Adelocodonic
(A*del`o*co*don"ic) a. [Gr. invisible + a bell.] (Zoöl.) Applied to sexual zooids of hydroids,
that have a saclike form and do not become free; — opposed to phanerocodonic.
Adelopod
(A*del"o*pod) n. [Gr. invisible + foot.] (Zoöl.) An animal having feet that are not apparent.
Adelphia
(||A*del"phi*a) n. [Gr. 'adelfo`s brother.] (Bot.) A "brotherhood," or collection of stamens in a
bundle; — used in composition, as in the class names, Monadelphia, Diadelphia, etc.
Adelphous
(A*del"phous) a. [Gr. 'adelfo`s brother.] (Bot.) Having coalescent or clustered filaments; —
said of stamens; as, adelphous stamens. Usually in composition; as, monadelphous. Gray.
Adempt
(A*dempt") p. p. [L. ademptus, p. p. of adimere to take away.] Takes away. [Obs.]
Without any sinister suspicion of anything being added or adempt.
Latimer.
Ademption
(A*demp"tion) n. [L. ademptio, fr. adimere, ademptum, to take away; ad + emere to buy,
orig. to take.] (Law) The revocation or taking away of a grant donation, legacy, or the like. Bouvier.
Aden-
(Aden- or Adeno-). Combining forms of the Greek word for gland; — used in words relating to
the structure, diseases, etc., of the glands.
Adenalgia
(||Ad`e*nal"gi*a Ad"e*nal`gy) n. (Med.) Pain in a gland.
Adeniform
(A*den"i*form) a. [Aden- + - form.] Shaped like a gland; adenoid. Dunglison.
Adenitis
(||Ad`e*ni"tis) n. [Aden- + - itis.] (Med.) Glandular inflammation. Dunglison.
Adenographic
(Ad`e*no*graph"ic) a. Pertaining to adenography.
Adenography
(Ad`e*nog"ra*phy) n. [Adeno- + -graphy.] That part of anatomy which describes the
glands.
Adenoid
(Ad"e*noid Ad`e*noid"al) a. Glandlike; glandular.
Adenological
(Ad`e*no*log"ic*al) a. Pertaining to adenology.
Adenology
(Ad`e*nol"o*gy) n. [Adeno- + - logy.] The part of physiology that treats of the glands.
Adenophorous
(Ad`e*noph"o*rous) a. [Adeno- + Gr. bearing.] (Bot.) Producing glands.
Adenophyllous
(Ad`e*noph"yl*lous) a. [Adeno- + Gr. leaf.] (Bot.) Having glands on the leaves.
