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ACCUSTOMARILY adv.
Customarily. [Obs.]
ACCUSTOMARY a.
Usual; customary. [Archaic] Featley.
ACCUSTOMED a. 2 definitions
Familiar through use; usual; customary. "An accustomed action." Shak.
ACCUSTOMEDNESS n.
Habituation. Accustomedness to sin hardens the heart. Bp. Pearce.
ACETOMETER n.
Same as Acetimeter. Brande & C.
ACROTOMOUS a.
Having a cleavage parallel with the base.
ACTINOSTOME n.
The mouth or anterior opening of a coelenterate animal.
ADENOTOMIC a.
Pertaining to adenotomy.
ADENOTOMY n.
Dissection of, or incision into, a gland or glands.
AL-PHITOMANCY n.
Divination by means of barley meal. Knowles.
ALTOMETER n.
A theodolite. Knight.
AMPHISTOMOUS a.
Having a sucker at each extremity, as certain entozoa, by means of which they adhere.
ANASTOMOSE v.
To inosculate; to intercommunicate by anastomosis, as the arteries and veins. The ribbing of the leaf, and the anastomosing network of its vessels. I. Taylor.
ANASTOMOSIS n.
The inosculation of vessels, or intercommunication between two or more vessels or nerves, as the cross communication between arteries or veins.
ANASTOMOTIC a.
Of or pertaining to anastomosis.
ANATOMIC; ANATOMICAL a.
Of or relating to anatomy or dissection; as, the anatomic art; anatomical observations. Hume.
ANATOMICALLY adv.
In an anatomical manner; by means of dissection.
ANATOMISM n. 2 definitions
The application of the principles of anatomy, as in art. The stretched and vivid anatomism of their [i. e., the French] great figure painters. The London Spectator.
ANATOMIST n.
One who is skilled in the art of anatomy, or dissection.
ANATOMIZATION n.
The act of anatomizing.
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