poly choli a (polikoʻlia)

Exce ive secretion of bile. poly chord (pol'i-kôrd), a. and n. [= Pg. poly chordo; II. n. A musical instrument invented by F. Hillmer in 1799, but never generally used. It was shaped like a ba viol with a movable fingerboard, and had ten gut strings. It was played either with a bow, or by the fingers, like a lute. poly chorion (pol-i-kō'ri-on), п. [ χόριον , membrane.] In bot ., a polycarpous fruit, like that of Ranunculus . Treasury of Botany. [ poly poly chorionic (pol-i-kō-ri-on'ik), a. chorion + -ic.] Having the character of a poly chorion. [ poly polychotomous (pol-i-kot'ō-mus), a . chotom -y+-ous.] Divided into more than two groups or series; made or done on the principle of polychotomy, as a cla ification. many, + NL. cellula, a cell: see cellular.] In manifolds i on of given bot., containing or composed of many cells. polycentric (pol-i-sen'trik), a. [ But a complexity is introduced as soon as the sap-vacuoles appear, in many cases making the cell not mono centric but polycentric . H. Marshall Ward , Nature, XXXV. 301. [ poly brach us (po-lib'ra-kus), n.; pl. poly brach i (-ki). [NL.: see poly brachia.] In teratol., a monster with supernumerary arms. poly branch (pol'i-brangk), a. and n. πολύς, many, + βράγχια, gills.] Ι. α. Having many gills or numerous branch iæ, as a mollusk or crustacean; of or pertaining to the Polybran chia or Poly branch i at a. Also poly branchiate. II. n. A poly branch mollusk or crustacean. Poly branchia (pol-i-brangʻki-ä), n . pl . [NL.: see poly branch .] 1. In J. E. Gray's cla ification (1821), one of two orders (the other being