alysm (alizm)

[ hibited by a sick person. aly on aly on (a (a-lis'on), n. [L.: see Aly um.] A plant of the genüs Aly um. Also spelled alison, ali on. Aly um (a-lis'um), n (a-lis'um), n. [NL. aly um , L. alys son (Pliny), A. mar i timum, known as sweet aly um, is much cultivated in gardens, having white and fragrant honey-scented flowers, of which bees are very fond. The rock-aly um or gold dust, A. saxatile, has dense clusters of bright-yellow flowers, appearing in early spring. 2. [1. c.] A plant of this genus. Alytes (al'i-tēz), n. [NL., appar. ἀλύτης , a police officer at the Olympie lympic games; more prob. Nurse-frog (Alytes obstetric ans). (cf. άλυτις, a chain): see Alysia.] A genus of anurous amphibians, or taille batrachians, of the family Discoglo idæ, sometimes made the type of a family Alytida. A. obstetric ans is the nurse-frog or accoucheur-toad of Europe. In Alytes obstetric ans , the female lays a chain of eggs, which the male twines round his thighs until the young leave the eggs. Pascoe , Zool. Cla ., p. 195. alytid (al'i-tid), n. One of the Alytidæ . Alytidæ (a-lit'i-dē), n. pl . [NL., Alytes + ida .] An artificial family of salient amphibians, characterized by Günther as " Ranina with webbed toes, with the proce es of sacral vertebræ dilated, and with parotoids." It contains genera of Disco glo ide ( Alytes ), Pelobatidæ ( Scaphi opus ), and Cystignathidæ ( Heleioporus ). am (am). The first person singular, present tense, indicative mood of the verb to be. See be. am-. See ambi-. A. M. An abbreviation of several Latin phrases in common use: ( a ) Of artium magister, Master of Arts. M. A., which represents the English rendering, is now more usual in England, but in a purely Latin idiom the form A. M. is still preferable. ( b ) Of anno mundi, in the year of the world: used in some systems of chronology. (c) Of ante meridiem, before noon: as, the party will start at 10 A. M. (also written A. M. or a. m.). Frequently used as synonymous with morning or forenoon: as, I arrived here this A. M. (pronounced a em), that is, this morning or forenoon. ama (a'ma), n. [L., more correctly ham a, aam, q. v.] In the early Christian church, a large ve el in which wine for the eucharist was mixed before consecration, and kept when consecrated until poured into the smaller ve els for service at the altar or for removal. See ampulla, 2, and cruet. These amas were of precious metal in the wealthier churches, and of baser material in others. No specimen is known to exist. Also written ham a.