uræmic

[Mod. Lat. uræm ( ia ): Eng. suff. -ic.] Of or belonging to uremia; as, uræmic coma, uræmic intoxication, uræmic poisoning. Ür'-al, s. [See def.] Geog.: The name of a range of mountains about 1,250 miles long, constituting the northeastern boundary of Europe. through the cells. ( Lindley.) Ü-rā-ni-a, subst . [Lat., from Gr. Our an i a =the Heavenly one, later regarded as the muse who presides over astronomy.] 1. Cla ic Mythology: (1) The muse of Astronomy, usually represented as holding in one hand a globe, in the other a rod, with which she is employed in tracing out some figure. (2) A surname of Venus Celestial. She was said to be the daughter of Uranus or Cœlus by the Light, and was supposed to preside over beauty and generation. 2. Astron.: [ASTEROID, 30.] 3. Botany: The typical genus of Uranee (q. v.). Only known species, Urania speciosa ( Ravenala madagascar i ens is ). [RAVENALA.] It has leaves of giant size, small axillary flowers, and fruits bearing seeds, surrounded by an aril of an ultramarine color. It yields an e ential oil, and the capsules a dye. 4. Entom .: The typical genus of Uraniide (q. v.). Splendid lepidopterous insects, often about three inches acro the wings, which are transversely banded with black and green, the hinder pair terminating posteriorly in a long tail, sometimes edged with white. All the species are South American. Urania fulgens migrates in large flocks acro the Isthmus of Panama. Ü-rā-ni-an (1), a. [Eng. Urani (a); -an.] Mythol.: Of or belonging to heaven; heavenly, celestial. Used of Venus when regarded as the patrone of heavenly or chaste love. Or it may refer to her being the daughter of Uranus. [URANIA, 1, (2).] "The seal was Cupid bent above a scroll, And o'er his head Uranian Venus hung." Tennyson: Prince , i. 239. pine, pit, sire, sir, marine; gō, pot, Uranian U-rā-ni-an (2), a . [Modern Latin, ., anus (q. v.), i connect., and Eng. suff. -an.] Astron.: Of or belonging to the planet Uranus. "The most singular circumstance attending the whole Uranian system." -Ball : Story of the Heavens , p. 169.