110 GLOSSARY. 



Typhus. A form of low continued fever. 



u. 



Uraemia. The presence in the blood of the constituents 



of urine from inaction of the kidneys. 

 Urina cibi vel Chpli. Urine of food or chyle, i. e. that 



passed after a full meal. 

 Urina Saguinis. Urine of the blood, L e. that past in 



the morning after sleep. 



Urinometer. An instrument used to e^irnate the specific 

 gravity of urine ; by the distance to which 

 it sinks in the latter, as compared with that 

 to which it will sink in water. 



V. 



Vaccinia. Cow-pox ; vaccination. 



Varicose. Dilated, enlarged, vains. 



Variola. Small-pox. 



Varioloid. Wild or modified small-pox. 



Vascular. Well suplied with blood vessels. 



Venesection. Blood-letting from a vein. 



Venuca. A wart. 



Vesical. Pertaining to the bladder. 



Vesication. The production of a blister. 



Vesicle. A small blister. 



Vesicular. Composed of, or resembling, vesicles or small 



cells. 



Vibices. Large spots of effused blood under the skin. 

 Vibrio. A minute animalcule, rarely found in animal 



tissues or cavities. 

 Vecarious. Substitutive. 

 Vitiligo. Partial discoloration of the skin. 

 Volvulus. Intussusception, one part of intestivc shoving 

 into another 



