aniso-
also (before a vowel) anis-,
combining form of Gr. ἄνισος unequal, a formative of technical terms, in many cases merely the negatives of corresponding terms in iso-. The chief are:— aniseikonia (æˌnaɪsaɪˈkəʊnɪə) Path. [Gr. εἰκον-, εἰκών image], a defect of vision marked by the presence of unequal images in each eye; so aniseikonic (-ˈkɒnɪk) a., characterized by aniseikonia; anisobryous (ˌænaɪˈsɒbrɪəs), a. Bot. [Gr. βρύειν to swell] = anisodynamous below; anisocoria (-ˈkɒrɪə) Path. [Gr. κόρη pupil], inequality in the size of the pupils of the eye; anisocytosis (-saɪˈtəʊsɪs) Path. [Gr. κύτος receptacle], abnormal variation in the size of cells, esp. of the red blood corpuscles; anisodactylic (æˌnaɪsəʊdækˈtɪlɪk), a. Zool. [Gr. δάκτυλ-ος finger, toe], unequal-toed (said of those insessorial birds called by Temminck Anisodactyles); anisodynamous (-ˈdɪnəməs), a. Bot. [Gr. δύναµις strength], growing with greater strength on one side of the axis than the other; aniˈsogamete Biol. [cf. isogamete], either of two unequal uniting gametes; so aniˈsogamous a., characterized by aniˈsogamy, the union of two unequal gametes in reproduction; anisogynous (ˌænaɪˈsɒdʒɪnəs), a. Bot. [Gr. γυν-ή female], having the carpels not equal in number to the sepals; anisomeric (æˌnaɪsəʊˈmɛrɪk), a. Chem. [Gr. µέρ-ος part], not composed of the same proportions of the same elements; anisomerous (ˌænaɪˈsɒmərəs), a. [see prec.], not having equal, or the same number of, parts, unsymmetrical; esp. in Bot. having unequal numbers of parts in different whorls; anisometric (æˌnaɪsəʊˈmɛtrɪk), a. [Gr. µέτρ-ον measure], of unequal measurement, consisting of unequal or nonsymmetrical parts; anisometropia (-mɪˈtrəʊpɪə) Path. [Gr. µέτρ-ον measure + ὤψ, ὦπα, eye], inequality in the refractive power of the two eyes; anisometropic (-mɪˈtrɒpɪk), a. Path. [see prec.], characterized by anisometropia, unequally refractive; anisopetalous (-ˈpɛtələs), a. Bot. [Gr. πέταλον leaf], with unequal petals; anisophyllous (-ˈfɪləs), a. Bot. [Gr. ϕύλλ-ον leaf], with unequal leaves; anisopterous (ˌænaɪˈsɒptərəs), a. [Gr. πτερόν wing], having unequal wings; esp. in Bot. of fruit, flowers, etc.; anisostemonous (æˌnaɪsəʊˈstɛmənəs), a. Bot. [Gr. στήµων, -ονα, thread, filament, stamen], having the stamens unequal in number to the petals or sepals; anisosthenic (-ˈsθɛnɪk), a. [Gr. σθέν-ος strength], of unequal strength; anisostomous (ˌænaɪˈsɒstəməs), a. Bot. [Gr. στόµα mouth], having unequal mouths, as in a calyx or corolla unequally divided; anisotropal, anisotropous (-ˈɒtrəpəl, -əs) a. = anisotropic; anisotropy (-ˈɒtrəpɪ), n. [Gr. -τροπία turning], the quality of being anisotropic, æolotropy.
| 1934 Dartmouth Coll. Dept. Res. Physiol. Optics, (title) Iseikonic Lenses; lenses to correct *Aniseikonia. 1935 Amer. Jrnl. Ophthalmol. XVIII. 1014 (title) Aniseikonia—A Factor in the Functioning of Vision. 1961 Lancet 22 July 167/2 The patients are..examined on the space eikonometer..which is an ingenious instrument enabling one to test for aniseikonia. |
| 1935 Amer. Jrnl. Ophthalmol. XVIII. 1018/2 *Aniseikonic patients who come to the clinic are being tested..after their aniseikonia has been measured and corrected on the ophthalmo-eikonometer. 1944 Electronic Engin. XVII. 189 The aniseikonic effect is introduced by using optical systems of different focal lengths. |
| 1847 Craig, *Anisobryous. |
| 1902 Lancet 12 July 69/2 The *anisocoria met with in some cases of thoracic aneurysm might be sufficiently explained by unilateral alterations in blood-pressure. 1910 Practitioner Apr. 420 Wall and Ainley Walker..have come to the conclusion that the most common cause of anisocoria is unequal blood pressure in the ophthalmic arteries. |
| 1904 Stedman Dunglison's Dict. Med. Sci. (ed. 23) 64/1 *Anisocytosis, irregularity in size of associated cells, especially of red blood cells. 1956 Nature 17 Mar. 524/1 During the first two weeks of cortisone treatment, the degree of polychromasia and anisocytosis seen in the normal blood picture became increased. |
| 1834 Mudie Brit. Birds (1841) I. 186 Feet..zygodactylic, or yoke-toed, and..*anisodactylic, or unequal-toed. |
| 1847 Craig, *Anisodynamous. |
| 1891 *anisogamous [see isogamy]. 1901 G. N. Calkins Protozoa 221 No sharp line, however, can be drawn between conjugation in isogamous and anisogamous forms. |
| 1891 Hartog in Nature 17 Sept. 484/1 *Anisogamy: the union of two gametes differing chiefly in size. |
| 1880 Syd. Soc. Lex., *Anisogynous. |
| 1864 Webster, *Anisomeric. |
| 1866 Treas. Bot., *Anisomerous. 1870 Bentley Bot. 348 When the number is unequal, the flower is anisomerous. |
| 1868 Dana Min. 362 Guarinite Group: Tetragonal. Titanite Group: *Anisometric. |
| 1880 Syd. Soc. Lex., *Anisometropia, *Anisometropic. |
| 1880 Gray Bot. Text-bk. 396 *Anisopetalous. |
| Ibid., *Anisophyllous, Unequal-leaved; i.e. the two leaves of a pair unequal. |
| 1880 Syd. Soc. Lex., *Anisopterous. |
| 1857 Henfrey Elem. Bot. §209 When the number [of stamens] is different [from the number of petals] the flower is *anisostemonous. |
| 1880 Syd. Soc. Lex., *Anisosthenic, *Anisostomous, *Anisotropal, *Anisotropous, *Anisotropy. |