APOSTROPHE

An Illustrated Encyclopaedic Medical Dictionary · 1891 · p. 2

(Lat.), n. f. 'ro-fe(fa). Gr., àrogrpogy (from arootpddecy, to turu away from). Fr., apostrophe. 1. Aversion to food. [Paulus Ægineta (A, 325).] 2. A diversion of the humors. [M, 13.] 3. In botany, the proce of aggregation of enlorophs granules along the lateral walls of a plant-cell, under the influence of a strong light. [B, 229.] Cf. EPISTROPHE.