Definition of isis

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Isis (n.) Any coral of the genus Isis, or family Isidae, composed of joints of white, stony coral, alternating with flexible, horny joints. See Gorgoniacea..

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Metabolisis :: Metabolisis (n.) Metabolism.
Syncitia :: Syncrisis (n.) A figure of speech in which opposite things or persons are compared.
Phthisical :: Phthisical (a.) Of or pertaining to phthisis; affected with phthisis; wasting; consumptive.
Sistrum :: Sistrum () An instrument consisting of a thin metal frame, through which passed a number of metal rods, and furnished with a handle by which it was shaken and made to rattle. It was peculiarly Egyptian, and used especially in the worship of Isis. It is still used in Nubia..
Inquisition :: Inquisition (v. t.) To make inquisistion concerning; to inquire into.
State :: State (n.) Highest and stationary condition, as that of maturity between growth and decline, or as that of crisis between the increase and the abating of a disease; height; acme..
Alarming :: Alarming (a.) Exciting, or calculated to excite, alarm; causing apprehension of danger; as, an alarming crisis or report. -- A*larming*ly, adv..
Acme :: Acme (n.) The crisis or height of a disease.
Head :: Head (n.) Culminating point or crisis; hence, strength; force; height..
Isis :: Isis (n.) The principal goddess worshiped by the Egyptians. She was regarded as the mother of Horus, and the sister and wife of Osiris. The Egyptians adored her as the goddess of fecundity, and as the great benefactress of their country, who instructed their ancestors in the art of agriculture..
Antiphthisic :: Antiphthisic (n.) A medicine for phthisis.
Conjuncture :: Conjuncture (n.) A crisis produced by a combination of circumstances; complication or combination of events or circumstances; plight resulting from various conditions.
Marasmus :: Marasmus (n.) A wasting of flesh without fever or apparent disease; a kind of consumption; atrophy; phthisis.
Acute :: Acute (a.) Attended with symptoms of some degree of severity, and coming speedily to a crisis; -- opposed to chronic; as, an acute disease..
Isis :: Isis (n.) Any coral of the genus Isis, or family Isidae, composed of joints of white, stony coral, alternating with flexible, horny joints. See Gorgoniacea..
Phthisic :: Phthisic (n.) Same as Phthisis.
Isis :: Isis (n.) One of the asteroids.
Phthisiology :: Phthisiology (n.) A treatise on phthisis.
Consumption :: Consumption (n.) A progressive wasting away of the body; esp., that form of wasting, attendant upon pulmonary phthisis and associated with cough, spitting of blood, hectic fever, etc.; pulmonary phthisis; -- called also pulmonary consumption..
Antiphthisic :: Antiphthisic (a.) Relieving or curing phthisis, or consumption..
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