BREATHING 



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BREGMATO AN I ERU iR 



TABLE OF BREATH-SOUNDS IN HEALTH AND DISEASE. 

 tered and enlarged from J. A". / 



Breathing (bretk'-ing) [AS. , breetk~\. See Respiration. 

 B., Abdominal, breathing in which the abdominal 

 walls move decidedly and in which the diaphragm is 

 actively engaged. B., Diminished, is the reverse of 

 />'. Exaggerated. The normal breath-sound is present, 

 but its intensity is much diminished. It is very fre- 

 quently heard at the apex in the early stage of pulmo- 

 nary tuberculosis. B., Exaggerated, is the normal 

 •breath sound of children, but when occurring in 

 adults, it indicates a compensatory action of one part 

 of the lungs for deficient action elsewhere. It is an 

 exaggerated degree of the normal vesicular breathing. 

 B., Interrupted, Wavy or Cogwheel, a broken or 

 interrupted inspiratory sound produced by nervous- 

 ness, irregular contraction of the muscles of respira- 

 tion, or irregular expansion of the lung from disease. 

 B., Mouth, habitual respiration through the mouth. 

 B., Puerile. See B., Exaggerated. B., Suppressed, 

 entire absence of breath sounds, as in pleuritic effu- 

 sion and certain solid conditions of the lung- B., 

 Thoracic, respiration in which the thoracic walls are 

 actively moved. 



Bredsore [bred'-sor) [Vulgar], A sore coming with- 

 out any visible cause; a whitlow; also called 

 Breeder. 



Breech (brech) [ME., breech']. The buttocks. B. 

 Position. See Fetus, Position of. 



Breeches Splint. A splint that surrounds the leg ; 

 oftenest made of woven wire. 



Breed (bred) [AS., bridan, to nourish]. To beget, 

 produce ; to nurse ; to develop. 



Breeder (brid / -er). See Bredsore. 



Breeding-season [bre f -ding se / -zun) [AS., /'redan, to 

 nourish]. The period during which certain species 

 of animals, especially the lower forms of vertebrates, 

 beget and rear their young. 



Breeze (brSz). See Head-breeze and Static-brei 



Brefeld and Nagele's Method. See Fractional Cul- 

 tivation. 



Bregenin [breg'-en-iri) [Low Ger., bregen, brain], 

 <' )n || _\i>. A name given by Thudichum to a vis- 

 cous principle, soluble in and crystallizable from 

 alcohol, by means of which it has been extracted from 

 brain-tissue. It i- fusible like a fat, but is miscible 

 with water. 



Bregma {breg'-mah) [ Ipt) un, the sinciput : pi., Breg- 

 mata\ A term applied to the anterior fontanelle. 

 See Craniometric Points. 



Bregmatic (breg-maf -ik) [(ipiyfia, the sinciput]. Re- 

 lating to a bregma. 



Bregmato-anterior [breg f -mat-o-an-t ;.""• 



the sinciput ; anterius, front]. Having the bregma in 

 the anterior portion of the mother's pelvis; applied 

 to the presentation in labor. 



