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Pancreas, the sweet-bread. 



Perceptible, that may be seen or known. 



Perforated, full of small holes. 



PeriOiiteum, the membranous covering of the bones. 



Permanently, continuing a long time in a fixed state or place. 



PerpeudicHlar, straight up and down. 



Perpetuate, to continue. 



Pervert, to change or turn from its former uses. 



Pernicious, evil ; bad. 



Pharynx, the opening into the gullet or passage to the stomach. 



Phenomenon, an unusual appearance. 



Pliysical, ability or strength. 



Placenta, the membrane covering the foal in the womb. 



Plantar, belonging to the feet. 



Plethora, full of blood ; a full habit. 



Pleura, the serous membrane that lines the chest and contents, 



and reflects on the same, lubricating or oiling them with its 



secretions. 

 Posterior, the hinder end. 



Predispose, to fit for ; to give an inclination to. 

 Pregnancy, the act of being with young. 

 Preyalent, existing plentifully ; often occurring. 

 Process, long spikes or points of bone. 

 Profuse, plentiful ; of great abundance. 

 Progeny, the offspring of any ancestors. 

 Prominence, an elevation of a part. 

 Propagate, to plant ; to produce offspring. 

 Protracted, continued a long time. 

 Pulmonary, belonging to the lungs. 

 Pulse, the beat of the arteries. 

 Pumiced, the falling down of the coffin-bone on the sole, caused 



by inflammation. 

 Puncture, to make a hole with a pointed instrument. 

 Pupil, the apple or ball of the eye. 

 Putrefaction, corruption ; rottenness ; decomposition, etc. 



Quittor, an ulcer inside the foot, of the character of fistula. 



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Kadius, the large bone of the lower arm above the knee, 

 iiadiated, like the rays of the sun. 

 Kancid, a rank, strons*, sour smell. 

 Recent, lately ; not long since. 

 Becogruize, to know a former acquaintance. 



