For which he can not well apology.
J. Webster.
Ap`o*me*com"e*ter, n. An instrument for measuring the height of objects. Knight.
Ap`o*me*com"e*try, n. [Pref. apo- + Gr. &?; length + -metry.] The art of measuring the distance of objects afar off. [Obs. or R.]
{ ||Ap`o*mor"phi*a (&?;), Ap`o*mor"phine (&?;), } n. [Pref. apo- + morphia, morphine.] (Chem.) A crystalline alkaloid obtained from morphia. It is a powerful emetic.
||Ap`o*neu*ro"sis (&?;), n.; pl. Aponeuroses (&?;). [Gr. &?;, fr. &?; to pass into a tendon; &?; from + &?; to strain the sinews, &?; sinew, tendon, nerve.] (Anat.) Any one of the thicker and denser of the deep fasciæ which cover, invest, and the terminations and attachments of, many muscles. They often differ from tendons only in being flat and thin. See Fascia.
Ap`o*neu*rot"ic (&?;), a. (Anat.) Of or pertaining to an aponeurosis.
Ap`o*neu*rot"o*my (&?;), n. [Aponeurosis + Gr. &?; a cutting.] Dissection of aponeuroses.
Ap`o*pemp"tic (-pmp"tk), a. [Gr. 'apopemptiko`s, fr. 'apope`mpein to send off or away; 'apo` from + pe`mpein to send.] Sung or addressed to one departing; valedictory; as, apopemptic songs or hymns.
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||A*poph"a*sis (*pf"*ss), n. [Gr. 'apo`fasis denial, fr. 'apofa`nai to speak out, to deny.] (Rhet.) A figure by which a speaker formally declines to take notice of a favorable point, but in such a manner as to produce the effect desired. [For example, see Mark Antony's oration. Shak., Julius Cæsar, iii. 2.]
Ap`o*phleg*mat"ic (&?;), a. [Gr. &?;; &?; from + &?; full of phlegm. See Phlegmatic.] (Med.) Designed to facilitate discharges of phlegm or mucus from mouth or nostrils. -- n. An apophlegmatic medicine.
Ap`o*phleg"ma*tism, n. [Gr. &?;, Galen.] 1. (Med.) The action of apophlegmatics.