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The presence of filariæ in the blood; infection with filariæ.

Friesic. [R.]

the union of parents of different sexes; sexual reproduction; -- the opposite of agamogenesis.

Alternate generation. See under Generation.

he process or mode of originating; production; formation; origination. The origin and genasis of poor Sterling's club. Carlyle.

One versed in geodesy.

Knowledge of the earth. [R.] G. Eliot.

Same as Glaucoma.

A writer of comments. [Obs.] Milton.

Glycogenesis. [R.]

The production or formation of sugar from gycogen, as in the liver.

The deeper wisdom; knowledge of spiritual truth, such as was claimed by the Gnostics.

A disease of the teeth, which causes them to loosen and fall out of their sockets.

A form of union or immovable articulation where a hard part is received into the cavity of a bone, as the teeth into the jaws.

Like a goose; foolish. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Same as Hemapophysis. -- Hæm`a*po*phys"i*al, a.

Same as Hematemesis.

The transformation of venous arterial blood by respiration; hematosis.

Dissolution of the red blood corpuscles with diminished coagulability of the blood; hæmolysis. -- Hæm`a*to*lyt"ic (#), a.

Same as Hematosis.