apophysial (apofizial)

[ 265 generous diseases," Arbuthnot. apoplexy (ap'ō-plek-si), n. [ apoplexie (and abbrev. poplexie ), apoplexie , apo- plexia , ἀποπληξία , apoplexy, πλήσσειν , strike.] In pathol ., a sudden lo or i impairment of consciousne and voluntary motion, caused by the rupture of a blood-ve el in the brain, an embolism, or other cerebral shock. [Sometimes inc or- rectly used to denote hemorrhage into the tis- sues of any organ.] Plural of aporon . The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia: Dictionary apora, n. aporeme (ap'ō-rem), n. [ ἀπόρημα , & mat- ter of doubt (also oubt (also with Aristotle a dialectical syllogism of contradiction), ἀπορεῖν , be in doubt: see aporetic. An argument to show that a question presents a doubt or difficulty. aporetic (ap-ō-ret'ik), a. and n. [Formerly aporetique , F. aporetique (Cotgrave), ἀπορεῖν , be in doubt, άπορος , in doubt, at a lo : see aporia .] I. a . Inclined to doubt or to raise objections. II. n. A skeptic; one who believes that per certainty is unattainable, and finds in The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia: Dictionary fect certainty tænioglo ate gastropods, of which there are few living spe- cies. Its members are characterized by a flat foot, a broad muzzle, elongate tentacles, eyes on the outer sides of the tentacles, teeth in seven longitudinal rows, a turreted shell with the aper- ture more or le produced in front, and an alate outer lip. Aporrhais (ap-ō-rā'is), n. [NL., in form ἀπορραίς , a var i- ous reading for αἱμορροΐς , a kind of shell-fish: see hemorrhoid .] A genus of gastropods with effuse channel-like lip-spines, represented by the pelican's- foot or spout-shell (which see) of northern Europe, and typ- Spout-shell (Apor ical of the family Aporrhaida . aport (a-port'), prep prep. phr . as adv . [ port4 .] Naut ., to or on the port side of a ship, as in the phrase hard aport. Hard aport ! as a command, in- structs the helmsman to turn the tiller to the left or port side of the ship, thus causing the ship to swerve to the right or starboard.