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A morbid condition due to excessive increase of albuminous elements in the blood.

Pertaining to, or containing, albumen; having the properties of, or resembling, albumen or albumin. -- Al*bu"mi*nous*ness, n.

n by dilute acids or by an acid solution of pepsin. Used also in combination, as antialbumose, hemialbumose.

The plant costmary, which was formerly much used for flavoring ale.

An instrument for viewing pictures by means of a lens, so as to present them in their natural proportions and relations.

Controlled by an evil spirit or by evil passions; wild. [Colloq.]

Alms. [Obs.] Cheke.

Nearly; well nigh; all but; for the greatest part. Almost thou persuadest me to be a Christian. Acts xxvi. 28. Almost never, scarcely ever. -- Almost nothing, scarcely anything.

The European shad (Clupea alosa); -- called also allice shad or allis shad. The name is sometimes applied to the American shad (Clupea sapidissima). See Shad.

A loss or decay of sight, from loss of power in the optic nerve, without any perceptible external change in the eye; -- called also gutta serena, the "drop serene" of Milton.

A sweet-scented herb; ambrosia. See Ambrosia, 3. Turner.

e fabled food of the gods (as nectar was their drink), which conferred immortality upon those who partook of it.

A bark beetle that feeds on ambrosia.

Having the qualities of ambrosia; delicious. [R.]"Ambrosiac odors." B. Jonson.

Consisting of, or partaking of the nature of, ambrosia; delighting the taste or smell; delicious. "Ambrosial food." "Ambrosial fragrance." Milton.

After the manner of ambrosia; delightfully. "Smelt ambrosially." Tennyson.

Ambrosial. [R.] . Jonson.

An early coin struck by the dukes of Milan, and bearing the figure of St. Ambrose on horseback.

le cleavage of the nucleus without change in its structure (such as the formation of chromosomes), followed by the division of the cytoplasm; direct cell division; -- opposed to mitosis. It is not the usual mode of division, and is believed by many to occur chiefly in highly specialized cells which are incapable of lon…

Same as Amnion.