A dictionary of terms used in medicine and the collateral sciences / by the late Richard D. Hoblyn.

  • Richard Hoblyn
Date:
1899
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Credit: A dictionary of terms used in medicine and the collateral sciences / by the late Richard D. Hoblyn. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    II. ACIINOZOA. „ [Tlie reef-bulldmg corals telong to this class.] ZOO-ZUM Order, a. Zoantliarla. 6. Alcyonaria. i c. Rugosa. [d. Ctenopliora. Class. Sub-Kingdom 7.-INFUS0RIA. Order. IKPCSOBU ja. Flagellata. 83T Example. Sea anemone. Alcyonium (Deatt men's fingers). Guynia. Pleurotiracliia. (c. Ciliata. The Infusoria are freciuently Inclucled under Protozoa E.vample. Noctiluca. b. Tentaculifera(Suctoria). Acmeta. Paramoecium. Class. SuB-KiKGDOM 8.-PROTOZOA, Siib-class. Order. I. Rhizopoba. f Monera. Amoebea. Foraminiferf Placed by Huxley in separate classes (III. <, and IV.). (/. Radiolaria. Spongida. (Acanlhometra:. j Polycystina. (Tlialassicollida. ( Arenospongia. J Thalassispongia. ) Potomospongia. ( Calclspongia. II. GnEGAEINIBiE.. / Monocystidea. \ Dicystidca. ZOO'NIC ACID iCvo, an aiii mal). This has been shown by Thenard to be merely the acetic acid, holding animal matter in solution. . ZOONO'MIA (Ctio. animal, vdfios, a law). Zoonomy. The science which treats of the law of organic life. ZOOTHYTA iCvof, an animal, plant). Zoophytes ; ani- mal plants; a division of the animal kingdom, including the corals, sponges, and other aquatic animals allied to them. They are so named because, while they are the habitation of animals, they are fixed to the ground and have the forms of plants. They were con- sidered by Cuvier as synonymous with the Radiata. ZO'OSPORES {Ci>ov, an animal, Example. Amoeba. Lagena vulgaris. Halispongia. Spongia, Spongilla. Grautia. Gregarina. a-Kdpos, a spore). A term applied to the embryonic forms of certain plants which, as well as those of infusorian animalcules, are fur- nished with ciliary processes enabling them to swim about. ZO'OTIC ACID iCvov, an ani- mal). A designation of hydro- cyanic acid, from its being a product peculiar to the organized kingdom. It is seldom, however, found in animals. ZOO'TOMY {C^ov, an animal, To^^■h, section). The anatomy or dissection of animals. ZOSTER (Ca,o-T^p, a belt). A specific designation of Herpes, characterized by its spreading round the trunk in the form of a belt, or, more correctly, a half- belt. See Shingles and Zona. ZUMIG ACID (CvMI. leaven).
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