GLOSSARY. C07 



CUL-DE-SAC. A blind pouch. 



DECUSSATION. Union in the shape of an X or cross. Applied to 

 the crossing of the optic nerves. 



DEPJLATION. Loss of hair, spontaneously or by art. 



DEPURANT. Medicines supposed to be capable of purifying the 

 blood, by removing those constituents which interfere with its purity. 



DESQUAMATION. Separation of the scurf-skin in the form of scales. 



DEWLAP. The loose hanging skin at the lower part of the ox's 

 neck. 



DIAPHORETIC. A medicine which increases the sensible perspira- 

 tion. 



DIAPHRAGM. The muscular partition between the chest and the 

 abdomen, v 



DIPTEROUS. Having two wings. Applied to insects. 



DIVERTICULUM. A blind tube leading out of the course of a longer 

 one. 



DORSAL. Belonging to the back. 



Ducrus ARTERIOSUS. A vessel leading from the pulmonary artery 

 to the posterior aorta, and which is obliterated at birth. 



DYSCRASIA. A bad habit of body. 



ECCHYMOSIS. A livid black or yellow spot, produced by blood 

 effused into the connective tissue. 



ECHINOCOCCUS. A bladder worm usually met in the internal 

 organs. 



EMBROCATION. A fluid application, to be rubbed on any part of the 

 body. 



EMPHYSEMA. A term applied to the presence of air in the areolar 

 tissue, or to diseased enlargement of the ultimate air-cells. 



EMPROSTHOTONOS. A variety of tetanus, in which the body is bent 

 forward by the contraction of the muscles. 



EMUNCTORY. An organ whose office is to give exit to matters that 

 ought to be excreted. 



ENEMATA. Injections. Clysters. 



ENTOZOA. Worms that live in the animal body. 



ENZOOTIC. Applied to diseases peculiar to a district. 



EPIDERMIS. The scurf skin. 



EPILEPTIC. Anything relating to epilepsy. 



EPIPHYSTS. Part of a bone separated from the shaft in early life, by 

 gristle which afterward changes into bone. 



EPITHELIUM. The layer of cells on the surface of mucous and 

 serous membranes. 



EXACERBATION. Paroxysm. An increase in the symptoms of a 

 disease. 



FAUCES. The gorge. The passage leading from the back part of 

 the mouth to pharynx. 



FERRUGINOUS. Chalybeate. Applied to medicines, having iron for 

 their active principle. 



FCETOR. A bad smell. 



