AS PER IT AS

(Lat.), n. f.?r’i*t-a2s(a8s), Gen., asrita’tis. Fr., aspérité, âpreté. Ger., As per ität, Rauhigkeit. 1. oughne , coarsene , rugosity (as of the surface of a bone where a muscle is attached). [A, 385; L, 43.] 2. Dryne , barrenne . [A, 312.] 3. Hoarsene . [A, 312.] 4, Harshne , sharpne , acidity, brackishne . [A, 312.]—A. ab ætate, A. a. lixivio. See A. cutis.—A. arteriæ asperæ. See A. (3d def,).—A. a sapone, A. a vento. See A. cutis.—A. cutis. Roughne of the skin. Plenck describes an a. a vento, due to exposure to cold winds; an a, a. lixivio (seu a sapone), affecting the hands of washerwomen, and due to the caustic alkali in the soap used; and an a. ab œtate, observed in old persons, in whom the skin, especially that of the face, tends to grow coarse and rough. (G, 11.)—A. unguium. Roughne of the nails, [G.] 6