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exist alone or in association with the motor aphasia. 

 Amnesia appears clinically in three distinct forms; i. 

 Simple loss of memor) >>i words. -. ■ r, or 



inability to understand spoken words (there i> usually 

 some paraphasia connected with this form). ,. // 

 bli/t i inability to understand written or printed 



words. Paraphasia, a form of aphasia in which there 

 i- inability to connect ideas with the proper words to 

 express the ideas. Agrammatism, a phenomena 

 aphasia consisting in the inability to form words gram 

 matically, or the suppn oi certain words of a 



phrase. Ataxaphasia, inability to arrange words 

 synthetically into sentences. Bradyphasia, abnormal 

 slov ch, from pathological cause. Tumul 



tus sermonis, a stuttering manner of reading, from 

 pathological cause. A., Conduction, such as is due 

 not to any central lesion, but to defect in some commis 

 sural connection between centers. A., Gibberish, 

 aphasia in which the patient can utter many words, 

 but uses them in such a way that they express no 

 meaning 



Aphasiac [ak-fa' '-ze-ak) [d priv. ; ©d(j<c, speech]. One 

 who is aphasic. 



Aphasic zik) [d priv. ; oria/f, speech]. Relat- 



ing to, or affected with aphasia. 



Aphelexia '-eks / -e-ak) . An incorrect form of the 



won! Apkelxia, q. t. 



Apheliotropism (af-el-e-ol'-ro-pizm) [air6, from ; - 

 the sun : ->>.-<> . a turn]. In biology, turning away 

 from the sunlight ; negative heliotropism. 



Aphelotic | -t'-,\ of ik) \a<pEAKELv, to draw away]. 

 Absent-minded ; lost in reverie. 



Aphelxia [af-elks'-e-ah) [a<t>('/KEiv , to draw away]. 

 Absence of mind ; inattention to external impres- 

 sions. 



Aphemia [ah-fe* '-me-ah) [n priv. ; ©>//«/, voice]. Motor 

 aphasia ; inability to articulate words or sentences, 

 from focal and not from peripheral dis< isi of the 

 organs of speech {Alalia). This term is variously- 

 used; sometimes it is equivalent to aphasia; some- 

 times it means loss of vol i , from local causes ; some- 

 times hysterical or wilful refraining from speech. 



Aphemic [ak-fem / -ik) [d priv. ; //////, voice]. Relating 

 to or affected with aphemia. 



Aphephobia (af-e-fo' -ah [<'<<//, touch; <f>6(ioc, fear]. 

 Hyperesthetic dr< intact with other persons. 



Apheresis, or Aphseresis [af-er* '-es-is) [an6, away ; 

 aipelv, to take]. Removal; amputation; abstraction, 

 as of blood. 



Apheter i if'-et-er) [a^err/p, one who lets go or si rids 

 away]. A supposed impulse-carrying, or trigger 

 material, probably a catastate, which communicates to 

 the inogen the nerve impulse that causes its destruc- 

 tion, and the consequent muscular contraction. In a 

 larger sense, any trigger-material that takes part in 

 any functional ; nay be called an apheter. 



Aphidein [af-id-e'-in) \aphis, a plant louse]. A re- 

 spiratory pigment obtained from the aphis. 



Aphilanthropy [</ priv. ; oi'/iiv, to 



love; avffpumog, man]. Absence of social feeling; a 

 lent -i^n of approaching melancholia. 



Aphonia [ak-ft/ -ne-ak) [d priv . voice]. I. 



Dumbness, due to some peripheral lesion. 2. Hysteri- 

 cal, or paralytic absence of the power of speech. 3. 

 Voicele 



Aphonic [ak-fon' '-ik) [d priv. ; . voice]. Speech- 



less ; dumb ; voiceless. 



Aphoresis [ah-for-^-sis) [a priv.; ^bpTjaig, bearing (by 

 error for Apkeresis)"]. 1. Si don or ablation ..I a 



part, either by excision or amputation. 2. Lack of 

 the power of en.lurance, as of pain. 



Aphoria {ah-fo* -re-ah) [<i priv. ; fipeiv, to bear]. 

 Sterility ; unfruitfulness. 



Aphrasia [ak-fra 1 '-ze-ak) [<i priv. ; <ppd(eiv, to utter]. 

 Absence of the power to utter connected phrases. 



Aphrodisia {af-ro-diz' '-e-ah) \a$pt)t\tc,tu, venery]. Sex 

 ual desire, especially when morbid, or immoderate; 

 sexual congi 



Aphrodisiac [af-ro-diz' '-e-ak) [cuppodioia, venery]. 1. 

 Stimulating the sexual appetite ; erotic. 2. An agent 

 stimulating the sexual passion. 



Aphtha [af'-thah) [atyOa, an eruption]. An eruption; 

 an ulcer. 



Aphthae [af'-thi | da, an eruption]. Also called 

 Aphthous stomatitis. Small white ulcers, spots or 

 vesicles of the mouth, chiefly occurring in children 

 under three years of age, and generally associated with 

 some febrile affection. It must not be confounded with 

 thrush, in which disease the spots are smaller and are 

 due to the presence of the parasitic fungus characteris- 

 tic of that disease. A., Bednar's, two symmetri- 

 cally placed ulcers seen on the hard palate of certain 

 cachectic infants near the velum, one on either side of 

 the mesial line. The prognosis is exceedingly grave. 

 A., Cachectic, aphtha; appearing beneath the tongue, 

 and associated with grave constitutional symptoms ; 

 Riga's disease. 



Aphthaphyte [af* '-thah-fif) . See Aphthophyte. 



Aphthenxia [af-thengks' -e-ak) [d priv. ; tjfieyijig, utter- 

 ance]. A form of aphasia with impaired expression of 

 articulate sounds. 



Aphthoid [af-tkoid) [a<pda, an eruption]. Like or re- 

 sembling aphtha 



Aphthongia {af-thong* -ge-ah) [q priv. ; o"«;. ;.or, a 

 sound]. A peculiar form of aphasia due to spasm of 

 the muscles supplied by the hypoglossal nerve. 



Aphthophyte [af'-tho-fit) \iuJhi. aphtha; <j>vr6r, plant] 

 The Oidium albicans, or Sacc,karomyces albicans, a 

 yeast-fungus often seen on the mucous membrane of the 

 mouths of infants; regarded by some as the cause of 

 true aphtha?. See Sprue. 



Aphthous {af'-thus) \a$8a, an eruption]. Pertaining to 

 or affected with aphtha- or thrush. 



Aphyllon (ah-fil'-on) [d priv.; tpiiAAov, a leaf.]. A 

 genus of orobanchaceous plants. A. uniflorum, a 

 plant, the naked broom rape or cancer-root of North 

 America. It is astringent, and has been employed as 

 a cure for cancer. I uof. 



Aphyllous [ah-fiP-us) [d priv.; oi'/'/ov, a leaf]. In 

 biology, naturally leafless. 



Apical (a'-pik-al) [apt \. the top]. Pertaining to the 

 apex. A. Cell, in biology, the cell at the apex of 

 every branch, leal or other organ, and from the divi- 

 sion of which all succeeding < 1 11- an- formed. 



Apices [a'-pis-lz) [L.]. Plural of Apex. Summits. 



Apiculus [ap-ik' '-u-lus) \apic, a point]. In biology, a 

 short abrupt point formed by the mid-rib oi a leal pro 

 jei ting beyond the bladi 



Apinoid [ap / -in-oid) [d priv.; k'ivoc, dirt ; eMdc,form], 

 Clean; not foul. A. Cancer, schirrhus ; so called 

 from its cleanly -■■< lion. 



Apiol [apt-e-ol) \apium, parsle) ; oleum, oil], Cj,H H - 

 1 i ( . A poisonous principle occurring in parsle) sei ds ; 

 it crystallizes in long white needles, with a slight 

 parsley odor; melt- at 30 < '. (86° L). and boils il 

 294° C (572 F.). It is used in dysmenorrhea and in 

 pinal atom. Ii acts upon the reflex andvaso 

 motor centers. It is also called parsley-camphor. 

 I lose trpiij-x. In doses of rrpxxx it is narcotic. Unof. 



Apiolin [ajZ-e-o-lin) [apium, parsley ; oleum, oW]. A 

 udo-apiic alcohol, the active principle of Apium 

 p ttro , /inum. and a reliable emmenagogue. 1 

 rrp iij in capsule, night and morning. 



