EXAERESES
\ɛɡzˈe͡əɹɪsˌiːz], \ɛɡzˈeəɹɪsˌiːz], \ɛ_ɡ_z_ˈeə_ɹ_ɪ_s_ˌiː_z]\
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A surgical operation, which consists in drawing, extracting, or removing, from the human body, every thing that is useless, noxious, or extraneous. It is a generic term, which inÂcludes extraction, evulsion, evacuation, excision, ablation, amputation, &c.
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).