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A diminution or softening of statement for the sake of avoiding censure or increasing the effect by contrast with the moderation shown in the form of expression; as, " a citizen of no mean city," that is, of an illustrious city.

The treatment of disease by the application of magnets to the surface of the body.

An instrument for cutting into the urethra so as to enlarge its orifice.

A play of children, in swinging on ropes, or the like, till they are dizzy.

Of or pertaining to mitosis; karyokinetic; as, mitotic cell division; -- opposed to amitotic. --Mi*tot"ic*al*ly (#), adv.

A noun having only one case. Andrews.

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

The pouched, or marsupial, frog of South America.

An order of extinct toothed birds having the teeth in sockets, as in the genus Ichthyornis. See Ichthyornis.

An overcoat. Dickens.

Pertaining to parostosis.

A noun having five cases.

A toxic alkaloid found occasionally associated with the peptones formed from fibrin by pepsinhydrochloric acid.

such influence. If the migration is toward the source of light, it is termed positive phototaxis; if away from the light, negative phototaxis. --Pho`to*tac"tic (#), a. --Pho`to*tac"tic*al*ly, adv.

Telegraphy by means of light, as by the heliograph or the photophone. Also, less properly, telephotography. -- Pho`to*tel"e*graph (#), n. --Pho`to*tel`e*graph"ic (#), a.

A telescope adapted for taking photographs of the heavenly bodies.

An arrangement of two photographic cameras, the plates of which may be brought into exactly the same plane, used in surveying and map making. From the differences between two pictures taken at the same moment, measurements in all dimensions of the region may be obtained.

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 motile condition in plants resulting from exposure to light. -- Pho`to*ton"ic, a.