Antirrhinesæ

pl. ( Bot.) A tribe of plants, subord. An tirr hin idea. Antirrhin'idesæ, n . pl . ( Bot .) A sub-order of plants ord. Scrophulariacea . DIAG.: Inflorescence entirely centripetal or compound. Estivation of the corolla bilabiately imbricated, the two upper segments being external. Antirrhinum, n. [Gr. anti , like, rin , nose; from the resemblance of the flowers to the snout of some animal.] ( Bot .) A gen. of plants, tribe Antirrhineæ. The species A. majus , or great snapdragon, is a showy garden plant, 1 to 2 ft. high. Flowers large, pink-colored, the lower lip white, and the mouth yellow, with a gibbous prominence at the base beneath. There are varieties with scarlet, scarlet and white, and double flowers. Antisa'na, a hamlet in the Andes of Quito, rep. of Ecuador, 13,500 ft. above the sea, 35 m. 8.E. of Quito. It is probably the highest inhabited place on the surface of the globe. The mountain of A. is 19,132 feet high. Anti scians, and Anti's cii, n . pl . [From Gr. anti, opposite, and sci a , a shadow.] ( Geog .) The people who live on different sides of the equator, whose shadows at noon are cast in contrary directions. Antiseptic, a . [From Gr. anti , against, and septos , putrid.] ( Med . ) Preventing or obviating putrefaction. -n. ( Med .) Substances which prevent animal substances from pa ing into a state of putrefaction, or obviate putrefaction when already begun; as, cinchona, . Antisocial, a . Hostile or averse to civil society. Antispasmodic, a. and n. [From Gr. anti , against, and spasmos , a spasm.] ( Med .) Po e ing the power of allaying or removing inordinate motions in the system, particularly those involuntary contractions which take place in muscles naturally subject to the command of the will. Spasm may arise from various causes. One of the most frequent is a strong continuous irritation, such as dentition, or worms. In these cases, narcotics prove useful by diminishing irritability and sensibility. Sometimes spasm arises from mere debility, and the obvious means of removing this is by the use of tonics. The narcotics used as A. are ether, opium, camphor. The principal tonics are cuprum, zincum, hydrargyrum, cinchona.