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Britannica 11th
Encyclopaedia Britannica · 11th edition
Apotheosis
Britannica 11thAPOTHEOSIS (Gr. faofttovv, to make a god, to deify), literally deification. The term properly implies a clear polytheistic conception of gods in contrast with men, while it recognizes that some men cross the dividing line. It is characteristic of polytheism to ...
Vol. 2, pp. 206-207
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Athetosis
Britannica 11thATHETOSIS (Gr. Meraf, " without place "), the medical term applied to certain slow, purposeless, deliberate movements of the hands and feet. The fingers are separately flexed and extended, abducted and adducted in an entirely irregular way. The hands as a whol
Vol. 2, pp. 846-846
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Aponeurosis
Britannica 11thAPONEUROSIS (Gr. airo, away, and vtvpov, a sinew), in anatomy, a membrane separating muscles from each other.
Vol. 2, pp. 194-194
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Apophysis
Britannica 11thAPOPHYSIS (Gr. dir64>urts, offshoot), a bony protuberance, in human physiology; also a botanical term for the swelling of the spore-case in certain mosses.
Vol. 2, pp. 195-195
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Apothecary
Britannica 11th... thecaries, and it gave the society the power of prosecuting those who practised APOTHEOSIS •without such licence. But the act expressly exempted from prosecution all persons who were then in actual practice, and it distinctly excluded from its operation all pe ...
Vol. 2, pp. 205-206
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