Definition of pith

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Pith (v. t.) To destroy the central nervous system of (an animal, as a frog), as by passing a stout wire or needle up and down the vertebral canal..

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Pug :: Pug (n.) Any geometrid moth of the genus Eupithecia.
Bloody :: Bloody (a.) Infamous; contemptible; -- variously used for mere emphasis or as a low epithet.
Epithema :: Epithema (n.) A horny excrescence upon the beak of birds.
Tapetum :: Tapetum (n.) An area in the pigmented layer of the choroid coat of the eye in many animals, which has an iridescent or metallic luster and helps to make the eye visible in the dark. Sometimes applied to the whole layer of pigmented epithelium of the choroid..
Pithless :: Pithless (a.) Destitute of pith, or of strength; feeble..
Epithelia :: Epithelia (pl. ) of Epitheliu.
Epithetic :: Epithetic (a.) Alt. of Epithetica.
Cloud-compeller :: Cloud-compeller (n.) Cloud-gatherer; -- an epithet applied to Zeus.
Cancer :: Cancer (n.) Formerly, any malignant growth, esp. one attended with great pain and ulceration, with cachexia and progressive emaciation. It was so called, perhaps, from the great veins which surround it, compared by the ancients to the claws of a crab. The term is now restricted to such a growth made up of aggregations of epithelial cells, either without support or embedded in the meshes of a trabecular framework..
Pithecoid :: Pithecoid (a.) Of or pertaining to the genus Pithecia, or subfamily Pithecinae, which includes the saki, ouakari, and other allied South American monkeys..
Pith :: Pith (n.) The spongy interior substance of a feather.
Kalasie :: Kalasie (n.) A long-tailed monkey of Borneo (Semnopithecus rubicundus). It has a tuft of long hair on the head.
Epithelioma :: Epithelioma (n.) A malignant growth containing epithelial cells; -- called also epithelial cancer.
Pithecoid :: Pithecoid (a.) Of or pertaining to the anthropoid apes in particular, or to the higher apes of the Old World, collectively..
Lotong :: Lotong (n.) An East Indian monkey (Semnopithecus femoralis).
Aldine :: Aldine (a.) An epithet applied to editions (chiefly of the classics) which proceeded from the press of Aldus Manitius, and his family, of Venice, for the most part in the 16th century and known by the sign of the anchor and the dolphin. The term has also been applied to certain elegant editions of English works..
Epithalamiums :: Epithalamiums (pl. ) of Epithalamiu.
Pithiness :: Pithiness (n.) The quality or state of being pithy.
Purpurogenous :: Purpurogenous (a.) Having the power to produce a purple color; as, the purpurogenous membrane, or choroidal epithelium, of the eye. See Visual purple, under Visual..
Myoepithelial :: Myoepithelial (a.) Having the characteristics of both muscle and epithelium; as, the myoepithelial cells of the hydra..
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