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Inconsistent. [Obs.]

the gray substance of the spinal cord. It is attended with febrile symptoms, motor paralysis, and muscular atrophy, often producing permanent deformities. Called also acute anterior poliomyelitis.

ake a stand and refuse to give way; to hold to something firmly or determinedly; to be persistent, urgent, or pressing; to persist in demanding; -- followed by on, upon, or that; as, he insisted on these conditions; he insisted on going at once; he insists that he must have money. Insisting on the old prerogative. Shak…

The quality of insisting, or being urgent or pressing; the act of dwelling upon as of special importance; persistence; urgency.

Standing or resting on something; as, an insistent wall. Sir H. Wotton.

In an insistent manner.

A dwelling or standing on something; fixedness; persistence. [Obs.] Shak.

Nonresistance; passive submission.

The quality or state of being irrestible, irresistibleness.

That can not be successfully resisted or opposed; superior to opposition; resistless; overpowering; as, an irresistible attraction. An irresistible law of our nature impels us to seek happiness. J. M. Mason.

Quality of being irrestible.

In an irrestible manner.

Irresistible. [Obs.] Glanvill.

ipal goddess worshiped by the Egyptians. She was regarded as the mother of Horus, and the sister and wife of Osiris. The Egyptians adored her as the goddess of fecundity, and as the great benefactress of their country, who instructed their ancestors in the art of agriculture.

ce in the nucleus, attended with movement of the nuclear fibrils; -- opposed to karyostenosis. The nucleus becomes enlarged and convoluted, and finally the threads are separated into two groups which ultimately become disconnected and constitute the daughter nuclei. Called also mitosis. See Cell development, under Cell…

Direct cell division (in which there is first a simple division of the nucleus, without any changes in its structure, followed by division of the protoplasm of the karyostenotic mode of nuclear division.

the embryo to the peculiar conditions of its environment; -- distinguished from palingenesis. [Written also cænogenesis.]

The perception attendant upon the movements of the muscles. Bastian.

An instrument for producing curves by the combination of circular movements; -- called also kinescope.

The formation of leucocytes.