IMPERFECT

An Illustrated Encyclopedic Medical Dictionary · 1893 · p. 18

adj. I2m-pu5r'fe2kt. Lat., imperfect us (from in, neg., and perficere, to accomplish). Fr., imparfait. Ger., unvollkommen. Abnormal, irregular, undeveloped, wanting some part or organ. The Imperfectce. of Lindley are a cohort of endogens, comprising the Pandales, Arales, Typhales, Smilales, and Fiuviales. [B, 170 (a, 24).] [s. 439]