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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..

Acme :: Acme (n.) The crisis or height of a disease.

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..

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..

Isiac :: Isiac (a.) Pertaining to the goddess Isis; as, Isiac mysteries..

Antiphthisic :: Antiphthisic (a.) Relieving or curing phthisis, or consumption..

Isis :: Isis (n.) One of the asteroids.

Alarming :: Alarming (a.) Exciting, or calculated to excite, alarm; causing apprehension of danger; as, an alarming crisis or report. -- A*larming*ly, adv..

Tisic :: Tisic (n.) Consumption; phthisis. See Phthisis.

Conjuncture :: Conjuncture (n.) A crisis produced by a combination of circumstances; complication or combination of events or circumstances; plight resulting from various conditions.

Juncture :: "Juncture (n.) A point of time; esp., one made critical or important by a concurrence of circumstances; hence, a crisis; an exigency..

Constitutional :: Constitutional (a.) Relating to a constitution, or establishment form of government; as, a constitutional risis..

Paracmastic :: Paracmastic (a.) Gradually decreasing; past the acme, or crisis, as a distemper..

Osiris :: Osiris (n.) One of the principal divinities of Egypt, the brother and husband of Isis. He was figured as a mummy wearing the royal cap of Upper Egypt, and was symbolized by the sacred bull, called Apis. Cf. Serapis..

Inquisition :: Inquisition (v. t.) To make inquisistion concerning; to inquire into.

Phthisicky :: Phthisicky (a.) Having phthisis, or some symptom of it, as difficulty in breathing..

Phthisis :: Phthisis (n.) A wasting or consumption of the tissues. The term was formerly applied to many wasting diseases, but is now usually restricted to pulmonary phthisis, or consumption. See Consumption..

Phlogotic :: Phlogotic (n.) Of or pertaining to phlogisis.

Antiphthisic :: Antiphthisic (n.) A medicine for phthisis.

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..

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