ampho-, amph-, amphi- +
(Greek: around, about, both, on both sides of, both kinds)
amphanthium
A dilated receptacle found in some inflorescences.
amphiarthrodial
1. A joint permitting only slight motion, as that between the vertebrae.
2. Characterized by amphiarthrosis.
2. Characterized by amphiarthrosis.
amphiarthrosis
1. A type of articulation between bony surfaces that permits limited motion and is connected by ligaments or elastic cartilage, such as that between the vertebrae.
2. A form of jointing consisting of both diarthrosis and synarthrosis, the two bones being united by a cartilage of some elasticity, which prevents one surface sliding on the other, but permits a certain amount of movement; as in the joints of the vertebral column, the carpus, etc.
2. A form of jointing consisting of both diarthrosis and synarthrosis, the two bones being united by a cartilage of some elasticity, which prevents one surface sliding on the other, but permits a certain amount of movement; as in the joints of the vertebral column, the carpus, etc.
amphiaster, amphiastral
1. A spindle-shaped formation in a developing ovum, with radiations at each end, thus resembling two star-shaped figures conjoined.
2. The achromatic figure, formed in mitotic cell-division, consisting of two asters connected by a spindle-shaped bundle of rodlike fibers diverging from each aster, and called the spindle.
2. The achromatic figure, formed in mitotic cell-division, consisting of two asters connected by a spindle-shaped bundle of rodlike fibers diverging from each aster, and called the spindle.
amphiatlantic
Occurring on both sides of the Atlantic Ocean.
Amphibia
1. A being that lives either in water or on land, or is equally at home in either element.
2. A class of quadruped vertebrates containing frogs, newts, salamanders, toads, caecilians, and many fossil groups.
2. A class of quadruped vertebrates containing frogs, newts, salamanders, toads, caecilians, and many fossil groups.
They have skin glandular without epidermal scales, feathers, or hairs with a tail present primitively but lost in some groups. They have limbs or girdles reduced or absent in some forms. Eggs are anamniotic, primitively laid in water with external fertilization. Tadpole larvae posses gills and open gill slits. Ovoviviparity and viviparity are exhibited by some species and these vertebrates contain a single extant subclass called Lissamphibia.
amphibian
A cold-blooded vertebrate that spends some time on land but must breed and develop into an adult in water. Frogs, salamanders, and toads are amphibians.
amphibiolite
The remains of an amphibious animal found in the fossil state.
amphibiological
That part of zoology that deals with amphibious animals.
amphibiology, amphibiotic
A scientific treatise on the Amphibia; that part of zoology that refers to amphibious animals.
Amphibion (s), Amphibia (pl)
A class of quadruped vertebrates containing frogs, newts, salamanders, toads, cecilians (caecilians) and many fossil groups.
amphibiosis
The condition of an organism that spends part of its life on land and part in water.
amphibious
1. Adapted to life on land as well as in water.
2. Taking place or operating both on land and in water.
3. Animals that can live on both land and in water.
2. Taking place or operating both on land and in water.
3. Animals that can live on both land and in water.
Amphibious. That which partakes of two natures, so as to live in two elements; as, in air and water.
A creature of amphibious nature, On land a beast, a fish in water.
Hudibras
amphibiously
In an amphibious manner; like an amphibious being.
amphibiousness
The quality of being amphibious; life in, or connection with, two elements.
