athymia

[Gr. ἀθυμία ( athumia ), from ἀθυμέω (athumeō) = to be down-hearted: a, priv., and θυμός (thumos) = the soul as the seat of pa ion.] Faint-hearted ne , despondency. * ā'-thyr (yr as ir), conj . [EITHER.] ( Scotch .) * ā'-thyr (yr as ir), a. [OTHER.] ( Scotch .) a-thyr-i-um, s. [Gr. a, priv., and θύριον (thurion) a little door, a wicket.] A genus or sub-genus of ferns containing, of British plants, the A. filix fæmina and the A. fon tanum . [ASPLENIUM.]