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GLOSSARIAL INDEX. 



Abdomen (from abdo, abdere, to hide), the belly. 



- (from abscedo, to escape), a cavity containing pus matter. 

 Albuminuria (from albumen, and oiptut, to void urine, an albuminous 



condition of the urine. 

 Allopathy (from XXoc, another, and 7ra06c, affection or suffering), 



the removal of a diseased action by inducing an opposite . 



the so-called orthodox system of the present day. 

 Anaemia (from a, gr. priv., and aipa, blood), exsanguinity, or a state 



of blood lessness. 

 Anti.septic !im <MT, against, and crt'iirt*, to putrefy), to prevent and 



dest; tion. 



Abnormal (a!>, from, and norma, a rule), irregular ; that which de- 



. 



constitute* an abnormal condition of that structure. 



D f/ff:<'c, a ack), dropsy "I" the Inrlly. 

 Atrophy ing of the 



jtO cut ujO. the science whose object is the examina- 

 tion ot the orj^an.s or machinery of life. 



Am\l< >id. 



Auscultation (from ausculto, to listen). 



Analogous h ; nd yoyoc, a word corresponding 



with 



Apoj ;i avMrX4*X M )i l AIU 



Carclialgin, lieartburn, or spasm of the stomach. 



fi >m fcrtci'.,. : t^ic, a habit), a depraved st. 



the botly. 

 Chyle, a milk-like fluid, absorbed by the lacteal vessels of the 



the circulation. 

 Chylo-poictic. a term applied to the viscera and vessels connected with 



the formation of bile. 

 Cirrhosis, a granular and diminished size of the liver, the result of 



spirit-drinking. 

 Constipation, a torpid and inactive state of the bowels. 



