pediatry (pediatri)

[NL. pediatria, IMG:content-2545.png:[blocks in formation] The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia: The Century dictionary of L. pediculus , a little foot, dim. of pes (ped-) = E. foot .] 1. In bot . , the ultimate division of a common peduncle; the stalk that supports one flower only when there are several on a pedun- cle. Any short and small foot- stalk, although it does not stand upon another footstalk, is like- wise called a pedicel. See cuts under Cordyceps and Diatom a- ceæ. Also pediculus . garis , showing the pedicels. a, a flower, enlarged, show- ing the pedicel and a part of the rachis with the bract. IMG:content-2547.png:[blocks in formation] pedicel lated (ped'i-sel-a-ted), a. [ pedicellate +-ed2.] Same as pedicellate . pedicel lati on (ped i-se-la's hon), n. [ late + -ion .] In bot ., the state or condition of being pedicel led, or provided with pedicels. pedicel led (ped'i-seld), a. [ pedicel + -ed2.] Same as pedicellate . ped i cell i form (ped'i-sel-i-form), a. [ cell us , pedicel, + L. form a , form.] In bot . , hav- ing the form of a pedicel; resembling a pedicel. [Rare.] cularis , pertaining to lice, pediculus , a louse, dim. of ped is , a louse, pes ( ped- ) = E. foot .] Same as pediculous . Howell , Parly of Beasts, p. 26. Pedicular i a (pē-dik-u-lā'ri-a), n. [NL., pedicular is , pertaining to lice: see pedicular .] The typical genus of Pediculariidæ : so called from some fancied resemblance to a louse. The shell is oblong and slightly involute, and the species live chiefly on corals. Pedicular i ace a (pē-dik-ū-lā-ri-a'sē-a), n. pl. [NL., Pedicular i a + -ace a .] Same as Pedi- culariidæ . Pediculariidæ (pē-dik"ū-lā-ri'i-dē), n . pl . [NL., Pedicular i a + -idæ .] A family of tænioglos- sate rost rifer ous gastropods, typified by the pediculus (pe-dik'ū-lus), n. genus Pedicular i a. They have a peculiar dentition, the central tooth having a multicuspid crown, the lateral being transverse and multicuspid, and the marginal long, narrow, and paucidigitate; the foot is small, and the man- tle thick and not reflected or extended into a siphon. The shell is oblong and feebly involute. They are chiefly para- sitic on corals. By some conchologists they are referred to a family Amphiperasidæ , and both to the Cypræidæ . Pedicular is (pē-dik-ū-lāris), n. [NL. (Rivinus, 1690), pedicular is , sc. herb a , lousewort, prop. adj., pertaining to lice: see pedicular .] A large genus of scrophularia ceo us plants, of the tribe Euphrasieæ , formerly made the type of a distinct order Pediculares (Ju ieu, 1789), and characterized by the equal anther-cells and alternate or whorled leaves; lousewort. There are over 135 species, mostly montane, alpine, or arctic, na- tives of Europe, North America, and northern and central Asia, and (a very few) of the mountains of South America and India. They are perennial herbs, with the leaves pinnately or irregularly cut, developed chiefly at the base of the stem and becoming bract-like above. The flowers form a ter- minal spike, usually yellow or reddish, often one-sided, and followed by compre ed projecting curved and beaked capsules. P. Can a dens is is the wood-betony or high heal- all, common in North American woodlands, with fine-cut fern-like leaves and curving yellow and red variegated scepter, a tall wand-like Scand in avian species with abun- dant purple and gold flowers. Some species are cultivated, chiefly from seed, and are known collectively as lousewort , a name derived from the common British heath and swamp-louseworts or red-rattles, long imagined to breed lice in sheep that feed on them - an idea apparently found- ed merely on their presence in poor soil. pediculate (pē-dik'u-lāt), a. and n. [ pediculatus , pediculus , a pedicle: see pedicle , pedicule .] I. a. 1. Provided with a pedicel or head conical and contract- ed at the base. The head- louse and body-louse of man, P. capitis and P. vestiment i , are examples. The latter is often found in the seams of dirty clothing, and is commonly call- ed grayback . The crab-louse is now placed in a different genus, Phthirius . IMG:content-2548.png:[blocks in formation] pedicure (ped'i-kūr), n. [L. pes ( ped- ) , foot , + cur a , cure.] 1. The cure or care of the feet. Compare manicure .-2. One whose busine is the surgical care of the feet. Orthopedists, dentists, pedicures , trained nurses, and veterinarians. Science, XIV. 308. IMG:content-2549.png:[blocks in formation] accepted in the sense (6) by European ichthyologists, and pediform (ped'i-form), a . [ pes ( ped- ) , = in the sense (d) by all recent American ichthyologists. E. foot , + form a , form.] Having the form of a The principal characters are the connection of the verte- bral column with the skull by suture, the junction of the foot; resembling a foot; foot-shaped; foot-like. IMG:content-2550.png:[blocks in formation] pediculi, n. Plural of pediculus2 , 2. Pediculidæ Pediculidæ (ped-i-kūʻli-dē), n. pl . [NL. (Leach, 1817), Pediculus + -idæ .] The principal fam- ily of the hemipterous suborder Parasitic a. These lice are small wingle insects which live on the skin of mammals and suck their blood. The mouth is fur- IMG:content-2551.png:[blocks in formation] IMG:content-2552.png:[blocks in formation] are fitted clinging and climbing. principal genera are Pediculus , Phthirius , and Hæmatopinus . Pediculina (pē-dik-u-līna), n . pl . [NL., neut. pl. of pediculi nus : see pediculine .] 1. Same as Pediculidæ .-2. Lice proper, as a suborder or other superfamily group of degraded parasitic hemipterous insects, apterous and ametabolous, with small indistinctly segmented thorax, en- larged abdomen, and mandibulate mouth. See Anoplura , Mallophaga , and louse1 . pedigree France, and it figures in many similes, proverbs, and allusions. The term appears to be extant in the surname Petti grew, Petty grew (from the early mod. E. petti grew, ME. petygru, etc.). For the form, and the use as a surname, cf. the modern surname Pettifer, Petifer, cal tree. This lam be was Cryste whiche lynally doune came Be di ent conveyed the pedegrewe Frome the patryarke Abrahame. Political Poems , etc. (ed. Furnivall), p. 15. Whereas hee From Iohn of Gaunt doth bring his pedigree , Being put fourth of that Heroick Line. Shak ., 1 Hen. VI., ii. 5 (folio 1623). O! tell me, tell me, Tam-a-Line, O! tell, an' tell me true; Tell me this nicht, an' mak' nae lee, What pedigree are you? Tam -a- Line (Child's Ballads, I. 261). Tho' not inspir'd, Oh! may I never be Forgetful of my Pedigree , or thee. ... Prior, The Mice. The documents contained a full pedigree of the Spanish dynasties. Stubbs , Medieval and Modern Hist., p. 126. The "Stud-Book". contains the names and in most cases the pedigrees , obscure though they may be, of a very large number of horses and mares of note from the earliest accounts. Encyc. Brit., XII. 183. = Syn. Pedigree, Genealogy, Lineage. Pedigree may be used with reference either to a person or to an animal, as the pedigree of a horse; the others only to a person or family. In some cases it extends to geologic time: as, the pedigree of Cenozoic horses. Genealogy is the series of generations, coming down from the first known ancestor. Lineage views the person as coming in a line of descent, generally honorable, which, however, need not be traced, as in a genealogy or pedigree . Pedigree and lineage are generally much narrower words than genealogy , the last usually covering some personal history and including details of various matters of interest to the persons or fam ilies concerned. pedigreed (ped'i-grēd), a. [ Most of the other maternal ancestors of the Chancellor had belonged to the poor but pedigreed gentry of Brandenburg. Lowe , Bismarck, I. 11. Pedilanthus (ped-i-lanthus), n. [NL. (Necker, 1790), so called with ref. to the oblique 4355 pedimane (ped'i-man), a, and n. [F. pédi mane, II. n. A pedimanous quadruped, as an opo um or a lemur.