| gnome | 1. An imaginary being, supposed by the Rosicrucians to inhabit the inner parts of the earth, and to be the guardian of mines, quarries, etc. 2. A dwarf; a goblin; a person of small stature or misshapen features, or of strange appearance. 3. <zoology> A small owl (Glaucidium gnoma) of the Western United States. 4. [Gr] A brief reflection or maxim. Origin: F. Gnome, prob. Fr. Gr. One that knows, a guardian, i. E, of the treasures in the inner parts of the earth, or fr. Intelligence, both fr, to know. See Know. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
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| gnome's calf | An obsolete term denoting the very full rounded calf occurring in pseudohypertrophic muscular dystrophy affecting the gastrocnemius muscles. (05 Mar 2000) |
| gnomological | Pertaining to, of the nature of, or resembling, a gnomology. Origin: Gr. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| gnomology | <study> A collection of, or a treatise on, maxims, grave sentences, or reflections. Origin: Gr.; judgment, maxim + discourse: cf. F. Gnomologie. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| gnomon | 1. The style or pin, which by its shadow, shows the hour of the day. It is usually set parallel to the earth's axis. 2. <astronomy> A style or column erected perpendicularly to the horizon, formerly used in astronomocal observations. Its principal use was to find the altitude of the sun by measuring the length of its shadow. 3. <geometry> The space included between the boundary lines of two similar parallelograms, the one within the other, with an angle in common; as, the gnomon bcdefg of the parallelograms ac and af. The parallelogram bf is the complement of the parallelogram df. 4. The index of the hour circle of a globe. Origin: L. Gnomon, Gr. One that knows, the index of a sundial. See Gnome. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| gnomonology | <study> A treatise on gnomonics. Origin: Gnomon. Cf. Gnomonology. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| gnoscopine | <chemistry> An alkaloid existing in small quantities in opium. Origin: Gr. Gignwskein to know + E. Opium?. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| gnosia | The perceptive faculty enabling one to recognise the form and the nature of persons and things; the faculty of perceiving and recognizing. Origin: G. Gnosis, knowledge (05 Mar 2000) |
| gnosis | <psychology> The deeper wisdom; knowledge of spiritual truth, such as was claimed by the Gnostics. Origin: NL, fr. Gr. Gnw^sis. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| gnostic | One of the so-called philosophers in the first ages of Christianity, who claimed a true philosophical interpretation of the Christian religion. Their system combined Oriental theology and Greek philosophy with the doctrines of Christianity. They held that all natures, intelligible, intellectual, and material, are derived from the Deity by successive emanations, which they called Eons. Origin: L. Gnosticus, Gr. Good at knowing, sagacious; as a n, man that claims to have a deeper wisdom, fr. Gignwskein to know: cf. F. Gnostique. See Know. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| gnotobiology | The study of animals in the absence of contaminating microorganisms; i.e., of "germ-free" animals. Origin: G. Gnotos, known, + bios, life, + logos, study (05 Mar 2000) |
| gnotobiota | Living colonies or species, assembled from pure isolates. Origin: G. Gnotos, known, + Mod. L. Biota, fr. G. Bios, life (05 Mar 2000) |
| gnotobiote | An individual organism from a group assembled from pure isolates (gnotobiota). (05 Mar 2000) |
| gnotobiotic | Denoting germ-free or formerly germ-free organisms in which the composition of any associated microbial flora, if present, is fully defined. Origin: see gnotobiota (05 Mar 2000) |
| GnRH | gonadotrophin-releasing hormone |