| anaclastic | 1. <optics> Produced by the refraction of light, as seen through water; as, anaclastic curves. 2. Springing back, as the bottom of an anaclastic glass. Anaclastic glass, a glass or phial, shaped like an inverted funnel, and with a very thin convex bottom. By sucking out a little air, the bottom springs into a concave form with a smart crack; and by breathing or blowing gently into the orifice, the bottom, with a like noise, springs into its former convex form. Origin: Gr. To bend back and break; to reflect (light); + to break. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
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| anaclastics | <study> That part of optics which treats of the refraction of light; commonly called dioptrics. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| anaclitic | Leaning or depending upon; in psychoanalysis, relating to the dependence of the infant on the mother or mother substitute. See: anaclitic depression. Origin: G. Ana, toward, + klino, to lean (05 Mar 2000) |
| anaclitic depression | Impairment of an infant's physical, social, and intellectual development following separation from its mother or from a mothering surrogate; characterised by listlessness, withdrawal, and anorexia. See: hospitalism. (05 Mar 2000) |
| anaclitic psychotherapy | A psychotherapeutic method characterised by encouragement and utilization of the patient's tendency to depend and lean upon the therapist as an authority figure; often contrasted with psychoanalytic therapy, which seeks to dissolve, rather than exploit, this phenomenon. (05 Mar 2000) |
| anacmesis | An obsolete spelling for anakmesis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| anaconda | <zoology> A large South American snake of the Boa family (Eunectes murinus), which lives near rivers, and preys on birds and small mammals. The name is also applied to a similar large serpent (Python tigris) of Ceylon. Origin: Of Ceylonese origin?. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| anacrotic | <physiology> Pertaining to anachronism. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| anacrotic limb | The ascending limb of an arterial pulse tracing. (05 Mar 2000) |
| anacrotic pulse | A pulse wave showing one or more notches or indentations on its rising limb that are sometimes detectable by palpation. Synonym: pulsus anadicrotus. (05 Mar 2000) |
| anacrotism | <physiology> A secondary notch in the pulse curve, obtained in a sphygmographic tracing. Origin: Gr, up, again + a stroke. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| anacusis | Total loss or absence of the ability to perceive sound as such. Synonym: anakusis. Origin: G. An-priv. + akousis, hearing (05 Mar 2000) |
| anadenia | Absence of glands or abeyance of glandular function. Origin: G. An-priv. + aden, gland Anadenia ventriculi, absence of glands from the stomach. (05 Mar 2000) |
| anadicrotic | <physiology> Pertaining to anachronism. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| anadicrotism | Synonym: anacrotism. Origin: G. Ana, up, + di-krotos, double beating (05 Mar 2000) |