| anthology | 1. A discourses on flowers. 2. A collection of flowers; a garland. 3. A collection of flowers of literature, that is, beautiful passages from authors; a collection of poems or epigrams; particularly applied to a collection of ancient Greek epigrams. 4. A service book containing a selection of pieces for the festival services. Origin: Gr, fr. Flower gathering; flower + to gather. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
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| anthomania | <psychiatry> A extravagant fondness for flowers. Origin: Gr. Flower madness. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| Anthomyia | A genus of muscoid flies similar in appearance to the common housefly. Origin: G. Anthos, flower, + myia, fly (05 Mar 2000) |
| Anthomyia canicularis | A small black horsefly, the larvae of which have been reported as accidental parasites in the intestine of humans, being hatched there from the ingested eggs; symptoms of gastroenteric irritation may be caused by it; adults may transport eggs of the tropical warble fly or botfly to humans, Dermatobia hominis, a cause of myiasis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Anthony Nolan panel | A charitably funded register of volunteers willing to donate bone marrow if found to match a prospective bone marrow transplant patient who has no suitable related donor. It is the largest such register in the UK. (13 Nov 1997) |
| anthophagous | <zoology> Eating flowers; said of certain insects. Origin: Gr. Flower + to eat. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| anthophore | <botany> The stipe when developed into an internode between calyx and corolla, as in the Pink family. Origin: Gr. Bearing flowers; flower + bearing, to bear. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| anthotaxy | <botany> The arrangement of flowers in a cluster; the science of the relative position of flowers; inflorescence. Origin: Gr. Flower + order. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| anthoxanthins | Compounds responsible for the yellow and ivory shades of flowers; usually divided into flavones and flavonols. (05 Mar 2000) |
| anthozoa | <zoology> The class of the Coelenterata which includes the corals and sea anemones. The three principal groups or orders are Acyonaria, Actinaria, and Madreporaria. Origin: NL, fr. Gr. Flower + animal. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| anthozoan | <zoology> Pertaining to the Anthozoa. One of the Anthozoa. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| anthracaemia | The presence of Bacillus anthracis in the circulating blood, usually resulting from previously developed anthrax of the skin or lungs. Synonym: anthrax septicaemia. (05 Mar 2000) |
| anthracene | <chemistry> A solid hydrocarbon, C6H4.C2H2.C6H4, which accompanies naphthalene in the last stages of the distillation of coal tar. Its chief use is in the artificial production of alizarin. Alternative forms: anthracin. Origin: Gr. Coal. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| anthracenes | A family of aromatic hydrocarbons derived from coal tar distillation. (12 Dec 1998) |
| anthracic | Of or relating to anthrax; as, anthracic blood. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |