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A figure by which a speaker appeals to his hearers or opponents for their opinion on the point in debate. Walker.

Lacking grammatical sequence. -- An`a*co*lu"thic*al*ly, adv.

A want of grammatical sequence or coherence in a sentence; an instance of a change of construction in a sentence so that the latter part does not syntactically correspond with the first part.

A large South American snake of the Boa family (Eunectes murinus), which lives near rivers, and preys on birds and small mammals. The name is also applied to a similar large serpent (Python tigris) of Ceylon.

Pertaining to, after the manner of, or in the meter of, the Greek poet Anacreon; amatory and convivial. De Quincey.

Pertaining to anachronism.

A secondary notch in the pulse curve, obtained in a sphygmographic tracing.

A prefix of one or two unaccented syllables to a verse properly beginning with an accented syllable.

A garland or fillet; a chaplet or wreath. Drayton. Tennyson.

A repetition of the last word or any prominent word in a sentence or clause, at the beginning of the next, with an adjunct idea; as, "He retained his virtues amidst all his misfortunes -- misfortunes which no prudence could foresee or prevent."

A fish that leaves the sea and ascends rivers.

Ascending rivers from the sea, at certain seasons, for breeding, as the salmon, shad, etc.

A morbid condition in which the blood is deficient in quality or in quantity.

Of or pertaining to anæmia.

Anaërobic bacteria. They are called facultative anaërobia when able to live either in the presence or absence of free oxygen; obligate, or obligatory, anaërobia when they thrive only in its absence.

Relating to, or like, anaërobies; araërobiotic.

Microörganisms which do not require oxygen, but are killed by it. Sternberg.

Related to, or of the nature of, anaërobies.

Entire or partial loss or absence of feeling or sensation; a state of general or local insensibility produced by disease or by the inhalation or application of an anæsthetic.

See Anæsthesia.