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Allopathic
Conventional modern medicine. Originally only one of eight or so schools of medicine in the United States. By 1930, through a brilliant blend of legislative action, money generation through advertising in the journal of the American Medical Association, control over the licensing of medical schools, and deceptive conciliation· of other medical organizations, the allopaths gained…
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Abortificant or Abortifacient
An agent that causes abortion, usually by increasing blood flow to the uterus. Sometimes a substance that causes deformation of the fetus, inducing the body to spontaneously abort. A substance that causes abortion.
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Umbonulate
With, or ending in, a very small boss or elevation [unusual term].
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Type species
The type of a genus.
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Subquadrate
± square.
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Robust
Strong, thick, vigorous.
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Rectipinnate
(Of leaf venation) with the secondary veins running in a straight line from midrib to leaf margin, and ending at the margin in a small protuberance.
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Nom. conf., nomen confusum
(In nomenclature) confused name, a name based on discordant elements from which it is difficult to select a lectotype. This term was taken out of the I.C.B.N. years ago and is used less and less as such names are increasingly proposed for rejection.
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Mis.
Abbreviation for missus, meaning ‘sent by’.
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Laminula
Tiny blade.