acamatos

[Gr. 4, priv.; κάμνω ( kamnō ) = to work one's self weary.] Anat . That disposition of a limb which is equally distant from flexion and distension. ăc-a-nā-çě-ous, a. [Gr. ἄκavos ( akanos ) = a kind of thistle. [ACANTHACEOUS.] Bot. Armed with prickles. Applied to a cla of plants that are prickly, and bear their flowers and seeds on a head.