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hat system of medical practice which aims to combat disease by the use of remedies which produce effects different from those produced by the special disease treated; -- a term invented by Hahnemann to designate the ordinary practice, as opposed to homeopathy.

An oxidation product of uric acid. It is of a pale reddish color, readily soluble in water or alcohol.

A substance produced by acting upon uric with warm and very dilute nitric acid.

An electric generator or dynamo for producing alternating currents.

Art or process of producing, and printing from, aluminium plates, after the manner of ordinary lithography. -- A*lu`mi*no*graph"ic (#), a.

Pertaining to, producing, or expressing, sexual love; as, amatory potions.

Of or pertaining to ambrein; -- said of a certain acid produced by digesting ambrein in nitric acid.

of Milan, instituted by St. Ambrose. Ambrosian chant, the mode of signing or chanting introduced by St. Ambrose in the 4th century.

ace of prepared glass, in which the lights are represented in silver, and the shades are produced by a dark background visible through the unsilvered portions of the glass.

A variety of wheat from which starch is produced; -- called also French rice.

Tending to ameliorate; producing amelioration or improvement; as, ameliorative remedies, efforts.

aning, So be it. At the end of a creed, it is a solemn asseveration of belief. When it introduces a declaration, it is equivalent to truly, verily. It is used as a noun, to demote: (a) concurrence in belief, or in a statement; assent; (b) the final word or act; (c) Christ as being one who is true and faithful. And let…

an amoeba; amoeba-shaped; changing in shape like an amoeba. Amoeboid movement, movement produced, as in the amoeba, by successive processes of prolongation and retraction.

Of or relating to, or produced by, love. "Amorous delight." Milton. "Amorous airs." Waller.

A unit equal to the product of one complete convolution (of a coiled conductor) into one ampère of current; thus, a conductor having five convolutions and carrying a current of half an ampère is said to have 2½ ampère turns. The magnetizing effect of a coil is proportional to the number of its ampère turns.…

n mitotic cell-division, consisting of two asters connected by a spindle-shaped bundle of rodlike fibers diverging from each aster, and called the spindle.

Producing fruit of two kinds, either as to form or time of ripening.

Exhibiting or producing two colors, as substances which in the color test may change red litmus to blue and blue litmus to red.

An element that in combination produces amphid salt; -- applied by Berzelius to oxygen, sulphur, selenium, and tellurium. [R.]

A product of gastric digestion, a mixture of hemipeptone and antipeptone.