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A substance produced by the action of an alkali upon albumin, and resembling casein in its properties; also, a compound formed by the union of albumin with another substance.

A coloring principle, C14H6O2(OH)2, found in madder, and now produced artificially from anthracene. It produces the Turkish reds.

humus, forming a dark-colored solution which, when it collects in puddles and evaporates, produces characteristic black spots.

To produce or urge as a reason, plea, or excuse; as, he refused to lend, alleging a resolution against lending.

That system of medical practice which aims to combat disease by the use of remedies which produce effects different from those produced by the special disease treated; -- a term invented by Hahnemann to designate the ordinary practice, as opposed to homeopathy.

A substance produced by acting upon uric with warm and very dilute nitric acid.

Of or pertaining to ambrein; -- said of a certain acid produced by digesting ambrein in nitric acid.

lace of prepared glass, in which the lights are represented in silver, and the shades are produced by a dark background visible through the unsilvered portions of the glass.

A variety of wheat from which starch is produced; -- called also French rice.

g an amoeba; amoeba-shaped; changing in shape like an amoeba. Amoeboid movement, movement produced, as in the amoeba, by successive processes of prolongation and retraction.

Of or relating to, or produced by, love. "Amorous delight." Milton. "Amorous airs." Waller.

An element that in combination produces amphid salt; -- applied by Berzelius to oxygen, sulphur, selenium, and tellurium. [R.]

Produced by, or indicating, a cavity in the lungs, not filled, and giving a sound like that produced by blowing into an empty decanter; as, amphoric respiration or resonance.

in medicine as a heart stimulant and a vasodilator. The inhalation of its vapor instantly produces flushing of the face.

entation (Chem.), a process of fermentation in starch or sugar in which amylic alcohol is produced. Gregory.

rchlike. Amyloid degeneration (Med.), a diseased condition of various organs of the body, produced by the deposit of an albuminous substance, giving a blue color with iodine and sulphuric acid; -- called also waxy or lardaceous degeneration.

By reflection; as, echoes are sound produced anacamptically. Hutton.

Produced by the refraction of light, as seen through water; as, anaclastic curves.

artial 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.

That which produces insensibility to pain, as chloroform, ether, etc.