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A substance which sheathes a part, or blunts irritation, usually some bland, oily, or mucilaginous matter; -- nearly the same as demulcent.
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A substance, present in the protoplasm of the retinal epithelium cells, and resembling, if not identical with, the substance (myelin) forming the medullary sheaths of nerve fibers.
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A substance, resembling keratin, present in nerve tissue, as in the sheath of the axis cylinder of medullated nerve fibers. Like keratin it resists the action of most chemical agents, and by decomposition with sulphuric acid yields leucin and tyrosin.
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A sulphide of iron resembling pyrite or common iron pyrites in composition, but differing in form; white iron pyrites.
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A sum paid to a lord as a pecuniary compensation for killing his man (that is, his vassal, servant, or tenant).
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