Amnesia
(||Am*ne"si*a) n. [NL., fr. Gr. 'a priv. + to remember.] (Med.) Forgetfulness; also, a defect
of speech, from cerebral disease, in which the patient substitutes wrong words or names in the place of
those he wishes to employ. Quian.
Amnesic
(Am*ne"sic) a. (Med.) Of or pertaining to amnesia. "Amnesic or coördinate defects." Quian.
Amnestic
(Am*nes"tic) a. Causing loss of memory.
Amnesty
(Am"nes*ty) n. [L. amnestia, Gr. a forgetting, fr. forgotten, forgetful; 'a priv. + to remember: cf.
F. amnistie, earlier amnestie. See Mean, v.]
1. Forgetfulness; cessation of remembrance of wrong; oblivion.
2. An act of the sovereign power granting oblivion, or a general pardon, for a past offense, as to subjects
concerned in an insurrection.
Amnesty
(Am"nes*ty), v. t. [imp. p. p. Amnestied ; p. pr. & vb. n. Amnestying.] To grant amnesty
to.
Amnicolist
(Am*nic"o*list) n. [L. amnicola, amnis a river + colere to dwell.] One who lives near a
river. [Obs.] Bailey.
Amnigenous
(Am*nig"e*nous) a. [L. amnigena; amnis a river + root gen of gignere to beget.] Born
or bred in, of, or near a river. [Obs.] Bailey.
Amnion
(Am"ni*on) n. [Gr. the membrane round the fetus, dim. of lamb.] (Anat.) A thin membrane
surrounding the embryos of mammals, birds, and reptiles.
Amnios
(Am"ni*os) n. Same as Amnion.
Amniota
(||Am`ni*o"ta) n. pl. [NL. See Amnion.] (Zoöl.) That group of vertebrates which develops in its
embryonic life the envelope called the amnion. It comprises the reptiles, the birds, and the mammals.
Amniotic
(Am`ni*ot"ic) a. [Cf. F. amniotique.] (Anat.) Of or pertaining to the amnion; characterized by
an amnion; as, the amniotic fluid; the amniotic sac.
Amniotic acid. (Chem.) [R.] See Allantoin.
Amœba
(A*mœ"ba) n.; pl. L. Amœbæ ; E. Amœbas [NL., fr. Gr. change.] (Zoöl.) A rhizopod. common in fresh
water, capable of undergoing many changes of form at will. See Rhizopoda.
Amœbæum
(||Am`œ*bæ"um) n. [L. amœbaeus, Gr. alternate; L. amoebaeum carmen, Gr. a responsive song,
fr. change.] A poem in which persons are represented at speaking alternately; as the third and seventh
eclogues of Virgil.
Amœbea
(||Am`œ*be"a) n. pl. [NL.] (Zoöl.) That division of the Rhizopoda which includes the amœba and
similar forms.
Amœbean
(Am`œ*be"an) a. Alternately answering.
Amœbian
(A*mœ"bi*an) n. (Zoöl.) One of the Amœbea.
Amœbiform
(A*mœ"bi*form A*mœ"boid) a. [Amœba + -form or -oid.] (Biol.) Resembling an amœba; amœba-shaped; changing
in shape like an amœba.
Amœboid movement, movement produced, as in the amœba, by successive processes of prolongation
and retraction.
