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Capable of rendering insensible; as, anæsthetic agents.

The process of anæsthetizing; also, the condition of the nervous system induced by anæsthetics.

To render insensible by an anæsthetic. Encyc. Brit.

Same as Anapest, Anapestic.

An abnormal condition due to deficient aëration of the blood, as in balloon sickness, mountain sickness. -- An`ox*æ"mic, *e"mic (#), a.

Pertaining to Antæus, a giant athlete slain by Hercules.

See Anta.

The group that includes man only.

The two projecting feathered angles of the forehead of some birds; the frontal points.

Same as Apheresis.

Roundish pearl-colored specks or flakes in the mouth, on the lips, etc., terminating in white sloughs. They are commonly characteristic of thrush.

See Areometer.

See Intercolumniation.

See Intercolumniation.

Of or pertaining to the Syrians and Chaldeans, or to their language; Aramaic. -- n.

A precipitation of silver, in a beautiful arborescent form.

An evergreen tree of the cypress tribe, genus Thuja. The American species is the T. occidentalis.

Ancient; pertaining to the earliest period in geological history.

A description of, or a treatise on, antiquity or antiquities.

Of or pertaining to the earliest Stone age; -- applied to a prehistoric period preceding the Paleolithic age.