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KERATECTASIA 









K. Gum. 





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Kc 









.nil) 



In small and 



I nof. 



•r.il sub- 



,)d. A 



albumin 



. >cles. laped b 



iip]. I- i ting 



pap- 



A nutritious -ubstance 



iws' milk pro- 



K.-seed, a substance con- 



i 'i kefyr. It 



aim- kefyr. See Bacteria, 



Operation , inOpera- 





Keimplasma 



-ctome 



kim'-p 

 bud ; plasm]. 



itary transmission 

 ■a that In- believes to be 

 ■ >n without all 



tumor ; ek, out ; 



duced in- 



nula, in order to obtain a 



i I ; -ame 



I . II . /. 



i the dis- 

 ing from 



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nmi 



\ the 



iwer 





-piece. 



than tin- white. It is commonest in mid- 

 dle age ; its favorite sites are the sternum, shoulders, 

 and neck. Hie lesion is crab like in appearance, 

 hence its name. K. of Addison, forms contractions 

 '..in and fasi 1 a . giving a hide-bound 1« >< >k to the 

 part. It aris< :s spontaneously at the sitesof cicatrices 

 and other injuries to the -kin. See Diseases, Table of . 



Kelology -°-J e ) [*^^9i hernia; "Kbyog, science]. 



I'll, of hernias. 



Kelotomy i me). See Celotomy and Herttio- 



/i'. 



Kelp [origin obscure]. I. Burnt sea- weed, from which 

 iodin i> obtained. 2. The Fucacea laminarice and 

 other I ds. 



Kelvin vin) [in honor of Lord Kelvin], A com- 



mercial unit. 'i electricity; one thousand wait hours. 



Kemperdick's Apparatus. An apparatus for reducing 

 the temperature in fever. It consists of a rubber bag 

 to be introduced into the rectum having an entrance- 

 tube and an exit-tube, thus permitting a continuous flow 

 . if water. 



Kempherid 1 r-id) [after Kcempfer, a < German 



traveler], ' , 1 1 , ,' >,.,. A yellow, crystalline body ob- 

 tained from tin- resin of Kctmpferia galanga. 



Kenogenesis [ken-o-jen 1 -es-is) [/cewJc, empty; ytveoig, 

 genesis]. Evolution of forms riot true to the parental 

 type, but variously adapted or modified. A vitiated 

 individual development in which the phylogenetic evo- 

 lution is not ttuly epitomized. 



Kenogenetic [ken-o-jen-ef '-ik) \ksv6q, empty; ytveaic, 

 generation]. In biology, having a vitiated germ- 

 history. 



Kenogeny [ken-oj f -en-e). See Kenogenesis. 



Kenophobia [ken-o-fo' -be-ah) [wivjf, empty; ■ 

 fear]. The morbid fear of open spaces or places. 

 Same as Agoraphobia. 



Kenosis [ken- o' -sis). See Cenosis. 



Kenospudia [ken-o-spu' '-de-ah). See Cenospudia. 



Kentish Ointment. The compound resin-ointment 

 made by adding one dram of turpentine to each ounce 

 of the ordinary resin-ointment. It is a useful stimulat- 

 ing application to severe burns. 



Kentrokinesis \ ken-fro- kin-e' '-sis) [nivrpov, center, spur ; 

 . motion]. The influence of any motor nerve- 

 center ; excito-motor action. 



Kentucky Coffee-bean. See Chicot. 



Kephalic [kef-al'-ik) \Kztytikii, head] . See Cephalic. K. 

 Acid. An acid described by Thudichum as existing in 

 brain -tissue. 



Kephalin [kef f -al-in). See Cephalin. 



Kephalograph [kef'-al-o-graf). See Cephalograph. 



Kephalometer [kef-al-om / -et-er). See Cephalometer. 



Kephalo-phosphoric Acid [kef , -al-o-fos-for , -ik). See 

 •'. 



Kephalyl (ke/ / -al-ii) [/>foa///, head ; vfaj, matter, prin- 

 ciple]. The radicle of kephalic acid. 



Kephyr - Kefyr. 



Keracele horn ; «>)>//, tumor]. A 



horny tumor on the hoof of horses- 



Keraphyllocele 1 ' el) [nepac , horn ; t/AXkov, 

 leal . tumor]. A horny growth between the 

 , 1 1 and the deeper tis 



Keraphyllous I r/ -us) [i<ipac, horn; <m'/'/<>v, 



d of homy layi 



Kerasene. or Kerasin (/■ r' as in or ker'-as-in) [/. 

 horn], ( „;1 1.,, X< >.,. A nitrogenous substance; one 

 of the cerebrins obtained from brain substance. 



Keratalgia [ker-at-al' '-je-ah) \jttpag, cornea; aXyoc, 

 pain]. Pain in the cornea. 



Keratectasia [ker-at-ek-ta / -se-ah ) [icipag, horn, cornea; 



nsion]. The forward protrusion or bulging 



off 1 A bulging forward of the deeper layers 



