LIFE

n. Lif. A.-S., ft/, lyf. Gr., /St'os. Lat., vita, anima. Fr., vie. Ger., Leben. 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. |a, 48.] 2. The state of an organized being before permanent ce ation of the distinctive vital functions. 3. The condition or manner of living. Active 1. See Dynamic 1. Animal 1. Fr., vie animale. Ger, animalisches (oder thierisches) Leben. 1. The manifestations of 1. in an animal as contrasted with a plant. 2. The manifestations of 1. dependent especially upon the cerebro-spinal nervous system and the skeletal muscles in contradistinction to the purely vegetative functions of digestion, respiration, etc. [J, 204.] Cf. Psychic I. and L. (1st def.). Cell 1. FT., vie de la cellule. Ger.. Zclllvben. The 1. and activities of the individual cells or structural elements in contradistinction to the 1. or the entire organism. The individual 1. of the component cells is usually much le than that of the organism as a whole, as there are usually many generations of cells whose lives go to make up the entire 1. of the organism. [J, 9, 47.]- Cerebral 1. Lat., vita cerebral is. Ger., Cerebral leben. The manifestations of 1. depending especially upon the integrity of the cerebrum. [J.] Dynamic 1. Lat., vita dynamic a. Fr, vie active. (lt-r..(lynamisches Leben. L. the manifestations of which are continuous and determinable, in contrast to latent I. (q. v.). [J, 28.1 -External I. See Animal I. (2d def.). Extra-uterine 1. The 1. of an animal after it has been born. Fu>tal 1. Ger., Fotalleben. The 1. of the foetus. Intra-uterine 1. Foetal 1. within the uterus. Latent 1. Fr, vie latente. 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.). [J, 28.] L.-ever last ing. See the major list. L. -plant. The Bryophyituin calycinum. [B, 275 (a, 36).] L.-root. The Senecio aureus. [B. 27r> (a.:tr>i.| Mental 1. See Psychic 1. Organic 1. See L. (1st def.). Potential 1. See Latent L Psychic 1. Lat., vita p.iychica. Qtar..gtiltioe I.>t'n, //. .. of feeling fietal movements (said of a pregnant woman). Uterine 1. Fr.. fir iiti-rin i'. The period of 1. during which the female is capable of child-bearing. VegeK, he; E, ell; G, go; I, die; I1, in; N, in; N*. tank; [s. 620]