Abstract
THE present work contains definitions of about 10,000 terms, including several hundred lately coined expressions, many of which have not hitherto appeared in a dictionary. In a first edition all the attempts at 3efinition are not likely to be happy: “cœlom” is “a cavity of the body derived from the mesoblast”; “cœlomoduct,” “the duct leading directly from the genital cavity to the exterior in Cephalopods and in Annulates”; “nephridium,” “any excretory organ, usually the excretory organ of Invertebrates”; “micro-nephridia” is not given, though the obsolete and misleading “plectonephridia” appears; “sclerotome,” “a partition of connective tissue between two myotomes”; “notochord” is not given, though “vertebra” is; “acanthin,” “a substance like chitin, strontium sulphate, forming the skeleton of the Radiolarians”; “nanoplankton,” “microscopic plankton”; “entelechy,” “the realisation of forms in plant and animal life which have the power of reproducing their kind.”
A Dictionary of Scientific Terms: Pronunciation, Derivation, and Definition of Terms in Biology, Botany, Zoology, Anatomy, Cytology, Embryology, Physiology.
By I. F. Henderson Dr. W. D. Henderson. Pp. viii + 354. (Edinburgh and London: Oliver and Boyd, 1920.) Price 18s. net.
This is a preview of subscription content, access via your institution
Access options
Subscribe to this journal
Receive 51 print issues and online access
$199.00 per year
only $3.90 per issue
Buy this article
- Purchase on Springer Link
- Instant access to full article PDF
Prices may be subject to local taxes which are calculated during checkout
Rights and permissions
About this article
Cite this article
A Dictionary of Scientific Terms: Pronunciation, Derivation, and Definition of Terms in Biology, Botany, Zoology, Anatomy, Cytology, Embryology, Physiology . Nature 106, 498–499 (1920). https://doi.org/10.1038/106498a0
Issue Date:
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/106498a0