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An albuminoid substance which occurs in minute grains ("protein granules") in maturing seeds and tubers; -- supposed to be a modification of protoplasm.

Having the nature of aleurone. D. C. Eaton.

Of or pertaining to a chain of islands between Alaska and Kamtchatka; also, designating these islands.

The channel of a river. Weate.

A person attached to a particular pursuit, study, or science as to music or painting; esp. one who cultivates any study or art, from taste or attachment, without pursuing it professionally.

In the style of an amateur; superficial or defective like the work of an amateur. -- Am`a*teur"ish*ly, adv. -- Am`a*teur"ish*ness, n.

The practice, habit, or work of an amateur.

The quality or character of an amateur.

A poem in which persons are represented at speaking alternately; as the third and seventh eclogues of Virgil.

A division of Mollusca remarkable for the bilateral symmetry of the organs and the arrangement of the nerves.

One of a tribe of Amphibia, which have both lungs and gills at the same time, as the proteus and siren.

A muscle of the elbow and forearm.

ing from the preternatural dilation or rupture of the coats of an artery. [Written also aneurysm.]

Of or pertaining to an aneurism; as, an aneurismal tumor; aneurismal diathesis. [Written also aneurysmal.]

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

A primary division of gastropods, including those having spiral shells. The two sides of the body are unequally developed.

Devoid of air; free from air; as, an apneumatic lung; also, effected by or with exclusion of air; as, an apneumatic operation.

An order of holothurians in which the internal respiratory organs are wanting; -- called also Apoda or Apodes.

Any one of the thicker and denser of the deep fasciæ which cover, invest, and the terminations and attachments of, many muscles. They often differ from tendons only in being flat and thin. See Fascia.

Of or pertaining to an aponeurosis.