AMPHITHEATRE

An Illustrated Encyclopaedic Medical Dictionary · 1891 · p. 2

n. A?m-fl?-the/a%tr. Gr., äudı0darpov (from auz¢i, around, and @eas@ae, to look). Lat., a mph i the at rum. Fr., amphithéâtre. Ger., Amphitheater. It., Sp, anfiteatro. A room arranged with ascending tiers of seats, for performing surgical operations or giving instruction by demonstration. [A,385; D.]