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GLOSSARY 



Dewar (du'-er) Sir James. Scottish 

 chemist who liquefied gases, espe- 

 cially hydrogen. Born 1842. 

 diaphragm (di'-a-fram) 

 dietetics (di-e-tet'-iks) 



diphtheria (dif-the'-ri-a) 

 dirigible (dir'-i-ji-b'l) 



dynamo (di'-na-mo) 



efferent (ef'-er-ent) 



effervesce (ef-er-ves') 

 electrolysis (e-lek-trol'-i-sfs) 

 embryo (em'-bri-o) 



enamel (en-am'-el) 



environment (en-vi'-run-ment) 

 enzyme (en'-zim) 



epidemic (gp'-i-dem'-ik) 



epidermis (ep'-i-der'-mis) 

 epithelial (ep'-i-the'-li-al) 



esophagus (e-sof'-a-gus) 

 fibrinogen (fI-brin'-5-gen) 

 formaldehyde (for-mal'-de-hid) 

 Franklin, Benjamin. American in- 

 vestigator, philosopher, and 

 statesman; 1706 to 1790. 

 Galileo (gal'-i-le'-o). Italian as- 

 tronomer and physicist; 1564 to 

 1642. 



Galvani (gal-va'ne). Italian; one 

 of the discoverers of current 

 electricity. Lived 1737 to 1798. 

 ganglia (gan'-gli-a) 



gelatine (jeT-a-tm) 



germicide (jerm'-i-sid) 

 glycogen (gH'-c5-jen) 



gymnosperm (jim'-no-sperm) 

 Gray,Elisha. American electrician, 

 and inventor of the telephone; 

 1835-1901. 



Harvey, William. English physi- 

 cian who discovered the circula- 



tion of the blood. Lived 1578 to 

 1657. 



hemoglobin (he'-mo-glo'-bm) 

 hepatica (he-pat'-i-ka) 



herbivorous (her-biv'-6-rus) 

 hibernate (hl'-ber-nat) 

 humerus (hu'-mer-us) 



hydroxide (hi-dr6x'-id) 

 hygiene (hl'-ji-en) 



hyoid (hl'-oid) 



hypocotyl (hi'-po-cot'-il ) 



immune (I-mun') 



incisor (in-sl'ser) 



incubation (m'-ku-ba'-shun) 

 inertia (in-er'-shi-a) 



inoculation (m-ok'Q-la'-shun) 

 insulator (m'su-la'-ter) 



intestine (in-tes'-tin) 



invertase (m-vert'-as) 



isolation (I'-so-la'-shun) 



Jenner, Edward, M.D. Born 1749 ; 

 died 1823. English investigator 

 and physician. Discoverer of 

 vaccination. 



kilometer (kil'-6-me'-ter) 

 lacteal (lak'-te-al) 



la grippe (la grip') 



larvae (lar'-ve) 



Lavoisier (la'-vwa/-zya') Antoine 

 Laurent. French chemist; 1743 

 to 1794. Proved that burning in 

 air is union with oxygen, 

 leaven (lev'-en) 



legume (leg'-um) 



Leyden (li'-den) 



lichen (li'-ken) 



Liebig (le'-blk; German "k" is 

 softer than in English) Justus, 

 Baron von. German chemist, 

 1803 to 1873. 



