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eartli or under water. It rotisi-ts of the tatty acids in 

 combination with tin- alkaline earths ami ammonium. 

 Human bodies in moist burial places often undergo 

 this change. 



Adipogenous j'-en-us) [adeps, fat; gignere, to 



produce]. Producing fat ami adipose tissue. 



Adipoma | na, a tumor: pi. , 



\ tatty tumor ; lipoma. 



Adipomatous [ad-ip-o* '-mat-us) [adeps, fat; oma, a 

 tumor]. < )f the nature of adipoma. 



Adipose it]. Fatty. A. Fin, the 



fleshy, rayli - I tin of some fishes. A. Tissue, 



fat cells unite. 1 by connective tissue; distributed ex- 

 tensively through the body. It is < omposed of triolein. 

 tripalmitin, and tristearin, and is liquid during life or 

 at the temperature of the living body. 



Adiposis '-o-sis) [adeps, fat; osis, state]. Cor- 



pulence; fatty degeneration; fatty infiltration. A. 

 hepatica, fatty degeneration or infiltration of the 

 liver. 



Adipositas | '-it-as) [L.]. Fatness; corpulency. 



Adiposity [ad-ip-os* -it-e). Fatness; corpulency. 



Adipsia [ah-dip' -se-ah) [a priv. ; 6'npa, thirst]. Absence 

 of thirst. 



Adipsic [ali-dip* -sili) [d priv. ; diipa, thirst]. Pertain- 

 ing to adipsia; quenching thirst. 



Adipsous [ah-dip'-sus] [a priv. ; Silvia, thirst]. Quench- 

 ing thirst 



Aditus [ad'-il-us) [ad, to; ire, to go]. In anatomy, an 

 entrance, as to any one of the radial canals of a sponge. 

 A. laryngis, the entrance to the larynx. 



Ad'jective Col'oring Mat'ter. See Pigments, Colors, 

 and Dye- tuff's. 



Adjuster [ad-jus' '-ter) [Fr. , adjuster, to adjust]. He 

 who or that which adjusts. A device formerly used 

 for the forcible reduction of dislocations. 



Adjusting CoFlar. See Collar. 



Adjustment, Coarse. Commonly, the rack and 

 pinion for raising or lowering the tube of a microscope 

 a considerable distance without lateral deviation. 

 A., Fine, the micrometer screw generally at the top of 

 the column of a microscope for raising or lowering the 

 tube slowly through a short distance. 



Adjuvant [aj'-u-vant) [adjuvare, to assist]. A medicine 

 that as-i-ts the action of another to which it is added. 



Admortal [ad-mor* -tal) [ad, to ; mors, mortis, death]. 

 Moving from living muscular tissue toward that which 

 is dr. ill or dying, as electric currents. 



Adnascent [ad-nas'-ent) [ad, to; nasci, to grow]. In 

 biology, growing upon or attached to something. 



Adnata [ad-na'-lah) [ad, to; nasci, to be born, to 

 grow], i. The tunica adnata ; the conjunctiva; more 

 correctly, a tendinous expansion of the muscles of the 

 eye; it lies between the sclerotic and the conjunctiva. 

 2. One of the coats of the testicle. In zoology, 

 appendages of the skin, as scales, hair, feathers. 



Adnate [ad' nat) [adnatus, grown to]. In biology, 

 congenitally attached or united. 



Adnation [ad-na 1 '-shun) [adnatus, grown to]. The 

 of being adnate. 



Adnerval [ad-ner* -vol) [ad, to; nervus, a nerve]. 

 Moving toward a nerve; said of electric currents in 

 muscular fiber 



Adneural [ad-nu'-ral) [ad,to; ve'opov, a nerve]. A 

 term used t., describe a nervous affection in which the 

 disease is at the very point of the symptoms exclusively, 

 as in the form of an adventitious deposit. 



Adnexa [ad-neks' -ah) [ad. to; nectere, to joint: />/.]. 

 Adjunct part-, a- the adnexa of the uterus. A. bulbi, 

 the appendages of the bulb of the eye. 



Adolescence (ad-:- ' n \ [adolescere, to grow]. 

 Youth, or the period between puberty and maturity, 



Usually reckoned as extending in males from about I4to 

 25 years, and in females from 12 to -' 1 Mais. 



Adonidin [ad-on' -id-in) [Adonis~\. A glucosid derived 

 from Adonis vernalis, a plant indigenous in Europe 

 ami Asia. Recommended in cardiac dropsy. Dose 

 gr. ',-V I not. 



Adonis aestivalis [ad-ot-nis es-tiv-a' -lis). A plant 

 much used in Italy a- a cardiac tonic. Similar pro 

 perries possessed by A. vernalis. Dose of lid. ext. 

 rrij-ij. A. Tinctura, do.se rr\,x— xxx. 



Adoral [ad-o'-rat) [ad, near to; os, the mouth]. 

 Situated near the mouth. 



Adosculation [ad-os-ku-la' '-shun) [ad, to; osculari, to 

 kiss]. Impregnation by external contact without intro- 

 mission. 



Adpressed, or Appressed [ad-presd' or ap-resd') [ad- 

 pressus\ Brought into contact with but not united. 



Adradial [ad-ra'-de-al) [ad, near to; radius, a ray]. 

 Near a ray, as the third series of tentacles in certain 

 hydrozoons. Cf. Interradial, Perradial. 



Adradii [ad-ra / -de-i) [ail, near to; ratlins, a ray]. 

 Special organs lying between the perradii and inter- 

 radii of medusae. 



Adrectal [ad-rek' -tat) [ad, nearby; rectus, straight]. 

 In biology, near the rectum, as certain glands. 



Adrenal [ad-rS'-nal) [ad, near to; ren, the kidney]. In 

 biology, adjacent to the kidney. 



Adrenals [ad-ref -nali) [ad, near to ; ren, the kidney]. 

 The supra-renal capsules. 



A'drian's Mix'ture. A hemostatic mixture containing 

 chloride of iron 25 parts, chloride of sodium 15 parts, 

 and water 60 parts. 



Adrostral [ad-ros' '-trat) [ad, to, at; rostrum, beak]. 

 In biology, belonging to or placed near the beak or 

 snout. 



Adrue [ad-ru'-e). Anti-emetic root. The root of Cy- 

 perus articulatus. Strongly recommended to check 

 black vomit of yellow fever; anthelmintic, aromatic, 

 stomachic. Dose of the fid. ext. gtt. xx— xxx. LJnof. 



Adscendent [ad-sen' -dent). See Ascending. 



Adstriction [ad-strik' -shun) [adstrictis, a binding]. 

 Ligation ; astringent action ; constipation. 



Adsurgent, or Assurgent [ad-ser'-jent, as-ser'-jent) 

 [ad, to ; surgere, to rise]. Same as Ascending. 



Adterminal [ad-ter' -min-at) [ad, near to; terminus, 

 the end]. Moving toward the insertion of a muscle; 

 said of electric currents in muscular fiber. 



Adul Oil. An oil used in India for treating rheumatism. 



Adult (ad-ult') [adolescere , adult us, to grow]. Mature ; 

 of full legal age. One of mature age. A. Sporadic 

 Cretinism. See Myxedetna. 



Adulteration [ad-ul-ter-a' -shun) [adulterare, to cor- 

 rupt]. The admixture of inferior, impure, inert, or 

 less valuable ingredients to an article for gain, decep- 

 tion, or concealment. Medicines, wines, foods, 

 are largely adulterated. 



Adumbrella [ad-um-breV-aK). In biology, the upper 

 surface of the velum in the medusae, the opposite of 

 exumbrella or Abumbrella. 



Adumbrellar [ad-um-brel'-ar). In biology, pertaining 

 to the upper or outer surface of the velum in the 

 medusre ; opposed to abumbrellar. 



Aduncous [ad-ut \ ad, to ; uncus, a hook, barb]. 



In biology, hooked, as the bill of a parrot or hawk. 



Adust (ad-us/') [adustus, burned up]. Hot and dry; 

 parched. 



Adustion [ad-us* '-chun) [adustus, burned up]. 1. The 

 quality of being adust. 2. Cauterization. 



Advancement [ad-vans' '-ment) [M. E. , avancement]. 

 An operation to remedy strabismus, generally in con- 

 junction with tenotomy, whereby the opposite tendon 

 from the over-acting one, having been cut, is brought 



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