GLOSSARY 



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Periotic, around the ear. 

 Peritoneum, from a Greek verb 



meaning ' I stretch around.' 

 Peroneal or Peroneus, pertain- 

 ing to a buckle, clasp, or 



brace. 

 Petrous, rocky. 

 Phalanx, a rank of soldiers. 

 Vharynx, the throat. 

 Phenozygous, having visibh 



arches. 

 Philtrum, a love potion. 

 Phrenic, pertaining to the dia- 

 phragm. 

 Pineal, belonging to, or like, a 



pine-nut or pine-cone. 

 Pinna, a kind of sheU-fish ; a 



feather or wing. 

 Pisiform, like a pea. 

 Pituitary, pertaining to phlegm 



or mucus. 

 Placenta, a flat cake. 

 Plagiocephalous, pertaining to an 



oblique or twisted head. 

 Planta, the sole of the foot. 

 Plantar, pertaining to the sole of 



the foot. 

 Platycnemism, broadness of leg. 

 Platyrhine, pertaining to a broad 



nose. 

 Platysma, a broad sheet. 

 Pleura, a side, or a rib. 

 Plexus, a twining or network. 

 Plica, a fold. 

 Pneumogastric, pertaining to the 



breathing organs and stomach. 

 Pocularis, pertaining to a cup. 

 Pollex, the thtunb. 

 Pons, a bridge. 

 Popliteal or Popliteus, pertaining 



to the ham. 

 Porta, a gate. 



Portal, pertaining to a gate. 

 Postaxial, distal or caudal. 

 Posticus, posterior. 

 Prseputiura, the prepuce. 

 Preaxial, proximal or cephalic. 

 Proctodaeum, the threshold of 



the anus. 



Prognathous, pertaining to a 

 projecting lower jaw. 



Proligerus, bearing offspring ; 

 germinating. 



Pro-nephros, fore-kidney. 



Pro-otic, before the ear. 



Prosencephalon, the fore-brain. 



Prostate, stiinding before ; or, 

 more probably, pertaining to 

 a porch or vestibule. 



Psalterium, a psaltery or instru- 

 ment of the lute kind. 



Psoas, the loin. 



Pterion, a wing. 



Pterotic, pertaining to a wing. 



Pterygoid, wing-like. 



Pubes, the hair which appears 

 on the external genital organs 

 at the age of puberty. 



Pubic, pertaining to the os 

 pubis. 



Pudendal, pertaining to the pu- 

 dendum. 



Pudendum, ' of which one ought 

 to be ashamed.' 



Pudic, modest or chaste. 



Pulmo, a lung. 



Pulmonary, belonging to the 

 lungs. 



Pulvinar, a couch or cushion. 



Putamen, that which is pruned 

 off ; chippings. 



Pylorus, literally, a gate-keeper. 



Pyriformis, pear-shaped. 



Quadratus, square. 

 Quadriceps, having four heads. 

 Quadrigeminus, fourfold, four. 



Racemose, pertaining to a cluster 

 of grapes ; full of clusters ; 

 clustering. 



Radius, a staff or rod : the spoke 

 of a wheel. 



Ramus, a branch. 



Ranine, pertaining to a frog. 



Raphe, a seam. 



