Amitate
a close social relationship between a paternal aunt and her niece.
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friendship; peaceful harmony. mutual understanding and a peaceful relationship, especially between nations; peace; accord. a female given name. Historical Examples My sisters send their amities, and will write in a few days. Atlantic Monthly, Volume 6, No. 38, December, 1860 Various Po´thos.God of the amities of love;one of the numerous attendants of Venus, 106. Myths […]
- Amity
friendship; peaceful harmony. mutual understanding and a peaceful relationship, especially between nations; peace; accord. a female given name. Historical Examples It was a curious custom which prevailed in the amity church. By the Light of the Soul Mary E. Wilkins Freeman What is so excellent as strict relations of amity, when they spring from this […]
- Amitosis
the direct method of cell division, characterized by simple cleavage of the nucleus without the formation of chromosomes. noun an unusual form of cell division in which the nucleus and cytoplasm divide by constriction without the formation of chromosomes; direct cell division amitosis am·i·to·sis (ām’ĭ-tō’sĭs, ā’mī-) n. Direct division of the nucleus and cell without […]
- Amitotic
the direct method of cell division, characterized by simple cleavage of the nucleus without the formation of chromosomes. Historical Examples In a typical direct, or amitotic, division the nucleus is constricted in the middle and divides into two daughter-nuclei. The Ethics of Medical Homicide and Mutilation Austin O’Malley noun an unusual form of cell division […]
- Amitriptyline
a white crystalline powder, C 20 H 23 N, used to treat depression and enuresis. noun a tricyclic antidepressant drug. Formula: C20H23N amitriptyline am·i·trip·tyl·ine (ām’ĭ-trĭp’tə-lēn’) n. An antidepressant drug.