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DICTIONARY 



EXTREMITY; the limbs are so callea. 

 EXUDE, to soak out through. 



P 



FACILITY, an ease; easiness. 



FALLACY, an error; not true; deceit. 



FEBRIFUGES, medicines which cool fevers. 



FEMUR, the thigh-bone proper. 



FIBULA, the smallest of the two bones above 

 the hock. 



FIBROUS, composed of fibers, or fine, thread- 

 like substances. 



FIBROUS MEMBRANE, a membrane com- 

 posed of fibers. 



FISSURE, an opening, or crack. 



FLATULENT, windy; relating to gas, or 

 wind in the stomach, etc. 



FLEX, to bend, or gather up. 



FLUID, a liquid; such as water; air is so 

 called. 



FLORID, red, or scarlet-like. 



FOMENTATION, applying warmth and 

 moisture by poultices, etc. 



FORCEPS, long, pointed pincers, or nip- 

 pers. 



FRACTURE, the breaking of a bone. 



FRICTION, rubbing. 



FUNCTION, the office or duty of any thing. 



FUNDAMENT, the anus, or last end of the 

 guts. 



G 



GANGRENE, mortification. 

 GENERATIVE, concerned in producing, or 



begetting, or breeding. 

 GENERATE, to produce; to beget offspring, 



or young. 

 GENITAL, belonging to the organs of breed- 

 ing or generation. 

 GLAND, a soft body, with a tube leading 



from it, which secretes fluid. 

 GRANULATE, to form new flesli, or matter, 



which has the appearance of small 



grains. 

 GROOVE, a channel, or gutter. 

 GROUP, a collection, or several together. 

 GULLET, the esophagus or passage to the 



stomach. 



HABIT, custom, or practice. 

 HAGGARD, worn down; ghastly; deathlike. 

 HAUNCH, the bony region of the hips. 

 HECTIC, constitutional fever, produced by 



ulcers or sores, etc. 

 HEREDITARY, bred in the offspring from 



the parents, as disease, color, etc. 

 HUE, a color. 



HUMERUS, the upper arm-bone. 

 HYSTERICS, a nervous disease of females. 



IMAGINATION, what the mind dictates, or 

 suggests. 



IMPEDIMENT, a^ obstruction; hinderance; 

 fault; an eye-sore. 



IMPEDE, to hinder. 



IMPERCEPTIBLE, not noticeable. 



IMPLICIT, a perfect faith. 



IMPRESSION, an idea, or conclusion; o 

 mark. 



IMPULSE, a disposition. 



IMPURITY, unfitness for use; adulterated 



INADEQUATE, not sufficient. 



INNATE, inherent in itself. 



INCISOR; the front or cutting teeth are called 

 incisors. 



INCISION, a clean cut. 



INCULCATED, taught; instructed. 



INDURATED, hardened. 



INFECTION, the poison which causes the 

 same disease by coming in contact with 

 a healthy animal ; inoculation. 



INFERIOR, the under side; a bad quality. 



INOCULATION, producing the same dis- 

 ease by virus of one animal getting to 

 a sore on another, or in any way get- 

 ting into the blood. 



INSERTION, when any thing is put into 

 another by cutting, etc. 



INSTINCT, brute sense; void of reason. 



INTERNALLY, inwardly; medicines given 

 by the mouth are said to be given in- 

 ternally. 



INTENSITY, in an extreme degree. 



INTERVALS, space of time, as between 

 spasms or fits. 



