830 GLOSSARY. 



Syph-i-lis. A contagions disease from sexxial intercourse with those who 



have venereal disease. 

 Syph.-i-li-tic. Pertaining to the venereal disease or pox. 

 Syr-inge. An instrument for injecting liquids into the bowels, ear^ throai; 



or other parts of the body, 

 Tan-nic Acid. An astringent made from oali bark. 

 Tera-per-a-ment. A peculiar habit of body. 

 Ten-don. A fibrous cord attached to the extremity of a muscle. 

 Te-nes-mus. Difficulty and pain at stool; a painful bearing down sensation 



in the lower bowels. 

 Te-pid. Warm, but not hot. 

 Ter-tian. Occurring every other day. 

 Tes-tes. The testicles. 

 Tes-ti-cles. Two glandular bodies situated in the scrotmn, belonging to toe 



male organs of generation. 

 Tet-a-nus. Locked jaw. 



Tib-i-a. The large bone of the leg below the knee. 

 Tinct-ure. Medicine dissolved in alcohol 

 Thorax. The chest. 

 Tor-mi-na. Severe griping pains. 

 Ton-ics. Remedies intended to strengthen the system. 

 Ton-sil. Glands situated on each side of the throat. 

 Tor-pid. Dull; stupid; lifeless. 

 Trachea. The windpipe. 

 Tu-ber-cle. A pimple, swelling, or small tumor. 

 Tu-me-fac-tion. The act of forming a tumor. 

 Tu-mor. An enlargement of any part of the body; a swelling. 

 Ty-phoid. Resembling typhus; weak; low. 

 Ty-phus. A nervous fever, malignant, infectious, etc. 

 Ul-cer. A sore which discharges pus. 

 Um-bil-ic. Pertaining to the navel. 

 U-rea. A substance found in the urine. 

 U-re-ter. The duct leading from the kidneys to the bladder. 

 U-re-thra. Duct leading out from the bladder; the canal of the penis through 



which the urine passes from the body. 

 U-rine. Water from the bladder. 

 U-ter-us. The womb. 

 Vaccinate. To inoculate with the cow-pox by Inserting the vaccine In the 



skin. 

 Vaccine. Matter of the cow-pox. 

 Va-gi-na. The passage from the womb to the vulva. 

 Vag-in-is-mus. Spasm of the vagina, caused by morbid Irritability. 

 Val-e-tu-di-na-ri-an. A person of a weak, sickly constitution. 

 Va-ri-o-lous. Pertaining to small pox. 

 Ven-e-ry. Sexual indulgence. 

 Ve-nous. Relating to the veins. 



