CALIFORNIA COLLEil 

 of PHARMACY 



GLOSSARY. 



Ab-do'men (Lat. abdomen, belly), the cavity of the body which contains 

 the stomach, intestine, liver, pancreas, and spleen. 



Ab'scess (Lat. abs, away, and cedere, to move), a collection of dead 

 creamy matter in the flesh of a living person. 



Ab-sorp'tion (Lat. ab, away, and sorbere, to soak in), taking a substance 

 into the tissues of the body, without change in its composition. 



Ac-com-mo-da'tion (Lat. ad, to, con, with, and modus, measure), adjust- 

 ing the lens of the eye to the proper shape to cause the image of an 

 object to fall upon the retina. 



A'cid (Lat. acere, to sour), any sour, irritating substance, which will 

 corrode other substances. 



A'con-ite (Gr. akoniton, the plant commonly called monkshood), an 

 extremely poisonous plant. It is used to lower fevers. In over- 

 doses it produces extreme weakness of the whole body. 



Ad'e-noid vegetations (Gr. aden, gland, and eidos, form), collections of 

 soft, grape-like bodies growing in the upper part of the pharynx. 

 They are common in children. 



A-dul'ter-ate (Lat. ad, to, and alter, another), to make impure by an 

 admixture of an inferior substance. 



Al-bu'min (Lat. albus, white, because it generally turns white when 

 heated), a term applied to a class of substances, some form of which 

 is the essential part of every living cell. It is composed of the 

 elements carbon, hydrogen, nitrogen, oxygen, and sulphur. The 

 form of albumin which is found in the white of an egg is spelled 

 albumen. 



ATco-hol (Ar. al-kohl, a powder of antimony used in painting the 

 eyebrows), on account of its extreme fineness the name came to be 

 applied to the product formed by repeatedly distilling wine, for this 

 was supposed to be the real " spirits " of the wine. 



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