GLOSSARY 



Abdomen, probably from ahdo, 



I hide or conceal ; perhaps a 



corruption of adipomen, from 



adeps, the. soft fat of animals. 

 Aberrant, wandering from the 



normal source. 

 Acerviilus, a little heap. 

 Acetabulum, a vessel for holding 



vinegar ; a juggler's cup. 

 Acinus, any juicy berry with 



stones, e.g., the grape ; the 



kernel in the berry. 

 Acrocephalus, pointed or conical 



head. 

 Acromion, the point or summit 



of the shoulder, 

 Acustieus, -a, -um, pertaining to 



sound, or to the sense of 



hearing. 

 Adamantoblast, enamel-germ. 

 Adenoid, glandular. 

 Aditus, an approach or access. 

 Adrenal, near to, or pertaining 



to, the kidney. 

 Advehens, carrying to. 

 Afferent, carrying to. 

 Agger, a mound or rampart. 

 Agminated, in groups. 

 Ala, a wing. 

 Albicans, white. 

 Albuginea, whitish. 

 Allantois, sausage-like. 

 Alveolus, a little trough. 

 Alveus, a trough. 

 Amacrine, without a long fibre. 

 Ambiguus, dark, obscure. 

 Ameloblast, enamel-germ. 



Ammonis, cornu, horn of Ammon, 



who was represented as having 



the head of a ram. 

 Amphiarthrosis, literally, articu- 

 lation on both sides. 

 Ampulla, a flask. 

 Amygdala, an almond. 

 Anastomosis, literally, an outlet ; 



the communication of branches 



of vessels with one another. 

 Anconeus, pertaining to the 



elbow. 

 Ankylosis, bony union between 



two bones which are normally 



separate. 

 Annulus, a little ring. 

 Ansa, a handle, haft, or brace. 

 Anserinus, pertaining to a goose. 

 Antecubital (Anticubital), before 



the elbow. 

 Anticus, in front, anterior. 

 Antinion, facing the inion. 

 Antrum, a cave or cavity. 

 Anus, a ring. 

 Aorta, literally, the lower end of 



the trachea; a carrier. 

 Aponeurosis, an expansion from 



a tendon. 

 Apophysis (' grow from '), a 



process or swelling on a bone. 

 Arachnoid, like a spider's web. 

 Archenteron, primitive intestine. 

 Arcuatus, curved. 

 Areola, a small open place. 

 Artery, literally, the trachea; a 



bloodvessel which carries the 



blood from the heart. 



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