zollverein (tsolferin")

[G., It began with an agreement in 1828 between Pru ia and the grand duchy of He e, received a great development in 1834 and succeeding years, ultimately including all the German powers excepting Austria and a few small states, and is now coextensive with the German empire. Hence-2. A commercial union, or customs union, in general; any arrangement between a number of states for regulating rates of duty with reference to their common benefit. The result would be a Protectionist group and an Australian Zollverein. Fortnightly Rev., N. S., XXXIX. 296. zomboruk (zom'bō-ruk), n . Same as zumbooruk . zona (zō'nä), n.; pl. zonæ (-nē). [L.] 1. In an at . , a zone, belt, or girdle, or part likened to a zone: chiefly used in human anatomy.-2. Herpes zoster (which see, under herpes ).-Zona alba, the white zone of the eyeball-a thickening of the sclerotic where the muscles are attached.-Zona arcuata, the inner zone of the basilar membrane, extending from the lower edge of the spiral groove of the cochlea to the external edge of the base of the outer rods of Corti.-Zona cartilaginea, the limbus of the spiral lamina.-Zona choriacea. Same as zona cartilaginea.-Zona cilia ris, the ciliary zone of the eye; the ring or belt of ciliary proce es, or their impre ion upon the vitreous humor. See cut under eyel.-Zona denticulata, the inner zone of the basilar membrane together with the limbus of the spiral lamina. Zona fasciculata, the layer of the cortical part of the suprarenal body, just beneath the zona glomerulosa. Zona ganglion aris, a collection of gray matter on the filaments of the cochlear branch of the auditory nerve.-Zona glomerulosa, the outer layer of the cortical part of the suprarenal body. - Zona ignea. Same as def. 2. - Zona incerta, a continuation of the formatio reticular is forward under the optic thalamus.Zona lævis. Same as zona arcuata. - Zona median a. Same as zona cartilaginea. - Zona membranacea. Same as basilar membrane (which see, under basilar ). - Zona nerve a. Same as zona arcuata. - Zona orbicularis, a collection of circular fibers in the capsular ligament of the hip-joint.-Zona pectin at a, the outer zone of the basilar membrane, extending from the rods of Corti to the spiral ligament. - Zona pellucid a, a transparent membrane surrounding the yolk of the ovum: so called from its appearance in the human ovum under the microscope. It is simply the wall of the ovum, corresponding to any other cell-wall. It is traversed by numerous, more or le evident, radiating pore-canals, through which spermatozoa are supposed to enter the ovum.-Zona per for at a, the lower edge of the spiral groove of the cochlea. - Zona radiata, the zona pellucid a when the radiating pore-canals are especially distinct. - Zona repens. Same as herpes zoster. See herpes. - Zona reticular is, the in ner layer of the cortical portion of the suprarenal body. Zona serpiginosa. Same as def. 2.- Zona spongiosa, matter of the spinal cord. -Zona tecta, the inner part of the lamina spiral is membranacea, covered by the organ of Corti. Zona ten dinos a, a fibrous ring situated at each auriculoventricular opening in the heart. - Zona the extreme tip of the posterior horn IMG:content-2754.png:[blocks in formation] in which the fetal villi form a belt or zone. See nant uterus, embracing about the lower fourth, within Zonaria2, Zonoplacentalia, and zonular. The placenta of the dugong is zonary and non-decidu Nature, XL. 611. ate.