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Having a human head (upon an animal's body), as the Egyptian sphinx.

A man sphinx; a sphinx having the head of a man and the body of a lion.

Dissection of the human body, as distinguished from zoötomy; anthropotomy. [R.]

A discourse on angels, or a body of doctrines in regard to angels. The same mythology commanded the general consent; the same angelology, demonology. Milman.

Dissection of the blood vessels and lymphatics of the body. Dunglison.

Extreme pain, either of body or mind; excruciating distress. But they hearkened not unto Moses for anguish of spirit, and for cruel bondage. Ex. vi. 9. Anguish as of her that bringeth forth her first child. Jer. iv. 31.

r aperture, Angular distance. See Aperture, Distance. -- Angular motion, the motion of a body about a fixed point or fixed axis, as of a planet or pendulum. It is equal to the angle passed over at the point or axis by a line drawn to the body. -- Angular point, the point at which the sides of the angle meet; the vert…

An oxide of a nonmetallic body or an organic radical, capable of forming an acid by uniting with the elements of water; -- so called because it may be formed from an acid by the abstraction of water.

nthozoa, hydroids, starfishes, etc. -- Animal heat (Physiol.), the heat generated in the body of a living animal, by means of which the animal is kept at nearly a uniform temperature. -- Animal spirits. See under Spirit. -- Animal kingdom, the whole class of beings endowed with animal life. It embraces several subki…

To give natural life to; to make alive; to quicken; as, the soul animates the body.

ne, taught by Stahl, that the soul is the proper principle of life and development in the body.

rimary division of gastropods, including those having spiral shells. The two sides of the body are unequally developed.

A division of the Articulata, having the body formed of numerous rings or annular segments, and without jointed legs. The principal subdivisions are the Chætopoda, including the Oligochæta or earthworms and Polychæta or marine worms; and the Hirudinea or leeches. See Chætopoda.

nonexistence; to destroy the existence of; to cause to cease to be. It impossible for any body to be utterly annihilated. Bacon.

very short. They also assume different positions when resting, Culex usually holding the body parallel to the surface on which it rests and keeping the head and beak bent at an angle, while Anopheles holds the body at an angle with the surface and the head and beak in line with it. Unless they become themselves infect…

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

The science of the structure and functions of the human body.

The anatomy or dissection of the human body; androtomy. Owen.

A body formed from albumin by pancreatic and gastric digestion. It is convertible into antipeptone.

Opposition to the body politic of citizens. [Obs.] Carlyle.