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or essential part; concentrated force; vigor; strength; importance; as, the speech lacked pith. Enterprises of great pith and moment. Shak. Pith paper. Same as Rice paper, under Rice.

an animal of this genus. --Pith`e*can"thrope (#), n. -- Pith`e*can"thro*poid (#), a.

A division of mammals including the apes and monkeys. Sometimes used in the sense of Primates.

Of or pertaining to the genus Pithecia, or subfamily Pithecinæ, which includes the saki, ouakari, and other allied South American monkeys.

Full of pith. [R.] W. Browne.

In a pithy manner.

The quality or state of being pithy.

Destitute of pith, or of strength; feeble. Dryden. "Pithless argumentation." Glandstone.

Pithy; robust. [R.] "Pithsome health and vigor." R. D. Blackmore.

Consisting wholly, or in part, of pith; abounding in pith; as, a pithy stem; a pithy fruit.

Belonging to, or designed for, an epithalamium.

al song, or poem in honor of the bride and bridegroom. The kind of poem which was called epithalamium . . . sung when the bride was led into her chamber. B. Jonson.

Epithalamium. [R.] Donne.

A continuous and, usually, structureless layer which covers more or less of the exterior of many corals.

Of or pertaining to epithelium; as, epithelial cells; epithelial cancer.

Like epithelium; as, epithelioid cells.

A malignant growth containing epithelial cells; -- called also epithelial cancer.

phatics, serous cavities, etc. It often includes the epidermis (i. e., keratin-producing epithelial cells), and it is sometimes restricted to the alimentary canal, the glands and their appendages, -- the term endothelium being applied to the lining membrane of the blood vessels, lymphatics, and serous cavities.…

Epithelioid.

Any external topical application to the body, except ointments and plasters, as a poultice, lotion, etc.