Antipeptone to Antithetically

Antipeptone
(An`ti*pep"tone) n. (Physiol. Chem.) A product of gastric and pancreatic digestion, differing from hemipeptone in not being decomposed by the continued action of pancreatic juice.

Antiperiodic
(An`ti*pe`ri*od"ic) n. (Med.) A remedy possessing the property of preventing the return of periodic paroxysms, or exacerbations, of disease, as in intermittent fevers.

Antiperistaltic
(An`ti*per`i*stal"tic) a. (Med.) Opposed to, or checking motion; acting upward; — applied to an inverted action of the intestinal tube.

Antiperistasis
(||An`ti*pe*ris"ta*sis) n. [Gr. against + a standing around, fr. to stand around; around + to stand.] Opposition by which the quality opposed asquires strength; resistance or reaction roused by opposition or by the action of an opposite principle or quality.

Antiperistatic
(An`ti*per`i*stat"ic) a. Pertaining to antiperistasis.

Antipetalous
(An`ti*pet"al*ous) a. [Pref. anti- + petal.] (Bot.) Standing before a petal, as a stamen.

Antipharmic
(An`ti*phar"mic) a. [Pref. anti- + Gr. poison.] (Med.) Antidotal; alexipharmic.

Antiphlogistian
(An`ti*phlo*gis"tian) n. An opposer of the theory of phlogiston.

Antiphlogistic
(An`ti*phlo*gis"tic) a.

1. (Chem.) Opposed to the doctrine of phlogiston.

2. (Med.) Counteracting inflammation.

Antiphlogistic
(An`ti*phlo*gis"tic), n. (Med.) Any medicine or diet which tends to check inflammation. Coxe.

Antiphon
(An"ti*phon) n. [LL. antiphona, fr. Gr. . See Anthem.]

1. A musical response; alternate singing or chanting. See Antiphony, and Antiphone.

2. A verse said before and after the psalms. Shipley.

Antiphonal
(An*tiph"o*nal) a. Of or pertaining to antiphony, or alternate singing; sung alternately by a divided choir or opposite choirs. Wheatly.An*tiph"o*nal*ly, adv.

Antiphonal
(An*tiph"o*nal), n. A book of antiphons or anthems.

Antiphonary
(An*tiph"o*na*ry) n. [LL. antiphonarium. See Antiphoner.] A book containing a collection of antiphons; the book in which the antiphons of the breviary, with their musical notes, are contained.

Antiphone
(An"ti*phone) n. (Mus.) The response which one side of the choir makes to the other in a chant; alternate chanting or signing.

Antiphoner
(An*tiph"o*ner) n. [F. antiphonaire. See Antiphon.] A book of antiphons. Chaucer.

Antiphonic
(An`ti*phon"ic) a. Antiphonal.

Antiphony
(An*tiph"o*ny) n.; pl. Antiphonies [See Antiphon.]

1. A musical response; also, antiphonal chanting or signing.


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