English Dictionary: superior labial artery | by the DICT Development Group |
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Seafarer \Sea"far`er\, n. [Sea + fare.] One who follows the sea as a business; a mariner; a sailor. | |
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Severe \Se*vere"\, a. [Compar. {Severer}; superl. {Severest}.] [L. severus; perhaps akin to Gr. [?][?][?] awe, [?][?][?] revered, holy, solemn, Goth. swikns innocent, chaste: cf. F. s[82]v[8a]re. Cf. {Asseverate}, {Persevere}.] 1. Serious in feeeling or manner; sedate; grave; austere; not light, lively, or cheerful. Your looks alter, as your subject does, From kind to fierce, from wanton to severe. --Waller. 2. Very strict in judgment, discipline, or government; harsh; not mild or indulgent; rigorous; as, severe criticism; severe punishment. [bd]Custody severe.[b8] --Milton. Come! you are too severe a moraler. --Shak. Let your zeal, if it must be expressed in anger, be always more severe against thyself than against others. --Jer. Taylor. 3. Rigidly methodical, or adherent to rule or principle; exactly conformed to a standard; not allowing or employing unneccessary ornament, amplification, etc.; strict; -- said of style, argument, etc. [bd]Restrained by reason and severe principles.[b8] --Jer. Taylor. The Latin, a most severe and compendious language. --Dryden. 4. Sharp; afflictive; distressing; violent; extreme; as, severe pain, anguish, fortune; severe cold. 5. Difficult to be endured; exact; critical; rigorous; as, a severe test. Syn: Strict; grave; austere; stern; morose; rigid; exact; rigorous; hard; rough; harsh; censorious; tart; acrimonious; sarcastic; satirical; cutting; biting; keen; bitter; cruel. See {Strict}. -- {Se*vere"ly}, adv. -- {Se*vere"ness}, n. | |
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Sober \Sober\, a. [Compar. {Soberer}; superl. {Soberest}.] [OE. sobre, F. sobre, from L. sobrius, probably from a prefix so- expressing separation + ebrius drunken. Cf. {Ebriety}.] 1. Temperate in the use of spirituous liquors; habitually temperate; as, a sober man. That we may hereafter live a godly, righteous, and sober life, to the glory of Thy holy name. --Bk. of Com. Prayer. 2. Not intoxicated or excited by spirituous liquors; as, the sot may at times be sober. 3. Not mad or insane; not wild, visionary, or heated with passion; exercising cool, dispassionate reason; self-controlled; self-possessed. There was not a sober person to be had; all was tempestuous and blustering. --Druden. No sober man would put himself into danger for the applause of escaping without breaking his neck. --Dryden. | |
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Spare \Spare\, a. [Compar. {Sparer}; superl. {Sparest}; -- not used in all the senses of the word.] [AS. sp[91]r sparing. Cf. {Spare}, v. t. ] 1. Scanty; not abundant or plentiful; as, a spare diet. 2. Sparing; frugal; parsimonious; chary. He was spare, but discreet of speech. --Carew. 3. Being over and above what is necessary, or what must be used or reserved; not wanted, or not used; superfluous; as, I have no spare time. If that no spare clothes he had to give. --Spenser. 4. Held in reserve, to be used in an emergency; as, a spare anchor; a spare bed or room. 5. Lean; wanting flesh; meager; thin; gaunt. O, give me the spare men, and spare me the great ones. --Shak. 6. Slow. [Obs. or prov. Eng.] --Grose. | |
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Sparer \Spar"er\, n. One who spares. | |
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Sparerib \Spare"rib`\, n. [Spare, a. + rib.] A piece of pork, consisting or ribs with little flesh on them. | |
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Sparrowwort \Spar"row*wort`\, n. (Bot.) An evergreen shrub of the genus {Erica} ({E. passerina}). | |
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Siderite \Sid"er*ite\, n. [L. sideritis loadstone, Gr. [?][?][?][?], [?][?][?][?], of iron, from [?][?][?][?] iron.] 1. (Min.) (a) Carbonate of iron, an important ore of iron occuring generally in cleavable masses, but also in rhombohedral crystals. It is of a light yellowish brown color. Called also {sparry iron}, {spathic iron}. (b) A meteorite consisting solely of metallic iron. (c) An indigo-blue variety of quartz. (d) Formerly, magnetic iron ore, or loadstone. 2. (Bot.) Any plant of the genus {Sideritis}; ironwort. | |
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Sparry \Spar"ry\, a. [From {Spar}.] Resembling spar, or consisting of spar; abounding with spar; having a confused crystalline structure; spathose. {Sparry iron} (Min.), siderite. See {Siderite} (a) . {Sparry limestone} (Min.), a coarsely crystalline marble. | |
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Siderite \Sid"er*ite\, n. [L. sideritis loadstone, Gr. [?][?][?][?], [?][?][?][?], of iron, from [?][?][?][?] iron.] 1. (Min.) (a) Carbonate of iron, an important ore of iron occuring generally in cleavable masses, but also in rhombohedral crystals. It is of a light yellowish brown color. Called also {sparry iron}, {spathic iron}. (b) A meteorite consisting solely of metallic iron. (c) An indigo-blue variety of quartz. (d) Formerly, magnetic iron ore, or loadstone. 2. (Bot.) Any plant of the genus {Sideritis}; ironwort. | |
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Sparry \Spar"ry\, a. [From {Spar}.] Resembling spar, or consisting of spar; abounding with spar; having a confused crystalline structure; spathose. {Sparry iron} (Min.), siderite. See {Siderite} (a) . {Sparry limestone} (Min.), a coarsely crystalline marble. | |
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Couch \Couch\ (kouch), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Couched} (koucht); p. pr. & vb. n. {Couching}.] [F. coucher to lay down, lie down, OF. colchier, fr. L. collocare to lay, put, place; col- + locare to place, fr. locus place. See {Locus}.] 1. To lay upon a bed or other resting place. Where unbruised youth, with unstuffed brain, Does couch his limbs, there golden sleep doth reign. --Shak. 2. To arrange or dispose as in a bed; -- sometimes followed by the reflexive pronoun. The waters couch themselves as may be to the center of this globe, in a spherical convexity. --T. Burnet. 3. To lay or deposit in a bed or layer; to bed. It is at this day in use at Gaza, to couch potsherds, or vessels of earth, in their walls. --Bacon. 4. (Paper Making) To transfer (as sheets of partly dried pulp) from the wire cloth mold to a felt blanket, for further drying. 5. To conceal; to include or involve darkly. There is all this, and more, that lies naturally couched under this allegory. --L'Estrange. 6. To arrange; to place; to inlay. [Obs.] --Chaucer. 7. To put into some form of language; to express; to phrase; -- used with in and under. A well-couched invective. --Milton. I had received a letter from Flora couched in rather cool terms. --Blackw. Mag. 8. (Med.) To treat by pushing down or displacing the opaque lens with a needle; as, to couch a cataract. {To couch a} {spear [or] lance}, to lower to the position of attack; to place in rest. He stooped his head, and couched his spear, And spurred his steed to full career. --Sir W. Scott. {To couch malt}, to spread malt on a floor. --Mortimer. | |
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Spearer \Spear"er\, n. One who uses a spear; as, a spearer of fish. | |
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Spearwort \Spear"wort`\, n. [AS. sperewyrt.] (Bot.) A name given to several species of crowfoot ({Ranunculus}) which have spear-shaped leaves. | |
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Sprayer \Spray"er\, n. One that sprays; any instrument for vaporizing and spraying liquids. | |
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Spry \Spry\, a. [Compar. {Sprier} or {Spryer}; superl. {Spriest} or {Spryest}.] [Cf. dial. Sw. sprygg lively, skittish, and E. sprag.] Having great power of leaping or running; nimble; active. [U.S. & Local Eng.] She is as spry as a cricket. --S. Judd (Margaret). If I'm not so large as you, You are not so small as I, And not half so spry. --Emerson. | |
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Spry \Spry\, a. [Compar. {Sprier} or {Spryer}; superl. {Spriest} or {Spryest}.] [Cf. dial. Sw. sprygg lively, skittish, and E. sprag.] Having great power of leaping or running; nimble; active. [U.S. & Local Eng.] She is as spry as a cricket. --S. Judd (Margaret). If I'm not so large as you, You are not so small as I, And not half so spry. --Emerson. | |
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Spurrer \Spur"rer\, n. One who spurs. | |
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Spurrier \Spur"ri*er\, n. One whose occupation is to make spurs. --B. Jonson. [bd]The saddlers and spurriers would be ruined by thousands.[b8] --Macaulay. | |
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Subprior \Sub*pri"or\, n. [Pref. sub + prior: cf. F. sous-prieur.] (Eccl.) The vicegerent of a prior; a claustral officer who assists the prior. | |
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Sufferer \Suf"fer*er\, n. 1. One who suffers; one who endures or undergoes suffering; one who sustains inconvenience or loss; as, sufferers by poverty or sickness; men are sufferers by fire or by losses at sea. 2. One who permits or allows. | |
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Supererogant \Su`per*er"o*gant\, a. [L. supererogans, p. pr. See {Supererogate}.] Supererogatory. [Obs.] | |
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Supererogate \Su`per*er"o*gate\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Supererogated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Supererogating}.] [L. supererogatus, p. p. of supererogare to spend or pay out over and above; super over, above + erogare to expend or pay out money from the public treasury after asking the consent of the people. See {Super-}, and {Erogate}, {Rogation}.] To do more than duty requires; to perform works of supererogation; to atone (for a dificiency in another) by means of a surplus action or quality. The fervency of one man in prayer can not supererogate for the coldness of another. --Milton. | |
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Supererogate \Su`per*er"o*gate\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Supererogated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Supererogating}.] [L. supererogatus, p. p. of supererogare to spend or pay out over and above; super over, above + erogare to expend or pay out money from the public treasury after asking the consent of the people. See {Super-}, and {Erogate}, {Rogation}.] To do more than duty requires; to perform works of supererogation; to atone (for a dificiency in another) by means of a surplus action or quality. The fervency of one man in prayer can not supererogate for the coldness of another. --Milton. | |
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Supererogate \Su`per*er"o*gate\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Supererogated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Supererogating}.] [L. supererogatus, p. p. of supererogare to spend or pay out over and above; super over, above + erogare to expend or pay out money from the public treasury after asking the consent of the people. See {Super-}, and {Erogate}, {Rogation}.] To do more than duty requires; to perform works of supererogation; to atone (for a dificiency in another) by means of a surplus action or quality. The fervency of one man in prayer can not supererogate for the coldness of another. --Milton. | |
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Supererogation \Su`per*er`o*ga"tion\, n. [L. supererogatio a payment in addition.] The act of supererogating; performance of more than duty or necessity requires. {Works of supererogation} (R. C. Ch.), those good deeds believed to have been performed by saints, or capable of being performed by men, over and above what is required for their own salvation. | |
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Supererogative \Su`per*e*rog"a*tive\, a. Supererogatory. | |
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Supererogatory \Su`per*e*rog"a*to*ry\, a. Performed to an extent not enjoined, or not required, by duty or necessity; as, supererogatory services. --Howell. | |
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Superior \Su*pe"ri*or\, a. [L., compar. of superus being above, fr. super above, over: cf. F. sup[82]rieur. See {Super-}, and cf. {Supreme}.] 1. More elevated in place or position; higher; upper; as, the superior limb of the sun; the superior part of an image. 2. Higher in rank or office; more exalted in dignity; as, a superior officer; a superior degree of nobility. 3. Higher or greater in excellence; surpassing others in the greatness, or value of any quality; greater in quality or degree; as, a man of superior merit; or of superior bravery. 4. Beyond the power or influence of; too great or firm to be subdued or affected by; -- with to. There is not in earth a spectacle more worthy than a great man superior to his sufferings. --Spectator. 5. More comprehensive; as a term in classification; as, a genus is superior to a species. 6. (Bot.) (a) Above the ovary; -- said of parts of the flower which, although normally below the ovary, adhere to it, and so appear to originate from its upper part; also of an ovary when the other floral organs are plainly below it in position, and free from it. (b) Belonging to the part of an axillary flower which is toward the main stem; posterior. (c) Pointing toward the apex of the fruit; ascending; -- said of the radicle. {Superior conjunction}, {Superior planets}, etc. See {Conjunction}, {Planet}, etc. {Superior figure}, {Superior letter} (Print.), a figure or letter printed above the line, as a reference to a note or an index of a power, etc; as, in x^{2} + y^{n}, 2 is a superior figure, n a superior letter. Cf. {Inferior figure}, under {Inferior}. | |
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Superior \Su*pe"ri*or\, n. 1. One who is above, or surpasses, another in rank, station, office, age, ability, or merit; one who surpasses in what is desirable; as, Addison has no superior as a writer of pure English. 2. (Eccl.) The head of a monastery, convent, abbey, or the like. | |
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Superior \Su*pe"ri*or\, a. [L., compar. of superus being above, fr. super above, over: cf. F. sup[82]rieur. See {Super-}, and cf. {Supreme}.] 1. More elevated in place or position; higher; upper; as, the superior limb of the sun; the superior part of an image. 2. Higher in rank or office; more exalted in dignity; as, a superior officer; a superior degree of nobility. 3. Higher or greater in excellence; surpassing others in the greatness, or value of any quality; greater in quality or degree; as, a man of superior merit; or of superior bravery. 4. Beyond the power or influence of; too great or firm to be subdued or affected by; -- with to. There is not in earth a spectacle more worthy than a great man superior to his sufferings. --Spectator. 5. More comprehensive; as a term in classification; as, a genus is superior to a species. 6. (Bot.) (a) Above the ovary; -- said of parts of the flower which, although normally below the ovary, adhere to it, and so appear to originate from its upper part; also of an ovary when the other floral organs are plainly below it in position, and free from it. (b) Belonging to the part of an axillary flower which is toward the main stem; posterior. (c) Pointing toward the apex of the fruit; ascending; -- said of the radicle. {Superior conjunction}, {Superior planets}, etc. See {Conjunction}, {Planet}, etc. {Superior figure}, {Superior letter} (Print.), a figure or letter printed above the line, as a reference to a note or an index of a power, etc; as, in x^{2} + y^{n}, 2 is a superior figure, n a superior letter. Cf. {Inferior figure}, under {Inferior}. | |
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Superior \Su*pe"ri*or\, a. [L., compar. of superus being above, fr. super above, over: cf. F. sup[82]rieur. See {Super-}, and cf. {Supreme}.] 1. More elevated in place or position; higher; upper; as, the superior limb of the sun; the superior part of an image. 2. Higher in rank or office; more exalted in dignity; as, a superior officer; a superior degree of nobility. 3. Higher or greater in excellence; surpassing others in the greatness, or value of any quality; greater in quality or degree; as, a man of superior merit; or of superior bravery. 4. Beyond the power or influence of; too great or firm to be subdued or affected by; -- with to. There is not in earth a spectacle more worthy than a great man superior to his sufferings. --Spectator. 5. More comprehensive; as a term in classification; as, a genus is superior to a species. 6. (Bot.) (a) Above the ovary; -- said of parts of the flower which, although normally below the ovary, adhere to it, and so appear to originate from its upper part; also of an ovary when the other floral organs are plainly below it in position, and free from it. (b) Belonging to the part of an axillary flower which is toward the main stem; posterior. (c) Pointing toward the apex of the fruit; ascending; -- said of the radicle. {Superior conjunction}, {Superior planets}, etc. See {Conjunction}, {Planet}, etc. {Superior figure}, {Superior letter} (Print.), a figure or letter printed above the line, as a reference to a note or an index of a power, etc; as, in x^{2} + y^{n}, 2 is a superior figure, n a superior letter. Cf. {Inferior figure}, under {Inferior}. | |
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Superior \Su*pe"ri*or\, a. [L., compar. of superus being above, fr. super above, over: cf. F. sup[82]rieur. See {Super-}, and cf. {Supreme}.] 1. More elevated in place or position; higher; upper; as, the superior limb of the sun; the superior part of an image. 2. Higher in rank or office; more exalted in dignity; as, a superior officer; a superior degree of nobility. 3. Higher or greater in excellence; surpassing others in the greatness, or value of any quality; greater in quality or degree; as, a man of superior merit; or of superior bravery. 4. Beyond the power or influence of; too great or firm to be subdued or affected by; -- with to. There is not in earth a spectacle more worthy than a great man superior to his sufferings. --Spectator. 5. More comprehensive; as a term in classification; as, a genus is superior to a species. 6. (Bot.) (a) Above the ovary; -- said of parts of the flower which, although normally below the ovary, adhere to it, and so appear to originate from its upper part; also of an ovary when the other floral organs are plainly below it in position, and free from it. (b) Belonging to the part of an axillary flower which is toward the main stem; posterior. (c) Pointing toward the apex of the fruit; ascending; -- said of the radicle. {Superior conjunction}, {Superior planets}, etc. See {Conjunction}, {Planet}, etc. {Superior figure}, {Superior letter} (Print.), a figure or letter printed above the line, as a reference to a note or an index of a power, etc; as, in x^{2} + y^{n}, 2 is a superior figure, n a superior letter. Cf. {Inferior figure}, under {Inferior}. | |
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Superior \Su*pe"ri*or\, a. [L., compar. of superus being above, fr. super above, over: cf. F. sup[82]rieur. See {Super-}, and cf. {Supreme}.] 1. More elevated in place or position; higher; upper; as, the superior limb of the sun; the superior part of an image. 2. Higher in rank or office; more exalted in dignity; as, a superior officer; a superior degree of nobility. 3. Higher or greater in excellence; surpassing others in the greatness, or value of any quality; greater in quality or degree; as, a man of superior merit; or of superior bravery. 4. Beyond the power or influence of; too great or firm to be subdued or affected by; -- with to. There is not in earth a spectacle more worthy than a great man superior to his sufferings. --Spectator. 5. More comprehensive; as a term in classification; as, a genus is superior to a species. 6. (Bot.) (a) Above the ovary; -- said of parts of the flower which, although normally below the ovary, adhere to it, and so appear to originate from its upper part; also of an ovary when the other floral organs are plainly below it in position, and free from it. (b) Belonging to the part of an axillary flower which is toward the main stem; posterior. (c) Pointing toward the apex of the fruit; ascending; -- said of the radicle. {Superior conjunction}, {Superior planets}, etc. See {Conjunction}, {Planet}, etc. {Superior figure}, {Superior letter} (Print.), a figure or letter printed above the line, as a reference to a note or an index of a power, etc; as, in x^{2} + y^{n}, 2 is a superior figure, n a superior letter. Cf. {Inferior figure}, under {Inferior}. | |
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Superioress \Su*pe"ri*or*ess\, n. (Eccl.) A woman who acts as chief in a convent, abbey, or nunnery; a lady superior. | |
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Superiority \Su*pe`ri*or"i*ty\, n. [Cf. F. sup[82]riorit[82], LL. superioritas.] The quality, state, or condition of being superior; as, superiority of rank; superiority in merit. Syn: Pre[89]minence; excellence; predominancy; prevalence; ascendency; odds; advantage. | |
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Superiorly \Su*pe"ri*or*ly\, adv. In a superior position or manner. | |
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Superorder \Su`per*or"der\, n. (Zo[94]l.) A group intermediate in importance between an order and a subclass. | |
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Superordination \Su`per*or`di*na"tion\, n. [Pref. super- + ordination: cf. L. superordinatio.] The ordination of a person to fill a station already occupied; especially, the ordination by an ecclesiastical official, during his lifetime, of his successor. --Fuller. | |
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Superreward \Su`per*re*ward"\, v. t. To reward to an excessive degree. --Bacon. | |
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Supra-auricular \Su`pra-au*ric"u*lar\, a. (Zo[94]l.) Situated above the ear coverts, or auriculars; -- said of certain feathers of birds. -- n. A supra-auricular feather. | |
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Supraorbital \Su`pra*or"bit*al\, Supraorbitar \Su`pra*or"bit*ar\, a. (Anat.) Situated above the orbit of the eye. {Supraorbital point} (Anat.), the middle point of the supraorbital line, which is a line drawn across the narrowest part of the forehead, separating the face from the cranium; the ophryon. | |
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Supraorbital \Su`pra*or"bit*al\, Supraorbitar \Su`pra*or"bit*ar\, a. (Anat.) Situated above the orbit of the eye. {Supraorbital point} (Anat.), the middle point of the supraorbital line, which is a line drawn across the narrowest part of the forehead, separating the face from the cranium; the ophryon. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Supraorbital \Su`pra*or"bit*al\, Supraorbitar \Su`pra*or"bit*ar\, a. (Anat.) Situated above the orbit of the eye. {Supraorbital point} (Anat.), the middle point of the supraorbital line, which is a line drawn across the narrowest part of the forehead, separating the face from the cranium; the ophryon. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Suprarenal \Su`pra*re"nal\, a. (Anat.) Situated above, or anterior to, the kidneys. -- n. A suprarenal capsule. {Suprarenal capsules} (Anat.), two small bodies of unknown function in front of, or near, the kidneys in most vertebrates. Also called {renal capsules}, and {suprarenal bodies}. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Suprarenal \Su`pra*re"nal\, a. (Anat.) Situated above, or anterior to, the kidneys. -- n. A suprarenal capsule. {Suprarenal capsules} (Anat.), two small bodies of unknown function in front of, or near, the kidneys in most vertebrates. Also called {renal capsules}, and {suprarenal bodies}. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Capsule \Cap"sule\, n. [L. capsula a little box or chest, fr. capsa chest, case, fr. capere to take, contain: cf. F. capsule.] 1. (Bot.) a dry fruit or pod which is made up of several parts or carpels, and opens to discharge the seeds, as, the capsule of the poppy, the flax, the lily, etc. 2. (Chem.) (a) A small saucer of clay for roasting or melting samples of ores, etc.; a scorifier. (b) a small, shallow, evaporating dish, usually of porcelain. 3. (Med.) A small cylindrical or spherical gelatinous envelope in which nauseous or acrid doses are inclosed to be swallowed. 4. (Anat.) A membranous sac containing fluid, or investing an organ or joint; as, the capsule of the lens of the eye. Also, a capsulelike organ. 5. A metallic seal or cover for closing a bottle. 6. A small cup or shell, as of metal, for a percussion cap, cartridge, etc. {Atrabiliary capsule}. See under {Atrabiliary}. {Glisson's capsule}, a membranous envelope, entering the liver along with the portal vessels and insheathing the latter in their course through the organ. {Suprarenal capsule}, an organ of unknown function, above or in front of each kidney. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Suprarenal \Su`pra*re"nal\, a. (Anat.) Situated above, or anterior to, the kidneys. -- n. A suprarenal capsule. {Suprarenal capsules} (Anat.), two small bodies of unknown function in front of, or near, the kidneys in most vertebrates. Also called {renal capsules}, and {suprarenal bodies}. | |
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