DICTIONARY. 



ABDOMEN, the belly. 



ABORTION, foaling before the young ani- 

 mal can live. 

 ABRUPT, sudden; rude; quick. 

 ABSCESS, a swelling or cavity containing 



matter or pus. 

 ABSORBENTS, (see the article in this book 



on "Absorbents.") 

 ABSORB, to swallow up. 

 ABSORPTION, soaking, or taking up by fine 



vessels called absorbents. 

 ACCELERATE, to make quicker or faster. 

 ACID, sour. There are several kinds. 

 ACUTE, sharp; an acute disease, one quick 



in its approach; violent. 

 ADAGE, an old saying or proverb. 

 ADHESION, a sticking together. 

 ADHESIVENESS, the property of gluey 



substances. 

 AERATION, exposing to the air, such as the 

 blood in the lungs, to free it from car- 

 bon. 

 AFFINITY, nearness ; the quality which 

 causes the parts Of a substance to keep 

 together. 

 ALBUMINOUS, resembling the white of an 



egg in substance. 

 ALTERATIVE, a medicine which generally 



improves health mildly. 

 AUMENT, the food. 

 ALIMENTARY CANAL, the bowels. 

 ANALOGY, resemblance; likeness. 

 ANALYSIS, to consider separately any 

 thing in parts; to separate. 



ANATOMY, the description of the different 



parts of the animal body. 

 ANCHYLOSIS, the stiffening of a joint per- 

 manently. 

 ANTAGONIST, one that opposes another. 

 ANTERIOR, before ; the front part ofthebody. 

 ANTISPASMODIC, a medicine that relieves 



spasms or cramps. 

 ANTISEPTIC, medicines which stop decay 

 or decomposition. Septic poison is a 

 deadly poison in all dead bodies not 

 bled to death. 

 ANUS, the outlet of the bowels at the tail; 



the fundament. 

 APPENDAGE, an addition; an ornament, 



such as the hair, etc. 

 APPRECIATE, to set a value on; to under- 

 stand the value of. 

 APPROACH, to come near to. 

 APPROXIMATE, near to. 

 ARTICULATE, to join end to end, as bones 



in a joint. 

 ARTICULATING, working hinge-like. 

 ASPHYXIA, death by depriving the lungs 



of air. 

 ASSIMILATE, to make like. 

 ASTRAGALUS, the name of the largest bone 



of the hock-joint below the os calcis. 

 ASCEND, to climb or go up. 

 ASTRINGENT, a medicine that contracts or 



puckers. 

 ASTRINGENTS, medicines which stop dis- 

 charges, by contracting the parts, such 

 as blood, mucus, etc. 

 ATROPHY, a wasting away of the parts. 

 AUGMENT, to increase. 



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