a. [ Gr.
Allotropic state,
n. Allotropic property or nature. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. (Med.) Of or pertaining to amblyopia. Quain.
adj. Of or pertaining to ametropia. [ WordNet 1.5 ]
a. (Med.) Good against dropsy. --
a. [ Gr. &unr_; + &unr_; sun + &unr_; belonging to a turning. ] Turning away from the sun; -- said of leaves, etc. Darwin. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ Pref. apo- + Gr. &unr_; earth + &unr_; turning. ] (Bot.) Bending away from the ground; -- said of leaves, etc. Darwin. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. (Biol.) Relating to bacterioscopy;
n. a jar used in ancient Egyptian tombs to contain the intestines of a person who was mummified for burial; -- also called
a. [ Gr. &unr_;&unr_;&unr_;&unr_;&unr_;, fr. &unr_;&unr_;&unr_;&unr_;. ] Pertaining to the Cyclops; Cyclopean. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ Gr.
a. [ Gr. &unr_; through, at variance + &unr_; sun + &unr_; turning. ] (Bot.) Relating or, or manifesting, diaheliotropism. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Pertaining to the dichroscope, or to observations with it. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. (Med.) Out of place; congenitally displaced;
a. [ See Ægilops. ] (Med.) Pertaining to, of the nature of, or affected with, an Ægilops, or tumor in the corner of the eye. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Relating to, or made by means of, the electroscope. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Pertaining to, or characterized by, emmetropia. [ 1913 Webster ]
The normal or emmetropic eye adjusts itself perfectly for all distances. J. Le Conte. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. (Med.) Of or pertaining to endoscopy or an endoscope. [ PJC ]
n. [ L. episcopus bishop + caedere to kill. ] The killing of a bishop. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. The language of ancient Ethiopia; the language of the ancient Abyssinian empire (in Ethiopia), now used only in the Abyssinian church. It is of Semitic origin, and is also called
a. Beyond or outside of the tropics. Whewell. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Of or pertaining to a galvanoscope. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Of or pertaining to gastroscopy. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ See Geotropism. ] (Biol.) Relating to, or showing, geotropism. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Pertaining to the gyroscope; resembling the motion of the gyroscope. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. (Bot.) Manifesting heliotropism; turning toward the sun. [ 1913 Webster ]
Every lust is a kind of hydropic distemper, and the more we drink the more we shall thirst. Tillotson. [ 1913 Webster ]
adv. In a hydropical manner. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ See Hydrotrope. ] (Bot.) Turning or bending towards moisture, as roots. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ Cf. F. hygroscopique. ]
n. (Bot.) The property possessed by vegetable tissues of absorbing or discharging moisture according to circumstances. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Situated between or within the tropics. J. Morse. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Within the tropics. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ Is- + atropine. ] (Chem.) Pertaining to, or designating, an acid obtained from atropine, and isomeric with cinnamic acid. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ Is- + entropy + -ic. ] (Physics) Having equal entropy. [ 1913 Webster ]
Isentropic lines,
a. [ Gr.
Isorropic line (in a diagram) (Geom.),
a. [ Iso- + Gr. &unr_; a turning, fr. &unr_; to turn. ] (Physics) Having the same properties in all directions; specifically, equally elastic in all directions. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Of or pertaining to the inspection of the larynx; of or pertaining to the laryngoscope or laryngoscopy. [ 1913 Webster +PJC ]
a. [ Leuco- + Ethiopic. ] White and black; -- said of a white animal of a black species, or the albino of the negro race. [ 1913 Webster ]
adj. (Chem.) having an affinity for lipids.