INDEPENDENT

An Illustrated Encyclopedic Medical Dictionary · 1893 · p. 19

adj. I2n-de-pe2nd'e2nt. From in, not, and dcpendere, to hang from. Fr., independent. Ger., unabhfingig Distinct, separate; said of plant-organs which are separate though usually united. [B, 308 (a, 35).] [s. 447]