amebula, amobula

(am-e’bu-lah) [dim. of L. ameba]. A spore having pseudopodia like ameba: De- Pertaining to, or of Shaped like or re- Pro- as the spore of the malarial parasite after it has entered the red blood-corpuscle and become a me biform. Called also pseudo podios pore. ameburia, amoburia (am-e-bu’re-ah) (L. ama’ba + Gr. o urine]. The discharge or presence of amebz: in the urine. amelia (am-e'le-ah) [Gr. a priv. + μέλος limb]. Absence of the limbs. a mel if i cation (am-el-if-ik-a’shun) (Old Fr. amd enamel + L. fa’cere to make]. The development of enamel-cells into enamel. amelioration (am-e-le-o-ra’shun) (L. ad to + me/lior better]. Improvement, as of the condition of a patient. ameloblast (am-el’o-blast) (Old Fr. amel enamel + Gr. βλαστός germ]. One of the group of cells from which the dental enamel is developed; an enamel-cell. The ameloblasts cover the papilla of the enamel-organ Called also cdamantoblast. amelus (am’el-us) (Gr. a priv. + pédos limb]. A monstrosity without limbs. amenia (am-e’ne-ah) [Gr. a neg. + μήν month]. Absence of the menses.., a mos no mania (am-e-no-ma’ne-ah) (L. ama/’nus pleasant + manic). Insanity with agreeable hallucinations. amenorrhea, amenorrhea (am-en-or-e’ah) (Gr. α neg. + μὴν month + ola flow]. Absence or abnormal stoppage of the menses. primitive @., a condition in which the menstruation has not appeared at the proper time. secondary a., arrest of the menses after they have once existed. amenorrhea] (am-en-or-e’al). Pertaining to amenorrhea. ament (a’ment) (Gr. a neg. + L. mens mind]. An idiot; a person with no mind. amentia (ah-men’she-ah) (Gr. a priv. + L. mens _ mind]. 1. Absence of the intellect; idiocy. 2. A mental disorder characterized by mental confusion of varying degree, sometimes so severe as to approach stupor; called also confusion and confusional insanity. Stearn’s alcoholic a., a form of temporary alcoholic insanity marked by le emotional disturbance than delirium tremens, but of longer duration and characterized by greater mental clouding and amnesia. amenyl (am’en-il). A methyl hydras timid allied to hydras tin; recommended as an emmenagogue. Dose, 1 gr. (0.065 gm.). a merism (am’er-izm) (Gr. a neg. + μέρος part]. The quality of not splitting into segments or ents. a meristic (ah-mer-is’tik) (Gr. a priv. + μεριστός divided]. Not split into segments. a meta chromophil. ametachromophile (ahmet-ah-kro’mo-fil, -fil). Ortho chromophil. a metamorphosis (ah-met-ah-mor-fo’sis). Undue activity of thought leading to a condition of mental absorption and abstraction. a meta neutrophil, a meta neutrophile (ah-met ah-nu’tro-fil, -fil). Ortho neutrophil. ametria (ah-me’tre-ah) (Gr. a neg. + μήτρα uterus]. Congenital absence of the uterus. a metro he mia (ah-me-tro-he’me-ah) [Gr. a neg. + μήτρα womb + ala blood]. Lack of uterine loodsupply. a metro meter (ah-met-rom’et-er) [emetropia + Gr. μέτρον measure]. An instrument for measuring degree of ametropia. ametropia (ah-met-ro’pe-ah) [Gr. ἅμετρος irregular + Gy eye]. Imperfection in the refractive powers of the eye, so that images are not brought to a proper focus on the retina, producing hypermetropia, myopia, or astigmatism. a: a., ametropia due to lengthening of the eyeball on the optic axis. ametropic (am-et-rop’ik). Affected with or pertaining to ametropia. 55 AMINO-ACIDEMIA