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DEFIKITIOX OF WORDS AS USED M THIS VOLt'ME. 



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Arable — Fit for tillage. 



Ammonia — The alkali of manures. 



Abscess — A cavity in the flesh containing pus, caused by inflam- 



Abate — To lessen ; to moderate. 1 uiatioii 



Affection — A disease or disturbance of the system. 



Alimentary Canal — The whole passage through which the food 



passes. 

 Amateur — A person who cultivates any art or science from tasle 

 Acetous — Sour ; acid. [and not as a business. 



Alternate — By turns or in succession. 

 Biennial — Once in two years. 

 Bronchial — Belonging to the windpipe. 

 Craniu.m — The bones which enclose the brains. 

 Coronet — The upper part of the hoof of the horse. 

 Contagious — Capable of being communicated by touch. 

 Congestion — An unnatural accummulatiou of blood in any part 

 Clyster — An injection. [of the l)ody. 



Cutaneous — Pertaining to the skin. 

 Caseine — The clieesy portion of milk, almost identical with legu- 



men in plants. 

 Decoction — A fluid in which herbs or other substance has been 

 Desider.itum — That which is desired but not possessed, [boiled. 

 Degenerate — To grow worse or inferior. 



Deodorize — To remove offensive smells. '^'IK 



Disinfect — To purify from contagious matter. 

 Entomology — That part of zoology which treats of insects. 

 Excrescence — A swelling, tumor or other enlargement. 

 Exude — The flowing of juices from the pores of animals or j^auls. 

 Febrile — Pertaining to or indicating fever. ^jL 



Fumigate — Smoking for the purpose of cleansing infected^art- 



ments, clothing, etc. 

 Fomentation — The act of applying warm liquids to the bo<ly by 

 Fibres— Fine slender threads. [means of thmncls. 



Fibrin— Tough, elastic fibres formed in animal and vegetable 

 Fungus — A vegetable growth upon plants. [matter. 



Gestation — Carrying young in the womb. ^„_ 



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