102 GLOSSARY. 



Lymph. The fluid portion of the blood, without 

 the corpuscles, the fluid of the lymph- 

 atic vessels; also, the fluid exuded 

 during inflammation. 



M. 



Macula. ^A spot or stain. 

 Malaria. Bad or poisonous air 

 Mania, Derangement, either intellectual or emo- 

 tional, or both. 

 Marasmus. Wasting away. 

 Matrix. A formative or receptive structure or 



cavity. 

 Melanesia. Morbid deposit of, or conversion of, 



tissue into black pigment. 

 Meningetis. Inflammation of the membranes of 



the brain. 



Menorrhagia. Excessive flow of the menses. 

 Metamorphosis. Transformation. 

 Metastasis. The transfer of a disease or symp- 



from one part to another. 

 Metorism. Distention of the alimentary canal 



with gas. 



Miasm. Marsh poison, the local cause of en- 

 demic country fevers. 

 Microphyte. A microscopic vegetation. 

 Microzoon. A microscopic animalculae. 

 Miliary. Resembling millet seed. 

 Modus Operandi. The manner of action or op- 

 eration. 



Molecule. The minutest particle into wich mat- 

 can be divided. 

 Molluscum. An uncommon tubercular disease 



of the skin. 

 Multiform. Having many shapes. 



