stratography (stratografi)

[ A great commander by land and by sea, he [Raleigh] was critical in all the arts of stratography , and delights to I. D'Israeli , Amen. of Lit., II. 273. illustrate them on every occasion. Stratonic (str a-ton'ik), a. Same as Str at on i cal, Str at on i cal (str a-ton'i-kal), a. [ 5982 ganglion-cells. - Stratum corneum, the outer layer of the epidermis, above the stratum granulosum. See cut under skin. Stratum cylindrorum. Same as stratum bacillosum. - Stratum gelati no sum, a layer of gray matter of the olfactory bulb, consisting of fusiform or pyramidal gray nerve-cells in a fine mesh of white nerve fiber. Stratum glomerulosum, a layer of gray matter of the olfactory bulb, consisting of nodulated ma es ses containing small nuclear cells, among which is a convoluted olfactory nerve-fiber.- Stratum granulosum, the thin stratum next above the stratum spinosum of the epidermis, consisting of cells rendered granular by minute globules of ceratohyalin. It is wanting over the lips and under the nails, and gives the white color to the skin. See cut under skin. - Stratum lacunosum, a layer of the hippocampus major, next above the stratum radiatum, characterized by the open reticulated nature of the neuroglia. Stratum lucidum, the lowest layer of the stratum corneum of the epidermis. See cut under skin.Stratum opticum, the layer in the upper quadrigeminal body which lies below the stratum cinereum, composed of longitudinal white fibers interspersed with ganglion-cells. Stratum radiatum, a layer of the hippocampus major, striated at right angles to its surfaces by its inner border. - Stratum spinosum, the lowest layer the proce es of the large pyramidal cells which lie along of the epidermis, next to the corium, formed of prickle cells, and limited above by the stratum granulosum. Also called rete mucosum, rete Malpighii or Malpighi, and str a tum Malpighii or Malpighi. See cut under skin. - Stratum zonale, a superficial stratum of white nerve-fibers. stratus (strā'tus), n. [NL., All cloud which lies as a thin flat sheet must either be pure stratus or contain the word strato in combination. Abercromby, Weather, p. 71.