ACROTAR´SIUM, _n._ Front of tarsus, corresponding to the human instep.
(104.) (Little used).
ACU´MINATE, _a._ Tapering gradually to a point.
ACUTE´, _a._ Sharp-pointed.
AD- (_in composition_). To; towards.
ADDUC´TION, _n._ Act of drawing a limb toward axis of body. Muscles so
acting are _adductors_. Compare ABDUCTION.
AD´ENOID, _a._ Glandular; glandiform.
AD´IPOSE (_tissue_), _a._ for _n._ Cellular tissue holding fat in
special vesicles.
ADOLES´CENCE, _n._ Youth.
ADRE´NAL (_body_), _a._ for _n._ A small organ capping the kidney.
ADULT´, _a._ or _n._ Grown to full size; mature.
ÆGITHOGNATH´OUS, _a._ Having the palate bones disposed as in a sparrow
or other passerine bird.
AF´FERENT, _a._ Bringing to or towards. Opposed to _efferent_.
AFFINED´, _a._ Joined or related by affinity.
AFFIN´ITY, _n._ Quality of direct relation; conformity; agreement.
Morphological _affinity_ implies relationship by genetic descent;
teleological _affinity_ cannot be properly predicated.
AF´TER-SHAFT, _n._ Scape or stem of the supplementary plume springing
from many feathers, or, oftener, such plume itself.