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Inflammation of the pia mater or of the arachnoid membrane.

Having the nose narrow; -- said esp. of the skull. Opposed to platyrhine.

An order of Crustacea, including Nebalia and allied forms.

A genus of bacteria, characterized by having their filaments very long, slender, and indistinctly articulated.

The six-legged young, or larva, of certain mites; -- sometimes used as a generic name. See Harvest mite, under Harvest.

See Granulite.

Blindness. [R.] Urquhart.

One of the Acalephæ.

A group of Coelenterata, including the Medusæ or jellyfishes, and hydroids; -- so called from the stinging power they possess. Sometimes called sea nettles.

Belonging to or resembling the Acalephæ or jellyfishes.

Incomprehensibility of things; the doctrine held by the ancient Skeptic philosophers, that human knowledge never amounts to certainty, but only to probability.

Incapable of being comprehended; incomprehensible.

Not having scales. -- n.

A pole set up as the sign of an alehouse. [Obs.]

endemic along the Mediterranean, and is probably due to a specific bacillus. Called also Aleppo ulcer, Biskara boil, Delhi boil, Oriental sore, etc.

One of the cultivated forms of Andropogon Halepensis (syn. Sorghum Halepense). See Andropogon, below.

A species of epileptic attack, originating from gastric disorder.

Restorative; giving strength after disease. -- n.

Good against epilepsy. -- n.

Same as Antepileptic.