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#NAME? :: -some () A combining form or suffix from Gr. sw^ma (gen. sw`matos) the body; as in merosome, a body segment; cephalosome, etc..

Mesocoelia :: Mesocoelia (n.) The cavity of the mesencephalon; the iter.

Teetee :: Teetee (n.) A diving petrel of Australia (Halodroma wrinatrix).

Acephalous :: Acephalous (a.) Deficient and the beginning, as a line of poetry..

Polythalamous :: Polythalamous (a.) Many-chambered; -- applied to shells of Foraminifera and cephalopods. See Illust. of Nautilus.

Aureole :: Aureole (n.) The circle of rays, or halo of light, with which painters surround the figure and represent the glory of Christ, saints, and others held in special reverence..

Trehalose :: Trehalose (n.) Mycose; -- so called because sometimes obtained from trehala.

Ganocephalous :: Ganocephalous (a.) Of or pertaining to the Ganocephala.

Haloed :: Haloed (imp. & p. p.) of Hal.

Platycephalic :: Platycephalic (a.) Alt. of Platycephalou.

Orthoceras :: Orthoceras (n.) An extinct genus of Paleozoic Cephalopoda, having a long, straight, conical shell. The interior is divided into numerous chambers by transverse septa..

Spirulate :: Spirula (n.) A genus of cephalopods having a multilocular, internal, siphunculated shell in the form of a flat spiral, the coils of which are not in contact..

Anencephalic :: Anencephalic (a.) Alt. of Anencephalou.

Halo :: Halo (n.) A circle of light; especially, the bright ring represented in painting as surrounding the heads of saints and other holy persons; a glory; a nimbus..

Microcephalic :: Microcephalic (a.) Alt. of Microcephalou.

Cephalotomy :: Cephalotomy (n.) Craniotomy; -- usually applied to bisection of the fetal head with a saw.

Encephalon :: Encephalon (n.) The contents of the cranium; the brain.

Acephalous :: Acephalous (a.) Without a distinct head; -- a term applied to bivalve mollusks.

Halomancy :: Halomancy (n.) See Alomancy.

Haloid :: Haloid (n.) A haloid substance.

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