>Aster</er>.]</ety> <def>A starlike body; esp. one of the numerous small planets whose orbits lie between those of Mars and Jupiter; -- called also <altname>planetoids</altname> and <altname>minor planets</altname>.</def>

<h1>Asteroidal</h1> <Xpage=93>

<hw>As`ter*oid"al</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Of or pertaining to an asteroid, or to the asteroids.</def>

<h1>Asterolepis</h1> <Xpage=93>

<hw>As`te*rol"e*pis</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[NL., fr. Gr. <?/ star + <?/ scale.]</ety> <fld>(Paleon.)</fld> <def>A genus of fishes, some of which were eighteen or twenty feet long, found in a fossil state in the Old Red Sandstone.</def>

<i>Hugh Miller.</i>

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<h1>Asterophyllite</h1> <Xpage=94>

<hw>As`ter*oph"yl*lite</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Gr. <?/ star + <?/ leaf.]</ety> <fld>(Paleon.)</fld> <def>A fossil plant from the coal formations of Europe and America, now regarded as the branchlets and foliage of calamites.</def>

<h1>Astert</h1> <Xpage=94>

<hw>A*stert</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <ety>[Pref. <ets>a-</ets> + <ets>start</ets>; OE. <ets>asterten</ets>, <ets>asturten</ets>.]</ety> <def>To start up; to befall; to escape; to shun.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Spenser.</i>

<h1>Astert</h1> <Xpage=94>

<hw>A*stert"</hw>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <def>To escape.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Chaucer.</i>

<h1>Asthenia, Astheny</h1> <Xpage=94>

<hw><hw>As`the*ni"a</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <hw>As"the*ny</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>,<hw> <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[NL. <ets>asthenia</ets>, Gr. <?/; <?/ priv. + <?/ strength.]</ety> <fld>(Med.)</fld> <def>Want or loss of strength; debility; diminution of the vital forces.</def>

<h1>Asthenic</h1> <Xpage=94>

<hw>As*then"ic</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[Gr. <?/; <?/ priv. + <?/ strength.]</ety> <fld>(Med.)</fld> <def>Characterized by, or pertaining to, debility; weak; debilitating.</def>

<h1>Asthenopia</h1> <Xpage=94>

<hw>As`the*no"pi*a</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Gr. <?/ priv. + <?/ strength + <?/ eye.]</ety> <def>Weakness of sight.</def> <i>Quain</i>. -- <wordforms><wf>As`the*nop"ic</wf> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt></wordforms>

<h1>Asthma</h1> <Xpage=94>

<hw>Asth"ma</hw> <tt>(?; 277)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Gr. <?/ short-drawn breath, fr. <?/ to blow, for <?/: cf. Skr. <ets>v\'be</ets>, Goth. <ets>waian</ets>, to blow, E. <ets>wind</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Med.)</fld> <def>A disease, characterized by difficulty of breathing (due to a spasmodic contraction of the bronchi), recurring at intervals, accompanied with a wheezing sound, a sense of constriction in the chest, a cough, and expectoration.</def>

<h1>Asthmatic, Asthmatical</h1> <Xpage=94>

<hw><hw>Asth*mat"ic</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <hw>Asth*mat"ic*al</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>,<hw> <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>asthmaticus</ets>, Gr. <?/.]</ety> <def>Of or pertaining to asthma; <as>as, an <ex>asthmatic</ex> cough</as>; liable to, or suffering from, asthma; <as>as, an <ex>asthmatic</ex> patient</as>.</def> -- <wordforms><wf>Asth*mat"ic*al*ly</wf>, <tt>adv.</tt></wordforms>

<h1>Asthmatic</h1> <Xpage=94>