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A genus formerly including the Virginia creeper.

Pertaining to amphibiology.

A treatise on amphibious animals; the department of natural history which treats of the Amphibia.

Of doubtful meaning; ambiguous. "Amphibological expressions." Jer. Taylor. -- Am*phib`o*log"ic*al*ly, adv.

A phrase, discourse, or proposition, susceptible of two interpretations; and hence, of uncertain meaning. It differs from equivocation, which arises from the twofold sense of a single term.

Ambiguous; doubtful. [Obs.] Never was there such an amphibolous quarrel -- both parties declaring themselves for the king. Howell.

Having both ends concave; biconcave; -- said of vertebræ.

Ambiguity of speech; equivocation. [R.]

Wanting the spinal cord.

A variety of trap or basaltic rock, containing small cavities, occupied, wholly or in part, by nodules or geodes of different minerals, esp. agates, quartz, calcite, and the zeolites. When the imbedded minerals are detached or removed by decomposition, it is porous, like lava.

Pertaining to, or having the nature of, the rock amygdaloid.

A microörganism (Bacillus amylobacter) which develops in vegetable tissue during putrefaction. Sternberg.

That part of the starch granule or granulose which is soluble in water.

The formation of starch.

Of or pert. to amylogen.

The substance deposited in the organs in amyloid degeneration.

Resembling or containing amyl; starchlike. 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.

arch into soluble products, as dextrins and sugar, esp. by the action of enzymes. -- Am`y*lo*lyt"ic (#), a.

Effecting the conversion of starch into soluble dextrin and sugar; as, an amylolytic ferment. Foster.

Instrument for determining the amount of starch in a substance.