Ad´enoid, a. Glandular; glandiform.
Ad´ipose (tissue), a. for n. Cellular tissue holding fat in special vesicles.
Adoles´cence, n. Youth.
Adre´nal (body), a. for n. A small organ capping the kidney.
Adult´, a. or n. Grown to full size; mature.
Ægithognath´ous, a. Having the palate bones disposed as in a sparrow or other passerine bird.
Af´ferent, a. Bringing to or towards. Opposed to efferent.
Affined´, a. Joined or related by affinity.
Affin´ity, n. Quality of direct relation; conformity; agreement. Morphological affinity implies relationship by genetic descent; teleological affinity cannot be properly predicated.
Af´ter-shaft, n. Scape or stem of the supplementary plume springing from many feathers, or, oftener, such plume itself.