EPISYNTHETIC
\ˌɛpɪsɪnθˈɛtɪk], \ˌɛpɪsɪnθˈɛtɪk], \ˌɛ_p_ɪ_s_ɪ_n_θ_ˈɛ_t_ɪ_k]\
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The name of a medical sect, whose object it was to reconcile the principles of the Methodists with those of the Empirics and Dogmatics. Leonides of Alexandria seems to have been one of the first partisans of this sect; of which we know little.
By Robley Dunglison
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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).