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Any disorder of the vasomotor system; neurosis of a blood vessel. --An`gi*o*neu*rot"ic (#), a.

dam or mole made in the course of a stream for the purpose of regulating the flow of a system of irrigation. [India] Brande & C.

c; having different properties in different directions; thus, crystals of the isometric system are optically isotropic, but all other crystals are anisotropic.

A moss or mosslike plant which cellular stems, having usually an upward growth and distinct leaves.

Anything that neutralizes, or that counteracts an alkaline tendency in the system. Hoopplw.

cotton, and other plants. In the case of the grape, brown concave spots are formed on the stem and fruit, and the disease is called bird's-eye rot.

ultimate end; -- applied to theories of the universe or of any part of it, as the solar system. Draper.

Changing the direction in the spiral sequence of leaves on a stem.

Counteracting or preventing putrefaction, or a putrescent tendency in the system; antiputrefactive. Antiseptic surgery, that system of surgical practice which insists upon a systematic use of antiseptics in the performance of operations and the dressing of wounds.

rom the heart to all parts of the body except the lungs; the main trunk of the arterial system.

The scientific or systematic study of honey bees.

An enlargement at the top of a pedicel or stem, as seen in certain mosses. Gray.

See Aposteme. [Obs.]

Pressed close to, or lying against, something for its whole length, as against a stem, Gray.

Destitute of winglike membranous expansions, as a stem or petiole; -- opposed to atate.

Consisting or conveying water or a watery fluid; as, aquiferous vessels; the aquiferous system.

ersed in the Arabic language or literature; also, formerly, one who followed the Arabic system of surgery.

he plan or fundamental structure on which a natural group of animals or plants or their systems of organs are assumed to have been constructed; as, the vertebrate archetype.

The act of arranging knowledge into a system.

Relating to the systemizing of knowledge.