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Antitoxin
(An`ti*tox"in, An`ti*tox"ine) n. [Pref. anti- + toxin.] A substance (sometimes the product of
a specific micro-organism and sometimes naturally present in the blood or tissues of an animal), capable
of producing immunity from certain diseases, or of counteracting the poisonous effects of pathogenic
bacteria.
Anti-trade
(An"ti-trade`) n. A tropical wind blowing steadily in a direction opposite to the trade wind.
Antitragus
(||An*tit"ra*gus) n. [NL., fr. Gr. .] (Anat.) A prominence on the lower posterior portion of
the concha of the external ear, opposite the tragus. See Ear.
Antitrochanter
(||An`ti*tro*chan"ter) n. (Anat.) An articular surface on the ilium of birds against which
the great trochanter of the femur plays.
Antitropal
(An*tit"ro*pal An*tit"ro*pous) a. [Pref. anti- + Gr. turn, to turn.] (Bot.) At the extremity
most remote from the hilum, as the embryo, or inverted with respect to the seed, as the radicle. Lindley.
Antitypal
(An"ti*ty`pal) a. Antitypical. [R.]
Antitype
(An"ti*type) n. [Gr. of corresponding form; against + type, figure. See Type.] That of which
the type is the pattern or representation; that which is represented by the type or symbol.
Antitypical
(An`ti*typ"ic*al) a. Of or pertaining to an antitype; explaining the type. — An`ti*typ"ic*al*ly,
adv.
Antitypous
(An*tit"y*pous) a. Resisting blows; hard. [Obs.] Cudworth.
Antitypy
(An*tit"y*py) n. Opposition or resistance of matter to force. [R.] Sir W. Hamilton.
Antivaccination
(An`ti*vac`ci*na"tion) n. Opposition to vaccination. London Times.
Antivaccinationist
(An`ti*vac`ci*na"tion*ist), n. An antivaccinist.
Antivaccinist
(An`ti*vac"ci*nist), n. One opposed to vaccination.
Antivariolous
(An`ti*va*ri"o*lous) a. Preventing the contagion of smallpox.
Antivenereal
(An`ti*ve*ne"re*al) a. Good against venereal poison; antisyphilitic.
Antivivisection
(An`ti*viv`i*sec"tion) n. Opposition to vivisection.
Antivivisectionist
(An`ti*viv`i*sec"tion*ist), n. One opposed to vivisection
Antizymic
(An`ti*zym"ic) a. Preventing fermentation.
Antizymotic
(An`ti*zy*mot"ic) a. (Med.) Preventing fermentation or decomposition. — n. An agent so
used.
Antler
(Ant"ler) n. [OE. auntelere, OF. antoillier, andoiller, endouiller, fr. F. andouiller, fr. an assumed
LL. antocularis, fr. L. ante before + oculus eye. See Ocular.] (Zoöl.) The entire horn, or any branch
of the horn, of a cervine animal, as of a stag.
Huge stags with sixteen antlers.
Macaulay.
The branch next to the head is called the brow antler, and the branch next above, the bez antler, or
bay antler. The main stem is the beam, and the branches are often called tynes. Antlers are deciduous
bony (not horny) growths, and are covered with a periosteum while growing. See Velvet.
