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A cough.

An intrusion of one vegetable cell into the cavity of another, sometimes forming there an irregular mass of cells. Goodale.

Nonresistance; passive submission; irresistance. Bp. Hall.

Not resisted; unopposed. Bentley.

Irresistible. W. Temple.

To separate, as sisters; to disjoin. [Poetic & R.] Tennyson.

Not sisterly. Richardson.

Unresisting. [Obs.] "The unsisting postern." Shak.

The formation of varices; varicosity.

The yellow discoloration often observed in cancerous tumors.

Same as Heterogenesis.

One of the articular processes of a vertebra, of which there are usually four, two anterior and two posterior. See under Vertebra. -- Zyg`ap*o*phys"i*al, a.

Same as Conjugation.

The action of enzymes; also, the changes produced by such action. --Zy`mo*lyt"ic (#), a.

A fermentation; hence, an analogous process by which an infectious disease is believed to be developed.

tion, usually that kind of articulation which admits of free motion in the joint; diarthrosis. Coxe.

tter or letters, standing for a word or phrase of which they are a part; as, Gen. for Genesis; U.S.A. for United States of America.

The European siskin (Carduelis spinus), a small green and yellow finch, related to the goldfinch.

To contribute, as an assistant or instigator, to the commission of an offense.

Contrary or repugnant; discordant; inconsistent; -- followed by to. "Injudicious profanation, so abhorrent to our stricter principles." Gibbon.