824 GLOSSARY. 



Gastric Juice. Secretion of the stomach. 



Gas-tri-tis. Inflammation of the stomach, 



Ges-ta-tion. The period of pregnancy. 



Gland. A soft body, the function of which is to secrete some fluid. 



Glot-tis. The opening into the windpipe at the root of the tongue. 



Glu-te-us. A name applied to the muscles of the hip. 



Gran-u-la-tion. The healing of a wound or ulcer with healthy matter. 



Gru-mous. Thick, clotted, concreted; as grumous blood. 



Gut-tur-al. Relating to the throat. 



Hab-it. A peculiar state or temperament of the body; pre-disposed to do 



some particular thing. 

 Hec-tic. A remitting fever. 

 Hem-a-le-mes. Hemorrhage from the stomach. 

 Hem-a-tu-ra. Hemorrhage from the bladder. 

 Hera-a-to-sis. An excessive or morbid quantity of blood. 

 Hem-i-ple-gia. Paralysis of one side of the body. 

 He-mop-ty-sis. A spitting of blood. 



Hem-or-rhage. A flow of blood, as from the lungs, nose, etc. 

 Hem-or-rhoids. The piles; bleeding piles. 

 He-pat-ic. Relating to the liver. 

 Her-ba-ceous. Pertaining to herbs. 

 Hereditary. Inherited from a parent. 

 Her-pes. Disease of the skin, as tetter, ringworm, etc. 

 Her ni-a. A rupture, and protrusion of some part of the bowels. 

 Hu-mors. The fluids of the body, excluding the blood. 

 Hy-dra-gogue. A medicine that produces a watery discharge from the bow- 



els, used in dropsy. 

 Hy-drar-gy-rum. Metallic mercury, quicksilver; a physician's name for 



calomel. 

 Hy-dro-gen. One of the elementary principles, alway j existing in water, of 



which it composes the ninth part. 

 Hy-dro-pho-bia. The rabid qualities of a mad dog. 

 Hy-gi-ene. The art of preserving health by diet, 

 Hyp-o-chon-dri-a-cal. Melancholy; low-spirited. 

 Hyp-not-ics. Medicines which produce sleep. 

 Hy-po-der-mic. To insert under the skin. 

 Hy-Ster-ic-al. Subject to hysteria; nervous. 

 I-chor. A biting, watery, and acrid discharge from ulcers. 

 Id-i-op-a-thy. An unhealthy condition not preceded by any other disease. 

 Id-i-o syn-cra-Sies. Peculiarity of constitution or temperament. 

 Il-e-OUS. Colic in the small intestines. 

 H-i-ac Region. Region of the small intestines. 

 Im-be cil-i-ty. Weakness of mind. 

 Im mer-se. To plunge under water. 

 In a-ni tion. Emptiness; weakness; exhaustion. 

 In-cor-po-rate. To mix medicines. 



