n. [ Adeno- + Gr. pa`qos suffering, paqei^n to suffer. ] (Med.) Pathological enlargement of a lymph node. [ AS ]

adj. 1. fit to fly; -- said of aircraft. Opposite of unairworthy. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ Gr. &unr_; other + &unr_; suffering, &unr_;, &unr_;, to suffer: cf. G. allopathie, F. allopathie. See Pathos. ] That system of medical practice which aims to combat disease by the use of remedies which produce effects different from those produced by the special disease treated; -- a term invented by Hahnemann to designate the ordinary practice, as opposed to homeopathy. [ 1913 Webster ]

[ F. ametiste, amatiste, F. améthyste, L. amethystus, fr. Gr. &unr_; without drunkenness; as a noun, a remedy for drunkenness, the amethyst, supposed to have this power; 'a priv. + &unr_; to be drunken, &unr_; strong drink, wine. See Mead. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. (Min.) A variety of crystallized quartz, of a purple or bluish violet color, of different shades. It is much used as a jeweler's stone. [ 1913 Webster ]

Oriental amethyst, the violet-blue variety of transparent crystallized corundum or sapphire. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Her.) A purple color in a nobleman's escutcheon, or coat of arms. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. amethystinus, Gr. &unr_;. ] 1. Resembling amethyst, especially in color; bluish violet. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Composed of, or containing, amethyst. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A mixture of methyl chloride and ethyl chloride; it is used as a local anesthetic, by spraying onto the skin. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

1. (Med.) Neuropathy of the neurons innervating blood vessels. Called also Angioneurosis, Vasomotor neurosis, Vasoneurosis. [ AS ]

2. (Med) Angiopathic neuropathy. [ AS ]

n. [ Angio- + Gr. pa`qos disease. ] (Med.) Disease of the vessels, esp. the blood vessels. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

{ } n. [ Gr. &unr_;; 'a`nqrwpos man + &unr_; suffering, affection, passion, &unr_;, &unr_;, to suffer. ] The ascription of human feelings or passions to God, or to a polytheistic deity. [ 1913 Webster ]

In its recoil from the gross anthropopathy of the vulgar notions, it falls into the vacuum of absolute apathy. Hare. [ 1913 Webster ]

See Antihypnotic. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. & n. See Antihypochondriac. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. & n. See Antihysteric. [ 1913 Webster ]

n.; pl. Antipathies [ L. antipathia, Gr. 'antipa`qeia; 'anti` against + paqei^n to suffer. Cf. F. antipathie. See Pathos. ] 1. Contrariety or opposition in feeling; settled aversion or dislike; repugnance; distaste. [ 1913 Webster ]

Inveterate antipathies against particular nations, and passionate attachments to others, are to be avoided. Washington. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Natural contrariety; incompatibility; repugnancy of qualities; as, oil and water have antipathy. [ 1913 Webster ]

A habit is generated of thinking that a natural antipathy exists between hope and reason. I. Taylor. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ Antipathy is opposed to sympathy. It is followed by to, against, or between; also sometimes by for. [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- Hatred; aversion; dislike; disgust; distaste; enmity; ill will; repugnance; contrariety; opposition. See Dislike. [ 1913 Webster ]

n.; pl. Apathies [ L. apathia, Gr. &unr_;; 'a priv. + &unr_;, fr. &unr_;, &unr_;, to suffer: cf. F. apathie. See Pathos. ] Want of feeling; privation of passion, emotion, or excitement; dispassion; -- applied either to the body or the mind. As applied to the mind, it is a calmness, indolence, or state of indifference, incapable of being ruffled or roused to active interest or exertion by pleasure, pain, or passion. “The apathy of despair.” Macaulay. [ 1913 Webster ]

A certain apathy or sluggishness in his nature which led him . . . to leave events to take their own course. Prescott. [ 1913 Webster ]

According to the Stoics, apathy meant the extinction of the passions by the ascendency of reason. Fleming. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ In the first ages of the church, the Christians adopted the term to express a contempt of earthly concerns. [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- Insensibility; unfeelingness; indifference; unconcern; stoicism; supineness; sluggishness. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. &unr_; joint + &unr_;, &unr_;, to suffer. ] (Med.) Any disease of the joints. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. 1. alternative names for one of a number of families into which the family Polypodiaceae has been subdivided in some classification systems.
Syn. -- Dryopteridaceae, family Dryopteridaceae, family Athyriaceae. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. 1. 1 a genus temperate and tropical lady ferns; in some classifications placed in family Polypodiaceae or in the genus Asplenium.
Syn. -- genus Athyrium. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. 1. 1 an antiviral drug, (C10H13N5O4) used in the treatment of AIDS. It has the generic name of zidovudine. an analog of thymidine, it inhibits the replication of the viral chromosome.
Syn. -- AZT, zidovudine[ generic ], 3'-azido 3'-deoxythymidine, Retrovir[ Trademark ] [ WordNet 1.5 +PJC ]

adj. of or pertaining to bathymetry. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

‖n. [ NL., fr. Gr. baqy`s deep + bi`os life ] (Zool.) A name given by Prof. Huxley to a gelatinous substance found in mud dredged from the Atlantic and preserved in alcohol. He supposed that it was free living protoplasm, covering a large part of the ocean bed. It is now known that the substance is of chemical, not of organic, origin. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. a natural family inclusing the mole rats and sand rats.
Syn. -- family Bathyergidae. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. a genus consisting of the mole rats.
Syn. -- genus Bathyergus. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

a. [ Gr. baqy`s deep + graphic. ] Descriptive of the ocean depth; as, a bathygraphic chart. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

{ } a. Pertaining to bathymetry; relating to the measurement of depths, especially of depths in the sea. -- Bath`y*met"ric*al*ly, adv. [1913 Webster]

n. [ Gr. ba`qos depth + -metry. ] The art or science of sounding, or measuring depths in the sea. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. navigable deep diving vessel for underwater exploration.
Syn. -- bathyscape. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. a spherical deep diving apparatus (lowered by a cable) for underwater exploration; it is constructed with a strong steel shell to withstand high pressures at the ocean bottom. [ WordNet 1.5 +PJC ]

n. (Min.) Hydrous carbonate of bismuth, an earthy mineral of a dull white or yellowish color. [ Written also bismuthite. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Deserving blame; culpable; reprehensible. -- Blame"wor`thi*ness, n. [1913 Webster]

n. See Bothy. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ pos>n.; pl. -ies /plu> [ Scottish. Cf. Booth. ] A wooden hut or humble cot, esp. a rude hut or barrack for unmarried farm servants; a shepherd's or hunter's hut; a booth. [ Scot. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. &unr_; empty + &unr_; a flower. ] (Bot.) The absence or suppression of the essential organs (stamens and pistil) in a flower. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cerebrum + Gr. &unr_; suffering. ] (Med.) A hypochondriacal condition verging upon insanity, occurring in those whose brains have been unduly taxed; -- called also brain fag. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. the class of fishes comprising the cartilaginous fishes, which includes the sharks.
Syn. -- class Chondrichthyes. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ Gr. &unr_;; &unr_; useful + &unr_;, &unr_;, to learn. ] A selection of passages, with notes, etc., to be used in acquiring a language; as, a Hebrew chrestomathy. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. having an acceptable credit rating; worthy of having credit extended; as, a credit-worthy customer.
Syn. -- responsible. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

a. (Anat.) Of or pertaining both to the cricoid and the thyroid cartilages. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. destruction of tissue by freezing and characterized by tingling, blistering and possibly gangrene.
Syn. -- frostbite. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ Gr. ky`anos a dark blue substance + pa`qos affection. ] (Med.) A disease in which the body is colored blue in its surface, arising usually from a malformation of the heart, which causes an imperfect arterialization of the blood; blue jaundice. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. a mild bipolar disorder. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

adj. of or pertaining to cyclothymia.
Syn. -- cyclothymic. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

‖n. [ NL., fr. Gr. de`lta the name of the letter Δ + thy`ra door. ] (Zool.) A name formerly given to certain Silurian brachiopod shells of the genus Spirifer. [ 1913 Webster ]

Delthyris limestone (Geol.), one of the divisions of the Upper Silurian rocks in New York. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ ‖ } n. [ NL. deuteropathia, fr. Gr. &unr_; second + &unr_; suffering, fr. &unr_;, &unr_;, to suffer: cf. F. deutéropathie. ] (Med.) A sympathetic affection of any part of the body, as headache from an overloaded stomach. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Chem.) Same as Deutohydroguret.

n. [ Pref. di- + ethylamine. ] (Chem.) A colorless, volatile, alkaline liquid, NH(C2H5)2, having a strong fishy odor resembling that of herring or sardines. Cf. Methylamine. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Pref. di- + methyl. ] (Chem.) Ethane; -- sometimes so called because regarded as consisting of two methyl radicals. See Ethane. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Pref. di- + naphthylene. ] (Chem.) A colorless, crystalline hydrocarbon, C20H14, obtained from naphthylene, and consisting of a doubled naphthylene radical. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ NL., fr. Gr. &unr_; terrible + &unr_; fish. ] (Paleon.) A genus of large extinct Devonian ganoid fishes. In some parts of Ohio remains of the Dinichthys are abundant, indicating animals twenty feet in length. [ 1913 Webster ]

n.; pl. Dispathies [ Pref. dis- + Gr. &unr_; passion. See Pathos. ] Lack of sympathy; want of passion; apathy. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Many discrepancies and some dispathies between us. Southey. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Lack of sympathy; want of interest; indifference. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]