||A"nas (&?;), n. [L., duck.] (Zoöl.) A genus of water fowls, of the order Anseres, including certain species of fresh-water ducks.
||An`a*sar"ca (&?;), n. [NL., from Gr. &?; throughout + &?;, &?;, flesh.] (Med.) Dropsy of the subcutaneous cellular tissue; an effusion of serum into the cellular substance, occasioning a soft, pale, inelastic swelling of the skin.
An`a*sar"cous (&?;), a. Belonging, or affected by, anasarca, or dropsy; dropsical. Wiseman.
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An`a*stal"tic (-stl"tk), a. & n. [Gr. 'anastaltiko`s fitted for checking, fr. 'ana` + ste`llein to send.] (Med.) Styptic. [Obs.] Coxe.
An"a*state (&?;), n. [Gr. &?; up + &?; to make to stand.] (Physiol.) One of a series of substances formed, in secreting cells, by constructive or anabolic processes, in the production of protoplasm; -- opposed to katastate. Foster.
An`a*stat"ic (&?;), a. [Gr. &?; up + &?; to make to stand: cf. &?; causing to stand.] Pertaining to a process or a style of printing from characters in relief on zinc plates.
In this process the letterpress, engraving, or design of any kind is transferred to a zinc plate; the parts not covered with ink are eaten out, leaving a facsimile in relief to be printed from.
A*nas"to*mose (&?;), v. i. [imp. p. p. Anastomozed (&?;); p. pr. & vb. n. Anastomosing.] [Cf. F. anastomoser, fr. anastomose. See Anastomosis.] (Anat. & Bot.) To inosculate; to intercommunicate by anastomosis, as the arteries and veins.
The ribbing of the leaf, and the anastomosing network of its vessels.
I. Taylor.
||A*nas`to*mo"sis (&?;), n.; pl. Anastomoses (&?;). [NL., fr. Gr. &?; opening, fr. &?; to furnish with a mouth or opening, to open; &?; + sto`ma mouth: cf. F. anastomose.] (Anat. & Bot.) The inosculation of vessels, or intercommunication between two or more vessels or nerves, as the cross communication between arteries or veins.
A*nas`to*mot"ic (&?;), a. Of or pertaining to anastomosis.
||A*nas"tro*phe (&?;), n. [Gr. &?;, fr. &?; to turn up or back; &?; + &?; to turn.] (Rhet. & Gram.) An inversion of the natural order of words; as, echoed the hills, for, the hills echoed.
A*nath"e*ma (&?;), n.; pl. Anathemas (&?;). [L. anath&?;ma, fr. Gr. &?; anything devoted, esp. to evil, a curse; also L. anath&?;ma, fr. Gr. &?; a votive offering; all fr. &?; to set up as a votive gift, dedicate; &?; up + &?; to set. See Thesis.] 1. A ban or curse pronounced with religious solemnity by ecclesiastical authority, and accompanied by excommunication. Hence: Denunciation of anything as accursed.
[They] denounce anathemas against unbelievers.
Priestley.