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The science of the dissection of insects.

The region between the antennæ and the mouth, in Crustacea.

An epitomist. Sir W. Hamilton.

a smaller space by curtailment and condensation; a brief summary; an abridgement. [An] epitome of the contents of a very large book. Sydney Smith.

One who makes an epitome; one who abridges; an epitomizer. Milton.

To make an epitome of; to shorten or abridge, as a writing or discourse; to reduce within a smaller space; as, to epitomize the works of Justin.

An epitomist. Burton.

pose of removing any foreign substance that obstructs the passage. [Written also oesophagotomy.]

Pertaining to, or like, the genus Etheostoma. -- n.

The small aperture or foremen in the outer coat of the ovule of a plant.

See Phantom. Fantom corn, phantom corn. Grose.

Having an even lower surface or bottom; as, a flat-bottomed boat.

Full and large at the bottom, as wigs worn by certain civil officers in Great Britain.

e quality of milk (i.e., its richness in cream) by determining its specific gravity; a lactometer.

The operation of cutting into the upper part of the vagina, through the abdomen (without opening the peritoneum), for the purpose of removing a fetus. It is a substitute for the Cæsarean operation, and less dangerous.

Cæsarean section. See under Cæsarean.

The operation of making a permanent opening into the stomach, for the introduction of food.

A cutting into, or opening of, the abdomen or the stomach.

A war of giants; especially, the fabulous war of the giants against heaven.

all that have distinct jaws, in contrast with the leptocardians and marsipobranchs (Cyclostoma), which lack them. [Written also Gnathostomata.]