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Of or pertaining to acetone; as, acetonic bodies.

Excess of acetone in the urine, as in starvation or diabetes.

fed jacket worn under the mail, or (later) a jacket plated with mail. [Spelled also hacqueton.] [Obs.] Halliwell. Sir W. Scott.

genus of ferns (Ophioglossum), whose seeds are produced on a spike resembling a serpent's tongue.

See Acton.

A chronic skin affection terminating in an ulcer, most commonly of the face. It is endemic along the Mediterranean, and is probably due to a specific bacillus. Called also Aleppo ulcer, Biskara boil, Delhi boil, Oriental sore, etc.

A subsulphate of alumina and potash; alunite.

A variety of feldspar, having a verdigris-green color.

A chronic contagious affection of the skin, prevalent in the tropics.

A product of gastric digestion, a mixture of hemipeptone and antipeptone.

The condition of decreased irritability of a nerve in the region of the positive electrode or anode on the passage of a current of electricity through it. Foster.

A product of gastric and pancreatic digestion, differing from hemipeptone in not being decomposed by the continued action of pancreatic juice.

The use of some epithet or the name of some office, dignity, or the like, instead of the proper name of the person; as when his majesty is used for a king, or when, instead of Aristotle, we say, the philosopher; or, conversely, the use of a proper name instead of an appellative, as when a wise man is called a Solomon,…

Pertaining to, or characterized by, antonomasia. -- An`to*no*mas"tic*al*ly, adv.

Antonomasia.

A word of opposite meaning; a counterterm; -- used as a correlative of synonym. [R.] C. J. Smith.

A wedge-shaped stone used in an arch; a voussoir.

The science of architecture.

, or to architecture; evincing skill in designing or construction; constructive. "Architectonic wisdom." Boyle. These architectonic functions which we had hitherto thought belonged. J. C. Shairp.

The science of architecture.