life. 1

That existence which is characterized by the power an organized being (an animal or a plant) has to a imilate from its surroundings material for its support, to change its form by growth, and to reproduce its kind. 2. The state of an organized being before permanent ce ation of the distinctive vital functions. 3. The condition or manner of living, animal 1. 1. The manifestations of 1. in an animal as contrasted with a plant. 2. The manifestations of 1. dependent especially upon the cerebrospinal nervous system and the skeletal muscles in contradistinction to the purely vegetative functions of digestion, respiration, etc. See psychic I. and I. (1st def.). cell 1. The 1. and activities of the individual cells or structural elements in contradistinction to the 1. of the entire organism, extra-uterine 1. The 1. of an animal after it has been born, fetal 1. The 1. of the fetus, intra-uterine 1. Fetal 1. within the uterus, latent 1. L. in an organism or a germ which is hidden and not apparent, but which is capable of manifesting itself under favorable conditions of 1. (said of the 1. of some ova, of a semi desiccated rotifer, etc.). psychic 1. The mental and spiritual manifestations and activities in an animal; frequently contrasted with vegetative or organic 1., or manifestations of 1. due to reflex action, such as is seen in an animal devoid of a cerebrum. reproductive 1., sexual 1. That portion of 1. during which the individual is capable of reproduction, to feel 1. In popular language, to experience the sensation of "feeling 1.," i. e., of feeling fetal movements (said of a pregnant woman), uterine 1. The period of 1. during which the female is capable of childbearing. vegetable 1. The vital phenomena, absorption, circulation, exhalation, a imilation, etc., presented the growth and development of a plant. vegetative 1. See /. (1st def.). [Ang.- Sax., lif.-] (lig'am-ent). Any strong, ligament fibrous, compact ti ue serving to bind or more or le closely connect one structure with another. The l's uniting the bones consist of a white, solid, inelastic substance. acce ory 1. A 1. which supplements and strengthens another 1.,