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A process, or other element, of a vertebra developed from the ventral side of the centrum, as hæmal spines, and chevron bones. -- Hy`pa*po*phys"i*al, a.

A lateral and backward-projecting process on the dorsal side of a vertebra. -- Hy`per*ap`o*phys"i*al, a.

A condition of the blood, characterized by an abnormally large amount of fibrin, as in many inflammatory diseases.

Abnormally increased muscular movement; spasm.

A kind of metamorphosis, in certain insects, in which the larva itself undergoes remarkable changes of form and structure during its growth.

A diminution in the normal amount of fibrin present in the blood.

Supervention of sleep.

A mental disorder in which melancholy and gloomy views torment the affected person, particularly concerning his own health.

See Pituitary body, under Pituitary.

That which forms the basis of anything; underlying principle; a concept or mental entity conceived or treated as an existing being or thing.

ed for the purpose of argument, or to account for a fact or an occurrence; as, the hypothesis that head winds detain an overdue steamer. An hypothesis being a mere supposition, there are no other limits to hypotheses than those of the human imagination. J. S. Mill.

A vivid, picturesque description of scenes or events.

s acting upon a body are changed, as if from velocity or internal friction; a temporary resistance to change from a condition previously invuced, observed in magnetism, thermoelectricity, etc., on reversal of polarity.

A disease in which the skin is thick, rough, and scaly; -- called also fishskin. -- Ich`thy*ot"ic, a.

Idiocracy.

Inconsistency.

The quality or state of being inconsistent; discordance in respect to sentiment or action; such contrariety between two things that both can not exist or be true together; disagreement; incompatibility. There is a perfect inconsistency between that which is of debt and that which is of free gift. South.…

Not consistent; showing inconsistency; irreconcilable; discordant; at variance, esp. as regards character, sentiment, or action; incompatible; incongruous; contradictory.

In an inconsistent manner.

Inconsistency. [R.]