1. Absence of government; the state of society where there is no law or supreme power; a state of lawlessness; political
confusion.
Spread anarchy and terror all around.
Cowper.
2. Hence, confusion or disorder, in general.
There being then . . . an anarchy, as I may term it, in authors and their rekoning of years.
Fuller.
Anarthropoda
(||An`ar*throp"o*da) n. pl. [NL., from Gr. without joints + -poda. See Anarthrous.] (Zoöl.)
One of the divisions of Articulata in which there are no jointed legs, as the annelids; — opposed to Arthropoda.
Anarthropodous
(An`ar*throp"o*dous) a. (Zoöl.) Having no jointed legs; pertaining to Anarthropoda.
Anarthrous
(An*ar"throus) a. [Gr. 'a`narqros without joints, without the article; 'an priv. + 'a`rqron
joint, the article.]
1. (Gr. Gram.) Used without the article; as, an anarthrous substantive.
2. (Zoöl.) Without joints, or having the joints indistinct, as some insects.
Anas
(||A"nas) n. [L., duck.] (Zoöl.) A genus of water fowls, of the order Anseres, including certain
species of fresh-water ducks.
Anasarca
(||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.
Anasarcous
(An`a*sar"cous) a. Belonging, or affected by, anasarca, or dropsy; dropsical. Wiseman.
Anastaltic
(An`a*stal"tic) a. & n. [Gr. 'anastaltiko`s fitted for checking, fr. 'ana` + ste`llein to send.]
(Med.) Styptic. [Obs.] Coxe.
Anastate
(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.
Anastatic
(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.
Anastomose
(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.
Anastomosis
(||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.
Anastomotic
(A*nas`to*mot"ic) a. Of or pertaining to anastomosis.
