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The act or art of dissecting the brain.

icting a man in his choice of a wife to the tribe to which he belongs; -- opposed to exogamy.

The delicate bands of connective tissue interspersed among muscular fibers.

who hates, and desires or attempts the injury of, another; a foe; an adversary; as, an enemy of or to a person; an enemy to truth, or to falsehood. To all good he enemy was still. Spenser. I say unto you, Love your enemies. Matt. v. 44. The enemy (Mil.), the hostile force. In this sense it is construed with the verb an…

Incision of the intestines, especially in reducing certain cases of hernia.

The science of the dissection of insects.

An epidemic disease. Dunglison.

Epithalamium. [R.] Donne.

The derivation of the name of a race, tribe, etc., from that of a fabulous hero, progenitor, etc.

se of removing any foreign substance that obstructs the passage. [Written also oesophagotomy.]

A good state of he blood and other fluids of the body.

Equal law, or a well-adjusted constitution of government. [R.] Mitford.

Just or harmonious proportion or movement, as in the composition of a poem, an edifice, a painting, or a statue.

age between members of the same tribe; marriage outside of the tribe; -- opposed to endogamy. Lubbock.

Exophthalmia.

The yard or inclosure attached to a barn, or the space inclosed by the farm buildings.

Composed of film or films. Whose filmy cord should bind the struggling fly. Dryden.

Flaming; blazing; flamelike; flame-colored; composed of flame. Pope.

Bloody; clotted. [Obs. or Prov.] Foamy bubbling of a fleamy brain. Marston.

Covered with foam; frothy; spumy. Behold how high the foamy billows ride! Dryden.