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  • English Word Aponeurosis Definition Any one of the thicker and denser of the deep fasciae which cover, invest, and the terminations and attachments of, many muscles. They often differ from tendons only in being flat and thin. See Fascia.
  • English Word Aponeurotic Definition Of or pertaining to an aponeurosis.
  • English Word Aponeurotomy Definition Dissection of aponeuroses.
  • English Word Apopemptic Definition Sung or addressed to one departing; valedictory; as, apoplectic songs or hymns.
  • English Word Apophasis Definition A figure by which a speaker formally declines to take notice of a favorable point, but in such a manner as to produce the effect desired. [For example, see Mark Antony's oration. Shak., Julius Caesar, iii. 2.]
  • English Word Apophlegmatic Definition Designed to facilitate discharges of phlegm or mucus from mouth or nostrils.
  • English Word Apophlegmatic Definition An apophlegmatic medicine.
  • English Word Apophlegmatism Definition The action of apophlegmatics.
  • English Word Apophlegmatism Definition An apophlegmatic.
  • English Word Apophlegmatizant Definition An apophlegmatic.
  • English Word Apophthegm Definition See Apothegm.
  • English Word Apophthegm Definition A short, pithy, and instructive saying; a terse remark, conveying some important truth; a sententious precept or maxim.
  • English Word Apophthegmatic Definition Alt. of Apophthegmatical
  • English Word Apophthegmatical Definition Same as Apothegmatic.
  • English Word Apophyge Definition The small hollow curvature given to the top or bottom of the shaft of a column where it expands to meet the edge of the fillet; -- called also the scape.
  • English Word Apophyllite Definition A mineral relating to the zeolites, usually occurring in square prisms or octahedrons with pearly luster on the cleavage surface. It is a hydrous silicate of calcium and potassium.
  • English Word Apophysis Definition A marked prominence or process on any part of a bone.
  • English Word Apophysis Definition An enlargement at the top of a pedicel or stem, as seen in certain mosses.
  • English Word Apoplectic Definition Alt. of Apoplectical
  • English Word Apoplectic Definition One liable to, or affected with, apoplexy.
  • English Word Apoplectical Definition Relating to apoplexy; affected with, inclined to, or symptomatic of, apoplexy; as, an apoplectic person, medicine, habit or temperament, symptom, fit, or stroke.
  • English Word Apoplectiform Definition Alt. of Apoplectoid
  • English Word Apoplectoid Definition Resembling apoplexy.
  • English Word Apoplex Definition Apoplexy.
  • English Word Apoplexed Definition Affected with apoplexy.
  • English Word Apoplexy Definition Sudden diminution or loss of consciousness, sensation, and voluntary motion, usually caused by pressure on the brain.
  • English Word Aporetical Definition Doubting; skeptical.
  • English Word Aporia Definition A figure in which the speaker professes to be at a loss what course to pursue, where to begin to end, what to say, etc.
  • English Word Aporias Definition of Aporia
  • English Word Aporosa Definition A group of corals in which the coral is not porous; -- opposed to Perforata.