S28 GLOSSARY. 



Prog-no-sis. Guessing the termination of a ( 



Pro-lap-sus Ani. Falling of the anus. 



Pro-lap-STis Uteri Falling of the uterus. 



Pros-tra-tion. Loss of strength. 



Pro-phy-lac-tic. A medicine to prevent disease, 



Pty-a-lism. A copious flow of sahva; salivation. 



Pu-ber-ty. Full growth; perfection. 



Pu-er-pe-ral. Fever at or soon after childbirth. 



Plumon-a-ry. Pertaining to, or affecting the lungs. 



Ptil-mon-i-tis. Inflammation of the lungs. 



Pulse. The beating of the heart or blood-vessels, espedally of the arteries. 



Pulp. A soft mass. 



Pun-gent. Piercing, biting, stimulating. 



Pur-ga-tive. A gentle cathartic; a medicine acting on the bowels to loosen 

 them. 



Pur-u-lent. Consisting of pus or matter. 



Pus. Unhealthy matter. 



Pustules. Elevations of the skin containing pus. 



Pu-trefac-tion. To decompose by fermentation. 



Pu-tres-cent. Pertaining to the process of putrefaction. 



Py-ro-sis. A peculiar disease of the stomach better known as water-brash. 



Rectum. The lower portion of the large intestine. 



Re-frig-er-ant. Medicines which lessen the heat of a body. 



Reg-i-men. The regulation of diet and habit in order to restore health or to 

 cure disease. 



Res-o-lu-tion. To return to health; dispersion of an inflammation before pus 

 has formed. 



Re-solv-ents. Applied to inflammations. 



Res-pi-ra-tion. The process of breathing. 



Re-sus-ei-ta-tion. Reviving from apparent death, as drowning. 



Ret-i-na. The internal nervous tissue of the eye. 



Ru-be-fa-cients. Medicines that causes redness of the skin, as mustard, rad- 

 ish leaves, etc. 



Ru-bif-ic. To make red. 



Sac-cha-rine. Ha\ang the properties of sugar. 



Sa-li-va. The spittle; the secretions of the mouth. 



Sal-i va-tion. Increase of the secretion of saliva. 



San-a-tive. A curative medicine; to heal. 



San-guine Abounding in blood, or having the color of blood. 



Sa-ni-es. A thin discharge from wounds or ulcers. 



Scab. A formation over a sore in healing. 



Scarf-skin. The outer skin of the body. 



Scir-rhous. Hard; knotty, generally of a cancerous nature, 



Scor-bu-tic. Partaking of the nature of scurvy. 



Scro-tum. The bag containing the testicles. 



