Pseudo-china
(Pseu`do-chi"na) n. [Pseudo- + china.] (Bot.) The false china root, a plant of the genus
Smilax found in America.
Pseudocœle
(Pseu"do*cœle) n. Same as Pseudocœlia.
Pseudocœlia
(||Pseu`do*cœ"li*a) n. [NL., fr. Gr. pseydh`s false + hollow.] (Anat.) The fifth ventricle in the
mammalian brain. See Ventricle. B. G. Wilder.
Pseudo-cone
(Pseu"do-cone`) n. [Pseudo- + cone.] (Zoöl.) One of the soft gelatinous cones found in
the compound eyes of certain insects, taking the place of the crystalline cones of others.
Pseudo-cumene
(Pseu`do-cu"mene) n. [Pseudo- + cumene.] (Chem.) A hydrocarbon of the aromatic
series, metameric with mesitylene and cumene, found in coal tar, and obtained as a colorless liquid.
Pseudo-dipteral
(Pseu`do-dip"ter*al) a. [Pseudo- + dipteral: cf. F. pseudodiptère.] (Arch.) Falsely or
imperfectly dipteral, as a temple with the inner range of columns surrounding the cella omitted, so that
the space between the cella wall and the columns is very great, being equal to two intercolumns and
one column. — n. A pseudo-dipteral temple.
Pseudodox
(Pseu"do*dox) a. [Gr. pseydo`doxos; pseydh`s false + do`xa an opinion.] Not true in
opinion or doctrine; false. — n. A false opinion or doctrine. "To maintain the atheistical pseudodox
which judgeth evil good, and darkness light." T. Adams.
Pseudofilaria
(||Pseu`do*fi*la"ri*a) n.; pl. Pseudofilari [NL. See Pseudo-, and Filaria.] (Zoöl.) One
of the two elongated vibratile young formed by fission of the embryo during the development of certain
Gregarinæ.
Pseudo-galena
(Pseu`do-ga*le"na) n. [Pseudo- + galena.] (Min.) False galena, or blende. See Blende
(a).
Pseudograph
(Pseu"do*graph) n. [See Pseudography.] A false writing; a spurious document; a forgery.
Pseudography
(Pseu*dog"ra*phy) n. [Gr. pseydh`s false + to write.] False writing; forgery.
Pseudohalter
(||Pseu`do*hal"ter) n.; pl. Pseudohalteres [NL. See Pseudo-, and Halteres.] (Zoöl.)
One of the rudimentary front wings of certain insects They resemble the halteres, or rudimentary hind
wings, of Diptera.
Pseudo-heart
(Pseu"do-heart`) n. [Pseudo- + heart.] (Zoöl.) Any contractile vessel of invertebrates
which is not of the nature of a real heart, especially one of those pertaining to the excretory system.
Pseudo-hyperthophic
(Pseu`do-hy`per*thoph"ic) a. [Pseudo- + hypertrophic.] (Med.) Falsely hypertrophic; as,
pseudo-hypertrophic paralysis, a variety of paralysis in which the muscles are apparently enlarged, but
are really degenerated and replaced by fat.
Pseudologist
(Pseu*dol"o*gist) n. One who utters falsehoods; a liar.
Pseudology
(Pseu*dol"o*gy) n. [Gr. pseydh`s false + speech: cf. F. pseudologie.] Falsehood of speech.
Arbuthnot.
Pseudo-metallic
(Pseu`do-me*tal"lic) a. [Pseudo- + metallic.] Falsely or imperfectly metallic; — said
of a kind of luster, as in minerals.
Pseudo-monocotyledonous
(Pseu`do-mon`o*cot`y*led"on*ous) a. [Pseudo- + monocotyledonous.]
(Bot.) Having two coalescent cotyledons, as the live oak and the horse- chestnut.
