GLOSSARY OF SCIENTIFIC TERMS. 124.") 



Aneurism — Dilatation of an artery producing a tumor ; lesion of an 



artery ; dilatation of the heart. 

 Analysis — Separation into parts; resolving into the original elements. 

 Anatomy — The art of dissecting, or separating the different parts of 



the body. The science of the structure of the body, as learned by 



dissection. 

 Anchylosis — The stiffening or rendering rigid a joint. 

 Anvesthetics — Agents which deprive of sensation and suffering, as chloro- 



form, ether, etc. 

 Anodyne — A medicine to allay or diminish pain. 

 Anomalous — Deviating from the general character or rule. 

 Antacid — Opposed to or an antidote to acids. 

 Antagonism — Opposed in action ; one contradicting another. 

 Anterior — Before ; in front of another part. 

 Anthelmintic — Medicine to kill or expel worms. 

 Antidote — That which counteracts hurtful or noxious substances. A 



remedy to counteract the effects of i)oison. 

 Antiperiodic — Medicine to arrest or retard the return of a paroxysm in 



periodic disease. 

 Antiseptic — Agents for preventing, arresting or retarding putrefaction. 

 Anus — The fundament, or lower i)ortion of the bowel at the tail. 

 Aperient — Laxative medicine ; that which gently ojjerates on the bowels 

 Aphtha — Ulceration of the mouth, beginning with minute vesicles and 



ending in white sloughs. 

 Apoplexy — Sudden effusion of blood into the substance of the brain. 



Sometimes used for effusion into the substance of other organs or 



tissues. 

 Ap)proximate — Coming near to. An aiii)roximate cure is by inoculating 



for another disease. 

 Aqueous — Watery ; having the property of water, as watery matter, 



aqueous j^us. 

 Aromatic — Strong smelling stimulants, given to dispel wind and relieve 



pain. 

 Artery — Blood vessels which caiTy the red blood from the heart. 

 Articulate — Joinina:, working together or u))on one another, as the 



bones. 

 Asthma — A disease attended with difficulty of breathing, and a sensation 



producing wheezing, coughing and other distressing svmptoms. 

 Asphyxia — Death from strangulation of the lungs, from want of air. 

 Asthenopia — Weakness of the sight or vision. 

 Assimilate — To make like another; assimilation of food in the nutrition 



of the body. 



