222 GLOSSARIAL INDEX. 



G 



Gastralgia, pain or spasms of the stomach. 



II 



Hygiene (from vyiatw, to be well), health, the preservation of health. 



Hepatic (from hepar, the liver), a term applied to any part belong- 

 ing to the liver. 



History, matter of record. 



Homoeopathy (from b^otoc, like, and irnflor, disease), like cured by like. 



Hypertrophy (from virfp, over, rpo^i;, nourishment), an excess of nutri- 

 tion, as applied to organs or tissues. 



Hysteralgia, pain situated in the \vmnl>. 



nlgia, pain situated in the liver (from ijirap, the liver, and </ 

 pain). 



Hypochondriasis, lowness of spirits. 



I 



Icterus (from "xTtpor, the golden thrush \ jaundice, a yellow condition 



of the skin fi. < nee of bile in the bl<>< 



Idiopatliir (ii'mc, peculiar, and 7r<)>. . . primary': 



;ic. 

 Ictcii 

 Kit-ins nrimatiirum, infant jaund 



i.ir substance found in the urine of those suffering from 

 Lardaceous, like the grease of swine. 



M 



Mastodyni.'i, pains in the breast. 



Malaria, literally had 



Mi-dull. u\ 11 n -like cancer. 



Metastasis (from /i*Wimj^i, to transpose), the trari of a 



disease from one part of the body tb another. 



N 



Nosology (from vo<roc, disease, and Xoyoc, a discourse), a description 



it of diseases according to their classes, or< 

 genera. 



