Definition of isis

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Isis (n.) Any coral of the genus Isis, or family Isidae, composed of joints of white, stony coral, alternating with flexible, horny joints. See Gorgoniacea..

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Anagnorisis :: Anagnorisis (n.) The unfolding or denouement.
Solution :: Solution (n.) A crisis.
Paracmastic :: Paracmastic (a.) Gradually decreasing; past the acme, or crisis, as a distemper..
Osiris :: Osiris (n.) One of the principal divinities of Egypt, the brother and husband of Isis. He was figured as a mummy wearing the royal cap of Upper Egypt, and was symbolized by the sacred bull, called Apis. Cf. Serapis..
Metabolisis :: Metabolisis (n.) Metabolism.
Syncitia :: Syncrisis (n.) A figure of speech in which opposite things or persons are compared.
Phlogotic :: Phlogotic (n.) Of or pertaining to phlogisis.
Acute :: Acute (a.) Attended with symptoms of some degree of severity, and coming speedily to a crisis; -- opposed to chronic; as, an acute disease..
Head :: Head (n.) Culminating point or crisis; hence, strength; force; height..
Marasmus :: Marasmus (n.) A wasting of flesh without fever or apparent disease; a kind of consumption; atrophy; phthisis.
Tubercle :: Tubercle (n.) A small mass or aggregation of morbid matter; especially, the deposit which accompanies scrofula or phthisis. This is composed of a hard, grayish, or yellowish, translucent or opaque matter, which gradually softens, and excites suppuration in its vicinity. It is most frequently found in the lungs, causing consumption..
Acritical :: Acritical (a.) Having no crisis; giving no indications of a crisis; as, acritical symptoms, an acritical abscess..
Inquisition :: Inquisition (v. t.) To make inquisistion concerning; to inquire into.
Acuteness :: Acuteness (n.) Violence of a disease, which brings it speedily to a crisis..
Acme :: Acme (n.) The crisis or height of a disease.
Tisic :: Tisic (n.) Consumption; phthisis. See Phthisis.
Chorisis :: Chorisis (n.) The separation of a leaf or floral organ into two more parts.
Phthisicky :: Phthisicky (a.) Having phthisis, or some symptom of it, as difficulty in breathing..
Consumption :: Consumption (n.) A progressive wasting away of the body; esp., that form of wasting, attendant upon pulmonary phthisis and associated with cough, spitting of blood, hectic fever, etc.; pulmonary phthisis; -- called also pulmonary consumption..
Sistrum :: Sistrum () An instrument consisting of a thin metal frame, through which passed a number of metal rods, and furnished with a handle by which it was shaken and made to rattle. It was peculiarly Egyptian, and used especially in the worship of Isis. It is still used in Nubia..
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