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One versed in pneumatology.

The doctrine of, or a treatise on, air and other elastic fluids. See Pneumatics, 1.

Preceding the diastole of the heart; as, a prediastolic friction sound.

Preceding the systole or contraction of the heart; as, the presystolic friction sound.

Paleobotany.

Of or pertaining to Ptolemy, the geographer and astronomer. Ptolemaic system (Astron.), the system maintained by Ptolemy, who supposed the earth to be fixed in the center of the universe, with the sun and stars revolving around it. This theory was received for ages, until superseded by the Copernican system.…

One who accepts the astronomical system of Ptolemy.

A discourse or treatise on fevers; the doctrine of fevers. Hooper.

The science of blowpipe analysis.

A group of five notes to be played or sung in the time of four of the same species.

imp. & p. p. of Retell.

One who writes the lives of saints. [R.]

The doctrine of signs as the expression of thought or reasoning; the science of indicating thought by signs. Smart.

A double triplet; a group of six equal notes played in the time of four.

A treatise on the regulation of the diet; dietetics. [Written also sitiology.]

A constituent of human fæces formed in the small intestines as a product of the putrefaction of albuminous matter. It is also found in reduced indigo. Chemically it is methyl indol, C9H9N.

That part of anatomy which treats of the skeleton; also, a treatise on the skeleton.

The dictrine or the science of the general properties of material substances; somatics.

See Statistics, 2.

A long garment, descending to the ankles, worn by Roman women. The stola was not allowed to be worn by courtesans, or by women who had been divorced from their husbands. Fairholt.