noma, tnome

[Latin nome a corroding ulcer; Gr. nomē =a pasture, an eating sore; nemō= to distribute, to pasture.] Pathol.: Water canker; it attacks the gums, making them swollen, and red or violet in color, after which they are destroyed, the teeth becoming exposed and loosened till they fall out. The cheeks and the tongue are next attacked. The disease occurs chiefly among badly fed children. năm-ad, *năm-ade, a . & s. [Gr.nomas (gen it. nomados) =roaming, wandering, espec. in search of pasture; nomos =a pasture; nemo to a ign by lot; Lat. nomas (gen it. nomad is ); Fr., Ital., & Sp. nom IMG:content-0095.png:[blocks in formation] 1. One of a race or tribe who have no fixed abode, but whose chief occupation is the tending of flocks, and who wander about, shifting their residence according to the state of pasturage. "The Numidian nomades , so named of changing their pasture."-P. Holland : Pliny , bk. v., ca. iii. 2. A wandering party or tribe. "Fierce Idumæans, who in nomads stray." Sandys: Psalms, p. 136. no-ma-da, s . [NOMAD.] Entom.: Cuckoo-bee; a genus of Bees, placed by Shuckard under the And ren ide, but now often ranked with the Apidse. There are six articulations 2855 to the maxillary palpi. They are elegant and gaily colored insects, which live in the nests and deposit their eggs in the cells of other bees. nă-măd-Ic, a . [Eng. nomad; -ic.] Pertaining to or resembling nomads; a term applied to those tribes whose chief occupation is the tending of cattle, and who have no fixed abode, but wander about in search of pasturage; pastoral, nomad. nă-măd-Ic-al-ly, adv. [ Eng.nomadic; -al, -ly.] In a nomadic manner; after the manner of nomadic tribes.