| anolis | <zoology> A genus of lizards which belong to the family Iguanidae. They take the place in the new World of the chameleons in the Old, and in America are often called chameleons. Origin: In the Antilles, anoli, anoalli, a lizard. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
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| anomal | Anything anomalous. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| anomalad | A malformation together with its subsequently derived structural changes. Origin: see anomaly (05 Mar 2000) |
| anomaliped | <ornithology> One of a group of perching birds, having the middle toe more or less united to the outer and inner ones. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| anomalipede | Having anomalous feet. Origin: L. Anomalus irregular + pes, pedis, foot. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| anomalism | An anomaly; a deviation from rule. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| anomalistic | 1. Irregular; departing from common or established rules. 2. <astronomy> Pertaining to the anomaly, or angular distance of a planet from its perihelion. Anomalistic month. See Month. Anomalistic revolution, the period in which a planet or satellite goes through the complete cycles of its changes of anomaly, or from any point in its elliptic orbit to the same again. Anomalistic, or Periodical year. See Year. Origin: Cf. F. Anomalistique. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| anomalistical | 1. Irregular; departing from common or established rules. 2. <astronomy> Pertaining to the anomaly, or angular distance of a planet from its perihelion. Anomalistic month. See Month. Anomalistic revolution, the period in which a planet or satellite goes through the complete cycles of its changes of anomaly, or from any point in its elliptic orbit to the same again. Anomalistic, or Periodical year. See Year. Origin: Cf. F. Anomalistique. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| anomalistically | With irregularity. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| anomaloflorous | <botany> Having anomalous flowers. Origin: L. Anomalus irregular + flos, floris, flower. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| anomaloscope | <instrument> An instrument used to diagnose abnormalities of colour perception in which one-half of a field of colour is matched by mixing two other colours. Origin: G. Anomalos, irregular, + skopeo, to examine (05 Mar 2000) |
| anomalous | Deviating from a general rule, method, or analogy; abnormal; irregular; as, an anomalous proceeding. Origin: L. Anomalus, Gr. Uneven, irregular; priv. + even, same. See Same, and cf. Abnormal. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| anomalous atrioventricular excitation | Ectopic atrial beat conducted to the ventricle. (05 Mar 2000) |
| anomalous complex | A complex in the electrocardiogram differing significantly from the physiologic type in the same lead. (05 Mar 2000) |
| anomalous conduction | Conduction of cardiac electrical impulses through any abnormal pathway. (05 Mar 2000) |