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A drawing of humors or fluids from one part of the body to another, to relieve or lessen a morbid process.

ord. Derivative circulation, a modification of the circulation found in some parts of the body, in which the arteries empty directly into the veins without the interposition of capillaries. Flint. -- De*riv"a*tive*ly, adv. -- De*riv"a*tive*ness, n.

The loss or obliteration of division into segments; as, a desegmentation of the body.

The act or state of desisting; cessation. [R.] Boyle. If fatigue of body or brain were in every case followed by desistance . . . then would the system be but seldom out of working order. H. Spencer.

That which is detached; especially, a body of troops or part of a fleet sent from the main body on special service. Troops . . . widely scattered in little detachments. Bancroft.

The selection for a particular service of a person or a body of men; hence, the person or the body of men so selected. Detail drawing, a drawing of the full size, or on a large scale, of some part of a building, machine, etc. -- In detail, in subdivisions; part by part; item; circumstantially; with particularity.…

To cleanse; to purge away, as foul or offending matter from the body, or from an ulcer.

Hence: Any fragments separated from the body to which they belonged; any product of disintegration. The mass of detritus of which modern languages are composed. Farrar.

The act of lopping or cutting off, as the head from the body.

A sympathetic affection of any part of the body, as headache from an overloaded stomach.

nsured, thus releasing the underwriters from their responsibility. Deviation of a falling body (Physics), that deviation from a strictly vertical line of descent which occurs in a body falling freely, in consequence of the rotation of the earth. -- Deviation of the compass, the angle which the needle of a ship's compa…

The whole body of evil spirits. Tylor.

Ready and expert in the use of the body and limbs; skillful and active with the hands; handy; ready; as, a dexterous hand; a dexterous workman.

The office of a deacon; deaconship; also, a body or board of deacons.

A body having diamagnetic polarity.

Any right line passing through the center of a figure or body, as a circle, conic section, sphere, cube, etc., and terminated by the opposite boundaries; a straight line which bisects a system of parallel chords drawn in a curve.

Pertaining to, or dependent on, a diathesis or special constitution of the body; as, diathetic disease.

Having two heads on one body; double-headed.

Successive division and subdivision, as of a stem of a plant or a vein of the body, into two parts as it proceeds from its origin; successive bifurcation.

Any small cubical or square body. Words . . . pasted upon little flat tablets or dies. Watts.