‖n. [ NL.; Gr. 'a- not + ba`sis a step. ] (Med.) Inability to coordinate muscular actions properly in walking. AS [ archaic ] -- A*ba"sic a. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]

n. (Med.) A skeletal disorder beginning before birth; cartilage is converted to bone resulting in dwarfism. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

‖n. (Med.) Same as Akinesia. AS [ 1913 Webster ]

{ ‖ n. [ Gr. akrasia. ] Excess; intemperance. [ Obs. except in Med. ] Farindon. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ ‖ } n. [ LL. acrisia, Gr. 'akrisi`a; 'a priv. + kri`nein to separate, to decide. ] 1. Inability to judge. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Med.) Undecided character of a disease. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

‖ n. [ Gr. 'a`dipsos not thirsty; 'a priv. + di`psa thirst. ] (Med.) Absence of thirst. [ 1913 Webster + AS ]

‖n. [ Gr. &unr_; sensation, fr. &unr_; to perceive. ] (Physiol.) Perception by the senses; feeling; -- the opposite of anæsthesia. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. 1. of or relating to the nations of Africa and Asia or their peoples. Afro-Asian population [ WordNet 1.5 ]

‖n. [ Gr. 'akinhsi`a quiescence; 'a priv. + ki`nhsis motion. ] (Med.) Loss of the ability for voluntary muscle movement. Foster. [ 1913 Webster + AS ]

a. Of or pertaining to the Albigenses. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. 1 any plant of the genus Alocasia having large showy basal leaves and boat-shaped spathe and reddish berries.
Syn. -- elephant's ear, elephant ear [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ L. ambrosia, Gr. 'ambrosi`a, properly fem. of 'ambro`sios, fr. 'a`mbrotos immortal, divine; 'a priv. + broto`s mortal (because it was supposed to confer immortality on those who partook of it). broto`s stands for mroto`s, akin to Skr. m&rsdot_;ita, L. mortuus, dead, and to E. mortal. ] 1. (Myth.) (a) The fabled food of the gods (as nectar was their drink), which conferred immortality upon those who partook of it. (b) An unguent of the gods. [ 1913 Webster ]

His dewy locks distilled ambrosia. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A perfumed unguent, salve, or draught; something very pleasing to the taste or smell. Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Formerly, a kind of fragrant plant; now (Bot.), a genus of plants, including some coarse and worthless weeds, called ragweed, hogweed, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. (Zool.) The food of certain small bark beetles, family Scolytidae believed to be fungi cultivated by the beetles in their burrows. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

5. A dessert made from shredded coconuts and oranges, sometimes including other ingredients such as marshmallow. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

. (Zool.) A bark beetle that makes and feeds on ambrosia{ 4 }. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. +PJC ]

a. [ L. ambrosiacus: cf. F. ambrosiaque. ] Having the qualities of ambrosia; delicious. [ R. ]“Ambrosiac odors.” B. Jonson. [ 1913 Webster ]

prop. n. 1. 1 in some classifications considered a separate family comprising a subgroup of the Compositae including the ragweeds.
Syn. -- family Ambrosiaceae. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

a. [ L. ambrosius, Gr. 'ambro`sios. ] 1. Consisting of, or partaking of the nature of, ambrosia; delighting the taste or smell; delicious. “Ambrosial food.” “Ambrosial fragrance.” Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Divinely excellent or beautiful. “Shakes his ambrosial curls.” Pope. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. After the manner of ambrosia; delightfully. “Smelt ambrosially.” Tennyson. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Ambrosial. [ R. ] . Jonson. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Of or pertaining to St. Ambrose; as, the Ambrosian office, or ritual, a formula of worship in the church of Milan, instituted by St. Ambrose. [ 1913 Webster ]

Ambrosian chant, the mode of signing or chanting introduced by St. Ambrose in the 4th century. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ NL., fr. Gr. 'amnhsi`a; 'a priv. + mna^sqai to remember. ] 1. (Med.) Forgetfulness; loss of long-term memory. Quian. [ 1913 Webster + AS ]

2. (Med.) A defect of speech, from cerebral disease, in which the patient substitutes wrong words or names in the place of those he wishes to employ. [ Obs. ] Quian. [ 1913 Webster + AS ]

adj. def>Having lost memories, especially due to brain injury or mental shock; suffering from amnesia.
Syn. -- amnesic [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. (Med.) A patient suffering from amnesia. [ AS ]

‖ n. [ NL., fr. Gr. 'anaisqhsi`a; 'an priv. + a'i`sqhsis feeling, a'isqa`nesqai to feel: cf. F. anesthésie. See aesthetics. ] (Med.) 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 anaesthetic. AS [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ NL., fr. Gr. 'analghsi`a; 'an priv. + a`lghsis sense of pain. ] (Med.) Absence of sensibility to pain. Quain. AS [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ NL., fr. Gr. 'an priv. + 'afrodi`sia sexual pleasure, 'Afrodi`th the goddess of love. ] (Med.) Absence of sexual appetite. AS [ 1913 Webster ]

a. & n. [ Gr. 'an priv. + 'afrodisiako`s pertaining to venery. ] (Med.) Same as Antaphrodisiac. Dunglison. AS [ 1913 Webster ]

‖ a. [ Pref. anti- + aphrodisiac. ] (Med.) Capable of blunting the sexual appetite. -- n. Anything that reduces the sexual appetite. [ 1913 Webster + AS ]

n. 1. loss of structural differentiation within a cell or group of cells often with increased capacity for multiplication, as in a malignant tumor. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

‖n., /mhw>, a. Same as Anæsthesia, Anæsthetic. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ ‖ } a. [ Gr. 'an priv. + 'o`psis sight. ] (Med.) Defect or absence of sight; blindness. [ 1913 Webster + AS ]

a. & n. Same as Antaphrodisiac. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Med.) Checking the flow of saliva. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. A remedy against excessive salivation. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

‖n. [ L., fr. Gr. &unr_;, fr. &unr_; to name instead; &unr_; + &unr_; to name, &unr_; name. ] (Rhet.) The use of some epithet or the name of some office, dignity, or the like, instead of the proper name of the person; as when his majesty is used for a king, or when, instead of Aristotle, we say, the philosopher; or, conversely, the use of a proper name instead of an appellative, as when a wise man is called a Solomon, or an eminent orator a Cicero. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ ‖ } n. [ NL. aphasia, Gr. &unr_;, fr. &unr_; not spoken; 'a priv. + &unr_; to speak: cf. F. aphasie. ] (Med.) Loss of the power of speech, or of the appropriate use of words, the vocal organs remaining intact, and the intelligence being preserved. It is dependent on injury or disease of the brain. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ NL., fr. Gr. 'a priv. + fra`sis speech. ] (Med.) (a) = Dumbness. (b) A disorder of speech in which words can be uttered but not intelligibly joined together. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. That which (as a drug, or some kinds of food) stimulate sexual desire. [ 1913 Webster +PJC ]

{ } a. [ Gr. &unr_; pertaining to sensual love, fr. &unr_;. See Aphrodite. ] Exciting venereal desire; stimulating the desire for sexual gratification. [ 1913 Webster +PJC ]

a. [ Gr. &unr_;. ] Pertaining to Aphrodite or Venus. “Aphrodisian dames” [ that is, courtesans ]. C. Reade. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ NL.; Gr. &unr_; priv. + &unr_; a molding. ] (Med.) 1. Incomplete or faulty development. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

2. (Med.) a defect, retardation, or cessation of the process of generation of blood cells. [ PJC ]

‖n. [ Gr. &unr_; a dirty sponge, fr. &unr_; unwashed; 'a priv. + &unr_; to wash. ] (Zool.) A genus of marine mollusks of the order Tectibranchiata; the sea hare. Some of the species when disturbed throw out a deep purple liquor, which colors the water to some distance. See Illust. in Appendix. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ ‖ } n. [ L. apocrisiarius, apocrisarius, fr. Gr. &unr_; answer, fr. &unr_; to answer; &unr_; from + &unr_; to separate. ] (Eccl.) A delegate or deputy; especially, the pope's nuncio or legate at Constantinople. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. Artemisia, Gr. 'Artemisi`a. ] (Bot.) A genus of plants including the plants called mugwort, southernwood, and wormwood. Of these Artemisia absinthium, or common wormwood, is well known, and Artemisia tridentata is the sage brush of the Rocky Mountain region. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ F. artésien, fr. Artois in France, where many such wells have been made since the middle of the last century. ] Of or pertaining to Artois (anciently called Artesium), in France. [ 1913 Webster ]

Artesian wells, wells made by boring into the earth till the instrument reaches water, which, from internal pressure, flows spontaneously like a fountain. They are usually of small diameter and often of great depth. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. Asianus, Gr. &unr_;, fr. &unr_;, L. Asia. ] Of or pertaining to Asia; Asiatic. “Asian princes.” Jer. Taylor. -- n. An Asiatic. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. Asiarcha, Gr. &unr_;; &unr_; + &unr_; ruler. ] One of the chiefs or pontiffs of the Roman province of Asia, who had the superintendence of the public games and religious rites. Milner. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. Asiaticus, Gr. &unr_;. ] Of or pertaining to Asia or to its inhabitants. -- n. A native, or one of the people, of Asia. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Something peculiar to Asia or the Asiatics. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Of or pertaining to Athanasius, bishop of Alexandria in the 4th century. [ 1913 Webster ]

Athanasian creed, a formulary, confession, or exposition of faith, formerly supposed to have been drawn up by Athanasius; but this opinion is now rejected, and the composition is ascribed by some to Hilary, bishop of Arles (5th century). It is a summary of what was called the orthodox faith. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ ‖, n. [ NL. athanasia, fr. Gr. &unr_;; &unr_; priv. + &unr_; death. ] The quality of being deathless; immortality. [ 1913 Webster ]

Is not a scholiastic athanasy better than none? Lowell. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]