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aining the nature of diseases by means of their symptoms or signs. His rare skill in diagnostics. Macaulay.

Having twice as many stamens as petals, as the geranium. R. Brown.

The condition of being diplostemonous.

Same as Discoast. [Obs.]

To eject from a post; to displace. [R.] Davies (Holy Roode).

The jamb or sidepiece of a doorway.

of Do.

Most eastern.

Having no ribs or nerves; -- said of a leaf.

Of or pertaining to ectostosis; as, ectosteal ossification.

A process of bone formation in which ossification takes place in the perichondrium and either surrounds or gradually replaces the cartilage.

Pertaining to electrostatics.

That branch of science which treats of statical electricity or electric force in a state of rest.

A drawing of the body forward, in consequence of the spasmodic action of some of the muscles. Gross.

Farthest; remotest; at the very end. Tylor.

Relating to endostosis; as, endosteal ossification.

The part of each apodeme derived from the intersternal membrane in Crustacea and insects.

The layer of vascular connective tissue lining the medullary cavities of bone.

A plate which supports the labrum in certain Crustacea.

And endostoma.