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mmon among coal miners, due to the inhalation of coal dust; -- called also collier's lung and miner's phthisis.

ANTHRAQUINONE n.

rbon, C6H4.C2O2.C6H4, subliming in shining yellow needles. It is obtained by oxidation of anthracene.

ANTHRAX n. 4 definitions

A malignant pustule.

ANTHRAX VACCINE n.

A fluid vaccine obtained by growing a bacterium (Bacterium anthracis) in beef broth. It is used to immunize animals, esp. cattle.

A genus of small beetles, several of which, in the larval state, are very destructive to woolen goods, fur, etc. The common "museum pest" is A. varius; the carpet beetle is A. scrophulariæ. The larvæ are commonly confounded with moths.

ANTHROPIC; ANTHROPICAL a.

Like or related to man; human. [R.] Owen.

The group that includes man only.

ANTHROPOCENTRIC a.

Assuming man as the center or ultimate end; -- applied to theories of the universe or of any part of it, as the solar system. Draper.

ANTHROPOGENIC a.

Of or pertaining to anthropogeny.

ANTHROPOGENY n.

The science or study of human generation, or the origin and development of man.

ANTHROPOGEOGRAPHY n.

The science of the human species as to geographical distribution and environment. Broadly, it includes industrial, commercial, and political geography, and that part of ethnology which deals with distribution and physical environment. -- An`thro*po*ge*og"ra*pher (#), n. -- An`thro*po*ge`o*graph"ic*al (#), a.…

ANTHROPOGLOT n.

An animal which has a tongue resembling that of man, as the parrot.

ANTHROPOGRAPHY n.

That branch of anthropology which treats of the actual distribution of the human race in its different divisions, as distinguished by physical character, language, institutions, and customs, in contradistinction to ethnography, which treats historically of the origin and filiation of races and nations. P. Cyc.…

ANTHROPOID a. 2 definitions

Resembling man; -- applied especially to certain apes, as the ourang or gorilla. -- n.

ANTHROPOIDAL a.

ANTHROPOIDEA n.

The suborder of primates which includes the monkeys, apes, and man.

ANTHROPOLATRY n.

ANTHROPOLITE n.

A petrifaction of the human body, or of any portion of it.

ANTHROPOLOGIC; ANTHROPOLOGICAL a.

Pertaining to anthropology; belonging to the nature of man. "Anthropologic wisdom." Kingsley. -- An`thro*po*log"ic*al*ly, adv.

ANTHROPOLOGIST n.

One who is versed in anthropology.