GLOSSARY. 257 



E (L. dim. of gra'num, a grain). A little grain; a micro- 

 scopic object. 



GUS-TA'TION (L. gus'to, to taste). The sense of taste. 

 GUS'TA-TO-RY NERVE. The nerve of taste supplying the front part 



of the tongue; a branch of the " fifth" pair. 

 ELEM'OR-RHAGE (Gr. ai/j.a, hai'ma, blood, and pijyrvjui, regnumi, 



to burst). Bleeding, or the loss of blood. 

 HEM-I-PLE'GIA (Gr. ^//ztfuS, hemisus, half, and TrA^tftfoj, pletso, to 



strike). Paralysis, or loss of power, affecting one side of the body. 

 HEM'I-SPHERES (Gr. ticpoupa, sphaira, a sphere). Halt a sphere, the 

 - lateral halves of the cerebrum, or brain proper. 

 HE-PAT' ic (Gr. r/ttap, tiepar, the liver). Pertaining to the liver. 

 HER-BIV'O-ROUS (L. lier'ba, an herb, and vo'ro to devour). Applied 



to animals that subsist upon vegetable food. 

 HU'MOR (L.). Moisture : the humors are transparent contents of the 



eyeball. 

 HY-DRO-PHO'BI-A (Gr. vdop, hudor, water, and fpofiea), phobeo, to 



fear). A disease caused by the bite of a rabid dog or other animal. 



In a person affected with it, convulsions are occasioned by the sight 



of a glittering object, like water, by the sound of running water, 



and by almost any external impression. 

 HY'GI-ENE (Gr. vyiia, huygieia, health). The art of preserving 



health and preventing disease. 

 HY'PER-O-PI-A. Abbreviated from HY'PER-MET-RO'PI-A (Gr. vnep, 



kupei\ beyond, juerpov, metron, the measure, and ooip, ops, the eye). 



A defect of vision dependent upon a too short eyeball ; so called 



because the rays of light are brought to a focus at a point behind 



the retina ; the true " far sight." 

 IN-CI'SOR (L. ind'do, to cut). Applied to the four front teeth of both 



jaws, which have sharp cutting edges. 

 IN'CTJS (L). An anvil ; the name of one of the bones of the middle 



ear. 

 IN-SAL-I-VA'TION (L. in, and salfva, the fluid of the mouth). The 



mingling of the saliva with the food during the act of chewing. 

 IN-SPI-RA'TION (L. t, and spi'ro, spira'tum, to breathe). The act of 



drawing in the breath. 

 IN-TEG'U-MENT (L. t, and te'go, to cover). The skin, or outer covering 



of the body. 

 IN-TES'TTNE (L. in'tus, within). The part of the alimentary canal 



which is continuous with the lower end of the stomach ; also called 



the intestines, or the bowels. 

 ['RIS (L. i'ris, the rainbow). The thin muscular ring which lies be- 



