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A division of the Articulata, including the annelids and allied groups; sometimes made to include also the helminths and echinoderms. [Written also Annuloidea.]

A remedy for acidity of the stomach, as an alkali or absorbent. -- a.

Corrective of acrimony of the humors.

Being before noon; in or pertaining to the forenoon. (Abbrev. a. m.)

roductive apparatus in the lower, consisting of a cell or other cavity in which spermatozoids are produced; -- called also spermary. -- An`ther*id"i*al, a.

Resembling an anther.

One of the mobile male reproductive bodies in the antheridia of cryptogams.

Resembling a flower; flowerlike.

Resembling anthrax in action; of the nature of anthrax; as, an anthracoid microbe.

The group that includes man only.

An anthropoid ape.

Anthropoid.

The suborder of primates which includes the monkeys, apes, and man.

A body formed from albumin by pancreatic and gastric digestion. It is convertible into antipeptone.

An antidiphtheritic agent.

Having the quality an antidote; fitted to counteract the effects of poison. Sir T. Browne. -- An"ti*do`tal*ly, adv.

Antidotal. -- n. Antidote; also, a book of antidotes.

r of anything noxious taken into the stomach; -- used with against, for, or to; as, an antidote against, for, or to, poison.

Serving as an antidote. -- An`ti*dot"ic*al*ly, adv.

Changing the direction in the spiral sequence of leaves on a stem.