dysclasite

[Greek dys =ill, hard, ., and klasis a breaking; klaō =to break.] Min.: A mineral composed of a congeries of mi nute acicular crystals, commonly fibrous, but also found compact. Luster, sub-pearly; color, white, may extend over months or years, till the patient becomes like a living skeleton. Altogether it is one of the most hopele complaints which human flesh is heir to, and gives rise to many chronic abdominal diseases, for which death is the only physician. dys-ġě-něs-Ic, a. [DYSGENESIS.] Barren, sterile, opposed to fecund. ( Darwin.)