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2. That branch of medical science which
treats of diseases, or of the classification of diseases.

Nos`o*po*et"ic (?), a. [Gr. &?; disease
+ &?; productive, fr. &?; to make.] Producing diseases.
[R.] Arbuthnot.

Nost (?). [Contr. from ne wost.] Wottest not;
knowest not. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Nos*tal"gi*a (?), n. [NL., fr. Gr. &?;
a return home + &?; pain.] (Med.) Homesickness; esp., a
severe and sometimes fatal form of melancholia, due to
homesickness.

Nos*tal"gic (?), a. [Cf. F.
nostalgique.] Of or pertaining to nostalgia; affected
with nostalgia.

Nos*tal"gy (?), n. Same as
Nostalgia.

Nos"toc (?), n. [F.] (Bot.)
A genus of algæ. The plants are composed of moniliform
cells imbedded in a gelatinous substance.

&fist; Nostoc commune is found on the ground, and is
ordinarily not seen; but after a rain it swells up into a conspicuous
jellylike mass, whish was formerly supposed to have fallen from the
sky, whence the popular names, fallen star and star
jelly.


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