in anatomy, a vein rising within the tho- rax on the right side, having no fellow on the left; whence it is called azygos, or vena sine part. See ANATOMY, p. 237.

AZYMITES, in church-history, Christians who admi- nister the eucharist with unleavened bread. This is an appellation given by the Latin to the Greek church; who also call the Armenians and Maronites, who use unleavened bread in their office, by the name of Azy- mites.