008 GLOSSARY. 



FORAMEN. An opening ; a hole. 



FURCULUM. The merrythought. A fork-like bone in the breast of 

 birds. 



GANGLIONIC. Eelating to ganglia. From the numerous ganglionic 

 enlargements on the sympathetic nerve it has been called the gang- 

 lionic system of nerves. 



GLOTTIS. The oblong aperture between the vocal cords of the 

 larynx, and through which the air passes to the lungs. 



GRANULATIONS. Small reddish, conical flesh-like shoots, that form 

 on the surface of suppurating sores. 



HEMIPLEGIA. Paralysis of one side of the body, 



HETEROCHRONOUS. At different times. 



HYDATID. A cyst containing a clear liquid. A bladder-worm. 



HYGIENIC. Eelating to those conditions which tend to preserve 

 health. 



HYGROSCOPIC. Belonging to the measurement of the dryness or 

 humidity of the atmosphere. 



HYPERTROPHY. Enlargement of a part from increased nutrition. 



IDIOPATHIC. A primary disease one not dependent on any other, 

 or on an injury, is so called. 



IDIOSYNCRASY. A peculiarity of constitution in which one indi- 

 vidual is affected by an agent, which in numerous others produces no 

 effect. 



INCUBATION HATCHING. The time which elapses between the in- 

 troduction of a morbid principle into the system, and the onset of the 

 disease. 



INFERIOR MAXILLARY BONE. The bone of the lower jaw. 



INFUSORIA. An order of vermes of the lowest organisation, and 

 found in putrefying liquids. 



INGESTA. Substances introduced into' the digestive organs. 



INTERMAXILLARY SPACE. The interval between the branches of the 

 lower jaw. 



IRIS. 4 membrane stretched across the anterior chamber of the 

 eye, and which gives it its colour ; it is pierced in its centre by the 

 pupil. 



ISOCHRONOUS. Taking place in the same time, or in equal times. 



LACHRYMAL. Belonging to the tears. Applied to parts engaged in 

 the secretion and transmission of the tears. 



LAMINAE. Folds or leaves. Applied to the folds in the third- 

 stomach of ruminants, and to the horny and sensitive folds by which 

 the hoof- wall is attached to the deeper seated parts. 



LITHONTRIPTTC. A remedy supposed to be capable of dissolving 

 stones in the urinary passages. 



LUMBAR. Pertaining to the loins. 



LYMPHATICS. A system of vessels, engaged in taking up lymph 

 throughout the body. 



MALARIA MIASMA. Noxious emanations from the earth, especially 

 in marshy districts. 



