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Cæsarean section. See under Cæsarean.

Of or pertaining to the chin and hyoid bone; as, the geniohyoid muscle.

; -- applied to the anterior segment of the hyoidean arch in many fishes. -- n. The glossohyal bone or cartilage; lingual bone; entoglossal bone.

Presenting hemihedral forms, in which half the sectants have the full number of planes.

One of a class of respiratory pigments, widely distributed in the animal kingdom, capable of ready oxidation and reduction.

Having all the planes required by complete symmetry, -- in opposition to hemihedral.

Presenting hemihedral forms, in which all the sectants have halt the whole number of planes. Dana.

Pertaining to one or more small elements in the hyoidean arch of fishes, between the caratohyal and urohyal. -- n.

The quality or state of being incoherent; want of coherence; want of cohesion or adherence. Boyle.

Not coherent; wanting cohesion; loose; unconnected; physically disconnected; not fixed to each; -- said of material substances. Woodward.

Causing incoherence. [R.]

In an incoherent manner; without due connection of parts.

Incoherence.

An isohyetose line.

Of or pertaining to John, esp. to the Apostle John or his writings. M. Stuart.

A Portuguese gold coin of the value of eight dollars, named from the figure of King John which it bears;- often contracted into joe; as, a joe, or a half joe.

A fine white wine produced on the estate of Schloss (or Castle) Johannisberg, on the Rhine.

A proper name of a man. John-apple, a sort of apple ripe about St. John's Day. Same as Apple-john. -- John Bull, an ideal personification of the typical characteristics of an Englishman, or of the English people. -- John Bullism, English character. W. Irving. -- John Doe (Law), the name formerly given to the fictiti…

See St. John's-wort.

A dreamy, idle fellow. Shak.