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- English Word Phyllous Definition Homologous with a leaf; as, the sepals, petals, stamens, and pistils are phyllous organs.
- English Word Phylloxanthin Definition A yellow coloring matter extracted from chlorophyll.
- English Word Phylloxera Definition A small hemipterous insect (Phylloxera vastatrix) allied to the aphids. It attacks the roots and leaves of the grapevine, doing great damage, especially in Europe.
- English Word Phylloxera Definition The diseased condition of a vine caused by the insect just described.
- English Word Phylogenesis Definition Alt. of Phylogeny
- English Word Phylogenetic Definition Relating to phylogenesis, or the race history of a type of organism.
- English Word Phylogeny Definition The history of genealogical development; the race history of an animal or vegetable type; the historic exolution of the phylon or tribe, in distinction from ontogeny, or the development of the individual organism, and from biogenesis, or life development generally.
- English Word Phylon Definition A tribe.
- English Word Phylum Definition One of the larger divisions of the animal kingdom; a branch; a grand division.
- English Word Phyma Definition A tubercle on any external part of the body.
- English Word Phymata Definition of Phyma
- English Word Physa Definition A genus of fresh-water Pulmonifera, having reversed spiral shells. See Pond snail, under Pond.
- English Word Physalia Definition A genus of large oceanic Siphonophora which includes the Portuguese man-of-war.
- English Word Physaliae Definition An order of Siphonophora which includes Physalia.
- English Word Physemaria Definition A group of simple marine organisms, usually classed as the lowest of the sponges. They have inflated hollow bodies.
- English Word Physeter Definition The genus that includes the sperm whale.
- English Word Physeter Definition A filtering machine operated by air pressure.
- English Word Physianthropy Definition The philosophy of human life, or the doctrine of the constitution and diseases of man, and their remedies.
- English Word Physic Definition The art of healing diseases; the science of medicine; the theory or practice of medicine.
- English Word Physic Definition A specific internal application for the cure or relief of sickness; a remedy for disease; a medicine.
- English Word Physic Definition Specifically, a medicine that purges; a cathartic.
- English Word Physic Definition A physician.
- English Word Physic Definition To treat with physic or medicine; to administer medicine to, esp. a cathartic; to operate on as a cathartic; to purge.
- English Word Physic Definition To work on as a remedy; to heal; to cure.
- English Word Physical Definition Of or pertaining to nature (as including all created existences); in accordance with the laws of nature; also, of or relating to natural or material things, or to the bodily structure, as opposed to things mental, moral, spiritual, or imaginary; material; natural; as, armies and navies are the physical force of a nation; the body is the physical part of man.
- English Word Physical Definition Of or pertaining to physics, or natural philosophy; treating of, or relating to, the causes and connections of natural phenomena; as, physical science; physical laws.
- English Word Physical Definition Perceptible through a bodily or material organization; cognizable by the senses; external; as, the physical, opposed to chemical, characters of a mineral.
- English Word Physical Definition Of or pertaining to physic, or the art of medicine; medicinal; curative; healing; also, cathartic; purgative.
- English Word Physically Definition In a physical manner; according to the laws of nature or physics; by physical force; not morally.
- English Word Physically Definition According to the rules of medicine.