OBDORMITION
\ˌɒbdɔːmˈɪʃən], \ˌɒbdɔːmˈɪʃən], \ˌɒ_b_d_ɔː_m_ˈɪ_ʃ_ə_n]\
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By William R. Warner
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[Latin] The state of numbness and anaesthesia in a part when the latter is said to be \"asleep,\" i. e., when the conductivity of the nerves supplying it is temporarily interfered with by pressure, etc.
By Alexander Duane
By Willam Alexander Newman Dorland
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basidiomycota
- comprises fungi bearing the spores on basidium: Gasteromycetes (puffballs); Tiliomycetes (comprising orders Ustilaginales (smuts) and Uredinales (rusts)); Hymenomycetes (mushrooms; toadstools; agarics; bracket fungi); in some classification systems considered a division of kingdom comprises fungi bearing spores on a basidium; includes Gasteromycetes (puffballs) Tiliomycetes comprising the orders Ustilaginales (smuts) and Uredinales (rusts) Hymenomycetes (mushrooms, toadstools, agarics bracket fungi).