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Union of both sexes in one individual; hermaphroditism.

One who relates or collects anecdotes.

A condition in the wood of some trees in which the rings are separated, as some suppose, by the action of high winds upon the trunk; wind shake.

A soft, pulsating, hollow tumor, containing blood, arising from the preternatural dilation or rupture of the coats of an artery. [Written also aneurysm.]

Of or pertaining to an aneurism; as, an aneurismal tumor; aneurismal diathesis. [Written also aneurysmal.]

See under Angel.

Any disorder of the vasomotor system; neurosis of a blood vessel. --An`gi*o*neu*rot"ic (#), a.

In an angular manner; angularly.

The principles of the established church of England; also, in a restricted sense, the doctrines held by the high-church party.

An English idiom; a phrase or form language peculiar to the English. Dryden.

The belief of those in the Church of England who accept many doctrines and practices which they maintain were those of the primitive, or true, Catholic Church, of which they consider the Church of England to be the lineal descendant.

A characteristic of the Anglo-Saxon race; especially, a word or an idiom of the Anglo-Saxon tongue. M. Arnold.

A small moth (Gelechia cerealella) which is very destructive to wheat and other grain. The larva eats out the inferior of the grain, leaving only the shell.

Extreme pain, either of body or mind; excruciating distress. But they hearkened not unto Moses for anguish of spirit, and for cruel bondage. Ex. vi. 9. Anguish as of her that bringeth forth her first child. Jer. iv. 31.

Without definite structure; as, an anhistous membrane.

To frustrate; to bring to naught; to annihilate. [Obs.] Chaucer.

A disease due to inhaling the poisonous fumes present in the manufacture of aniline.

The theory which seeks to explain certain physiological and pathological by means of animalcules.

A believer in the theory of animalculism.

Like an animal.