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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.

s; -- said of terns in which the lowest secondary segments are on the upper side of the branch of the central stem. D. C. Eaton.

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.

general or local insensibility produced by disease or by the inhalation or application of an anæsthetic.

See Anæsthesia.

Capable of rendering insensible; as, anæsthetic agents.

The process of anæsthetizing; also, the condition of the nervous system induced by anæsthetics.

To render insensible by an anæsthetic. Encyc. Brit.

Any sculptured, chased, or embossed ornament worked in low relief, as a cameo.

Work chased or embossed relief.