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Neither; nor. [Obs.] Chaucer.

An extinct genus of gigantic herbivorous marsupials, found in the Pliocene formation of Australia.

Any species of Paleotherium.

Of or pertaining to Paleotherium.

to have had a more slender form, with a long neck like that of a llama. [Written also Palæotherium.]

Resembling Paleotherium. -- n.

The application of light for therapeutic purposes, esp. for treating diseases of the skin. -- Pho`to*the*rap"ic (#), Pho`to*ther`a*peu"tic (#), a.

Of or pertaining to both light and heat.

A crab of the genus pinnotheres. See Oyster crab, under Oyster.

The treatment of disease by inhalations of compressed or rarefied air.

Having a varying body temperature. See Homoiothermal.

Poikilothermal.

Bustle; confusion; tumult; flutter; bother. [Written also potter, and pudder.] "What a pother and stir!" Oldham. "Coming on with a terrible pother." Wordsworth.

Same as Monotremata.

The treatment of disease by acting on the mind, as by suggestion; mind cure; psychotherapy.

Psychotherapeutics.

Treatment of disease by means of Röntgen rays or other forms of radioactivity.

A bovine beast. [Obs.] Shak. Rother beasts, cattle of the bovine genus; black cattle. [Obs.] Golding. -- Rother soil, the dung of rother beasts.

Of or pertaining to a sundial. Sciotheric telescope (Dialing), an instrument consisting of a horizontal dial, with a telescope attached to it, used for determining the time, whether of day or night.

Serum-therapy.