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An affection of the nervous system or of a nerve.

A functional nervous affection or disease, that is, a disease of the nerves without any appreciable change of nerve structure.

Uself in disorders of, or affecting, the nerves.

Newmade; formed with the affectation of novelty. "A newfangled nomenclature." Sir W. Hamilton.

Affectation of, or fondness for, novelty; vain or affected fashion or form.

cutting nicks or notches in. And thence proceed to nicking sashes. Prior. The itch of his affection should not then Have nicked his captainship. Shak.

ieties of ulcerous cutaneous diseases, but now restricted to Lupus exedens, an ulcerative affection of the nose.

Not sensitive; wanting sense or perception; not easily affected.

To put one's nose out of joint, to humiliate one's pride, esp. by supplanting one in the affections of another. [Slang] -- To thrust one's nose into, to meddle officiously in. -- To wipe one's nose of, to deprive of; to rob. [Slang]

Of or pertaining to nostalgia; affected with nostalgia.

position of an object. In the latter, as objectized by the former, arise the emotions and affections. Coleridge.

obligations which belong to his station. Duties extend beyond obligation, and direct the affections, desires, and intentions, as well as the actions. Whewell.

Not direct in descent; not following the line of father and son; collateral. His natural affection in a direct line was strong, in an oblique but weak. Baker. Oblique angle, Oblique ascension, etc. See under Angle,Ascension, etc. -- Oblique arch (Arch.), an arch whose jambs are not at right angles with the face, and w…

Pertaining to, or of the nature of, edema; affected with edema.

An affection of a finger or toe, attended with ulceration at the base of the nail, and terminating in the destruction of the nail.

the head, so as to be appreciated as sounds by persons deaf from causes other than those affecting the nervous apparatus of hearing.

Too wise; affectedly wise. -- O`ver*wise"ly, adv. -- O`ver*wise"ness, n.

Affected wisdom; pompous dellness. [R.]

Affected with palsy; palsied; paralytic. [R.] Johnson.

Affected with palsy; paralyzed.