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A tribe of lophobranch fishes having a tubular snout. The female carries the eggs in a ventral pouch.

See Somite.

An instrument for measuring or comparing the intensites of the colors of the spectrum.

The art of comparing, photometrically, the brightness of two spectra, wave length by wave length; the use of the spectrophotometer. --Spec`tro*pho`to*met"ric (#), a.

The dissection, or anatomy, of the viscera.

A drop measurer; a glass tube tapering to a small orifice at the point, and having a bulb in the middle, used for finding the number of drops in equal quantities of different liquids. See Pipette. Sir D. Brewster.

The operation of removing a staphyloma by cutting.

A cyst containing matter like suet.

Of the nature of steatoma.

Having a small or narrow mouth; -- said of certain small ground snakes (Opoterodonta), which are unable to dilate their jaws.

Of or pertaining to stereotomy; performed by stereotomy.

The science or art of cutting solids into certain figures or sections, as arches, and the like; especially, the art of stonecutting.

One of the minute apertures between the cells in many serous membranes.

The desire for food caused by hunger; appetite; as, a good stomach for roast beef. Shak.

Of or pertaining to the stomach; gastric.

One who stomachs.

Willfully obstinate; stubborn; perverse. [Obs.] -- Stom"ach*ful*ly, adv. [Obs.] -- Stom"ach*ful*ness, n. [Obs.]

A medicine that strengthens the stomach and excites its action.

Of or pertaining to the stomach; as, stomachic vessels.

Resentment. [Obs.]