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from the surface of the body to the spinal cord; -- said of certain nerves. Opposed to exodic.

ences from the spinal cord outward; -- said of the motor or efferent nerves. Opposed to esodic.

A judge or umpire in games or combats.

drogen and iodine; -- said of an acid produced by the combination of these elements. Hydriodic acid (Chem.), a pungent, colorless gas, HI, usually prepared as a solution in water. It is strong reducing agent. Called also hydrogen iodine.

Exhibiting retarded dicrotism; as, a hypodicrotic pulse curve.

Not methodical; without method or systematic arrangement; without order or regularity; confused. Addison.

Without method; confusedly; unsystematically.

Want of method.

iodine; specif., denoting those compounds in which it has a relatively high valence; as, iodic acid. Iodic acid, a monobasic acid, consisting of iodine with three parts of oxygen and one of hydrogen.

Kinesodic.

Conveying motion; as; kinesodic substance; -- applied esp. to the spinal cord, because it is capable of conveying doth voluntary and reflex motor impulses, without itself being affected by motor impulses applied to it directly.

Of or pertaining to Laodicea, a city in Phrygia Major; like the Christians of Laodicea; lukewarm in religion. Rev. iii. 14-16.

One of the two or three delicate membranous scales which are next to the stamens in grasses.

Of the nature of melody; relating to, containing, or made up of, melody; melodious.

The department of musical science which treats of the pitch of tones, and of the laws of melody.

in a manner to illustrate a subject, or to facilitate practical observation; as, the methodical arrangement of arguments; a methodical treatise. "Methodical regularity." Addison.

Moderateness; smallness; meanness. [Obs.]

A little; a small quantity; a measured simply. "Modicums of wit." Shak. Her usual modicum of beer and punch. Thackeray.

Belonging to a monody.

Of or pertaining to the nodes; from a node to the same node again; as, the nodical revolutions of the moon. Nodical month. See Lunar month, under Month.