AMMo.VS FISSURE. 



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AMPHIARTHRi ISIS 



Dose gr. Jf-\- A. glycyrrhizas. Unof. An ex- 

 pectorant. A. iodidum, MI,I. Dose gr. ij-x. A. 

 liniment, am. aq. 35, alcohol 5, cottonseed oil 

 A. Molybdenate Test. See Tests, Table of. The 

 following salts and tlieir preparations arc official i A. 

 nitras, NH 4 NO s , used only in preparing nitrous oxid. 

 A. phosphas, 1 . N 1 1, 1 ,1 1 Pi >,. Dose gr. v-xx. A. 

 picras, ( , ; l l.,( N I l,)i Nl >,).,< », a sail in yellow needles, 

 of bitter taste; like other picrates it is explosive, and 

 must be handled with care. It is antipyretic and anti- 

 periodic, and tends to correct gastric disturbam 

 I lose gr. v in 24 hours ; best given in wafers, each 

 containing half a grain. A. Spt., a ten per cent, 

 solution of aqua ammonise in alcohol. Dose HLx-zj, 

 diluted. A. sulphas, (NH 4 ) a S0 4 , used only in "the 

 preparation of other ammonium salts. A. valeria- 

 nas, NH 4 C 5 H 9 Oj. Dose gr. j— v. RaspaiVs Eau 

 Sedatif (unof.), aqua ammonise 3ij, sodium chlorid 

 3 ij, spt. vini camph. ^iij, aq. §xxxij. For local 

 use. 



Amnion's Fissure. See Fissure. A.'s Horn. See 

 Ihppocamp. A.'s Operation. See Operations, Table 

 of. A.'s Posterior Scleral Protuberance, a variety 

 of posterior ectasia of the sclera of the eye. 



Ammophilous (atn-off'-il-us) [aiiuor, sand; < 

 loving]. In biology, inhabiting sandy [daces. 



Ammotherapy (am-o-ther'-a-pe) [a/i/ioc, sand; depa- 

 - veiv, to heal]. The use of sand-baths in the treat- 

 ment of disease. 



Amnemonic {am-ne-mon' -ik) [a priv. ; fivr/fiovticSs, 

 relating to the memory]. Accompanied by or result- 

 ing in impairment of the memory. 



Amnemosyne {am-ne-mos' '-en-e) [a priv.; (ivefioavvq, 

 memory] . Forgetfulness. 



Amnesia (am-ne' -se-ah) [afivTjma, forgetfulness]. De- 

 fect of memory. Loss of the memory for words. A. 

 Acustica, word-deafness. A. Periodic. See Double 

 Consciousness. 



Amnesic [am-ne'-sik). Relating to amnesia. 



Amnestia [am-nes r -te-ah) [afivr/crria, forgetfulness]. 

 Amnesia. 



Amnestic (am-nes'-tik) [a/ivqoria, forgetfulness]. 1. 

 Amnesic. 2. Causing amnestia. 



Amnia \am'-ne-ah) [afiviov, a young lamb]. Plural 

 of . Imnion, q. v. 



Amniac (a in' -ne-ak) [d/iviov, a young lamb]. Am- 

 nionic. 



Amnio-chorial (am-ne-o-ko'-re-al) [afiviov ; x^P l0v , a 

 membrane]. Pertaining to both amnion and chorion. 



Amnioclepsis [am-ne-o-klep'-sis) [afiviov, amnion; 

 K/rrn-ir. to steal away]. The slow and unnoticed es- 

 cape of the liquor amnii. 



Amnion {am' -ne-ori) [afiviov, a young lamb]. The in- 

 nermost of the fetal membranes ; it is continuous 

 with the fetal epidermis at the umbilicus, forming a 

 complete sheath for the umbilical cord and a sac or 

 bag in which the fetus is enclosed. It contains one or 

 two pints of liquor amnii. It is a double non-vascular 

 membrane, the inner layer or sac derived from the 

 epiblast, the outer from the mesoblast. The cavity of 

 the inner folds is called the true amnion, that of the 

 outer, the false. A., Dropsy of, excessive secretion 

 of liquor amnii. 



Amnionic (am-ne- on' -ik) [afiviov, a young lamb]. Re- 

 lating to the amnion. 



Amniorrhea, (am-ne-o-re' '-an) [auvioc, amniotic liquor; 

 peeiv, to How]. The discharge of the liquor amnii. 



Amniota (ain-ne-o' '-tali) [afiviov, a young lamb]. Ani- 

 mals with an amnion and allantoic, comprising mam- 

 mals, birds, and reptiles. Those without an amnion 

 are called . tnamnia. 



Amniotic (am-ne-ot'-ik) [auvov, a young lamb]. Re- 



lating to the amnion, as the A. Fluid. A. Fluid. 

 Same as Liquor amnii. 

 Amniotis (am-ne-o* '-lis) [afiviov, a young lamb] 



Amniotitis. 

 Amniotitis [am-ne-o-ti' '-tis) [afiviov, a young la 

 trig, inflammation]. Inflammation of the amnion. 

 Amniotome (am' '-ne-o-tom) [afiviov, a young lamb; 

 rim//, a cut]. An instrument for puncturing the fetal 

 membranes 

 Amnitis (am ni'-tis). Same as Amniotitis. 

 Amoeba [am e / -bah). See Ameba. 

 Amoeboid (am-e'-boid). See Ameboid. 

 Amcebodont atn-e' '-bo-donf). See Amebodont. 

 Amoenomania (am-e-no-ma'-ne-ah). See Amenomania. 

 Amomum (am-o' -muni) [a/iu/iov, an Eastern spice 

 plant]. A genus of scitaminaceous plants to which 

 the cardamom [A. cardamomum) and Grain- cl 

 Paradise [A. ffranum paradisi) belong. 



Amorphia (ah-mor 1 '-fe-ah) [a priv.; //■• ,, form]. 



Shapeless condition. 

 Amorphinism (ah-mor / -fin-izm) [a priv.; Morpheus, 

 the god of sleep]. The condition resulting from the 

 withdrawal of morphine from one habituated to the 

 drug. 

 Amorphism (ah-mor* -fizm) [a priv.; uopfff, a form]. 

 The state or quality of being amorphous or without 

 shape ; specifically, absence of crystallization ; want 

 of crystalline structure. 

 Amorphous (ah-mor' '-fits) [u priv. ; fioptpi), a form]. 

 Formless, shapeless, non-crystallized. A. Quinin. 

 quinoidin, its salts being non-crystallizable. 

 Amorphus [ah-mor' -fits) [a priv. ; a form]. 



An acardiacus without head or extremities. See also 

 Anideus. A. Globulus. See Anideu 

 Amotio (am-o' -she-o) [L.]. A detachment. A. Re- 

 tinae. See Ablatio Retime. 

 Ampac (ain'-pak) [R. Indian]. An Past Indian 

 rutaceous tree of the genus Xanthoxylum or Ampacus. 

 Its leaves are used in medicating baths, and its 

 odoriferous resin is a stimulant. Unof. 

 Ampelopsin (am-pel-of/sin). See American Ivy. 

 Ampelopsis (am-pel-op'-sis). See American fry. 

 Ampelotherapy (am-pel-o-ther'-a-pe) [ . a grape- 



vine ; Oepairiveiv, to heal]. The Grape-cure, ij. v. 

 Amperage (om'-pdr-ahj) [Fr.]. The number of am- 

 peres passing in a given circuit. 

 Ampere (om-par / ) [a French physicist]. S trical 



Units. A.'s Laws relate to the forces between con- 

 ductors carrying electric currents >'s law, 

 that equal volumes of a gas when under the same 

 conditions contain the same number of molecules, i- 

 also called Ampere"s Law. In honor of Ampere, the 

 unit of measurement of an electric current is called an 

 Ampere. 

 Amperemeter (am'-par-ine-ter) [Ampere; yirpov, to 

 measure]. An instrument for estimating the current 

 of an electric circuit in amperes. 

 Ampere's Law. See La 

 Amphanthium (amf-an' '-the-um) [afitpi, about ; d 



a flower]. See Clinanthium. 

 Amphemerina (am-fe-mer' '-in-ah) [auoijutpnnc, daily]. 



A hectic or intermittent fever that recur- daily. 

 Amphi- (am'-fe) [afupi, around], A prefix signifying 

 ■it. on both sides, around, etc., as amphiarthn 

 amphibia. 

 Amphiarthrosis \um-f. -ar-thro' -sis) [<i//o , around; 

 ';>ov, a joint]. A form of mixed articulation in 

 which the surfaces of the bones are connected by 

 broad discs of fibro-cartilage. or else they are covered 

 with fibro-cartilage and connected by external liga- 

 ments. It is distinguished by limited flexion in every 

 direction, as, e.g., between the vertebrae. 



