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Mental, relating to the mind. 



Miasma, poison in the air, causing disease. 



Migratory, changing from place to place. 



Mo(3ern, new ; of late date. 



Moral, discreet ; just and peaceably minded. 



Morbid, unhealthy ; there are morbid sores, secretions, etc. 



Mortification, the death of any part of the animal, diseased by 



sore or wound, called gangrene. 

 Mucilage, a jelly like fluid. 

 Mucus, the secretions of the nose, and all mucus surfaces of the 



anitnal. 

 Muscles, the fleshy portion of the animal. 

 Mysterious, hard to understand. 



W. 

 Nauseate, to sicken the stomach. 

 Nauseants, medicines that nauseate. 

 Narcotics, medicines which stupefy or cause sleep. 

 Nervous, relating to the nerves ; weak-nerved animals are called 



nervous. 

 Neutralize, to destroy the force, or effect. 

 Nitrate of Silver, lunar caustic. 

 Nutritive, strong, healthy food is so called. 



O. 



Obedience, submission ; tameness. 



Oblique, slanting; crooked. 



Obviate, remedied ; avoided. 



Obvious, clear ; plain ; certain. 



Optic, relating to the eye or sight. 



Opprobrium, reproach. 



Organic, composed of organs. 



Organism, the living body. 



Organized, composed of organs ; complete. 



Origin, the first existence, or beginning. 



Ossification, turning into bone. 



Os, the technical name of bone. 



Os Calsis, the tip of the hock. 



Oval, round ; egg-shaped. 



Oxydation, converting into air (oxyd) ; the process performed on 



the blood in the lungs by contact with the air. 

 Oxygen, the element in the air which principally sustains life. 



P. 



Palate, the upper part or roof of the mouth. 

 Palatable, pleasant to the taste. 



