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A condition of the muscles induced by exposure to severe cold, in which the electrical action of the muscle is reversed.

Expression of the passions; the science of the signs by which human passions are indicated.

A lamprey.

The operation of making an incision into the pharynx, to remove a tumor or anything that obstructs the passage.

The act or practice of opening a vein for letting blood, in the treatment of disease; venesection; bloodletting.

The art or process of reproducing colors by photography.

A large, important class of parasitic or saprophytic fungi, the algal or algalike fungi. The plant body ranges from an undifferentiated mass of protoplasm to a well-developed and much- branched mycelium. Reproduction is mainly sexual, by the formation of conidia or sporangia; but the group shows every form of transitio…

r aspect of a thing, without reference to its scientific characteristics; as, the physiognomy of a plant, or of a meteor.

Physiogmony. [Obs.]

The science of the origin and growth of plants.

The dissection of plants; vegetable anatomy.

The art or practice of combining different colors, especially brilliant ones, in an artistic way.

The use of a variety of names for the same object. G. S. Faber.

A division into many members. F. Bowen.

Circumcision. Dunglison.

An incision into the rectum, as for the division of a stricture.

Having ample room; spacious; large; as, a roomy mansion; a roomy deck. Dryden.

nic acid. They are the active agents in producing fermentation of wine, beer, etc. Saccharomyces cerevisiæ is the yeast of sedimentary beer. Also called Torula.

A family of fungi consisting of the one genus Saccharomyces.

An order of Schizophyta, including the so-called fission fungi, or bacteria. See Schizophyta, in the Supplement.