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synthetical (medicine)


synthetical


1. Of or pertaining to synthesis; consisting in synthesis or composition; as, the synthetic method of reasoning, as opposed to analytical. "Philosophers hasten too much from the analytic to the synthetic method; that is, they draw General conclusions from too small a number of particular observations and experiments." (Bolingbroke)

2. <chemistry> Artificial. Cf. Synthesis.

3. <zoology> Comprising within itself structural or Other characters which are usually found only in two or more diverse groups; said of species, genera, and higher groups. See the Note under Comprehensive. Synthetic, or Synthetical language, an inflectional language, or one characterised by grammatical endings; opposed to analytic language.

Origin: Gr., cf. F. Synthetique.

Source: Websters Dictionary


herderite (iou)



herderite noun. E19.
[from S. A. W. von Herder (1776-1838), German mining official + -ITE1.]
Mineralogy. A monoclinic phosphate and fluoride of beryllium and calcium, usu. occurring as colourless, yellowish, or greenish prisms or fibrous aggregates.