GLOSSARY 



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lymphatic (lim-fat'-ik) 

 medulla oblongata 



(me-dul'-a ob'-lon-ga'ta) 

 membranous croup 



(mem'-bra-nus krup) 

 meniscus (me-ms'-kus) 



metatarsal (met'-a-tar'-sal) 

 microbe (mi'-krob) 



millimeter (mil'-i-me'-ter) 

 monocotyl (mon'-o-cot'-il) 

 Morse, Samuel F. B. American 

 artist and inventor. LiVed 1791 

 to 1872. Invented the telegraph. 

 mucous (mu'-kus) 



muriatic (mur'-i-at'ik) 



myosin (rm'6-sm) 



Newton, Sir Isaac. English philoso- 

 pher, and investigator in physics 

 and mathematics. Lived 1642 

 to 1727. Professor of mathemat- 

 ics at Cambridge University, 

 England. 



nucleus (nu'-kle-us) 



octopus (6k'-to-pus) 



olfactory (61-fak'-t6-ri) 



omnivorous (6m-niv'-o-rus) 

 opossum (6-pos'-um) 



oxide <6x'-id) 



palate (pal'-at) 



pancreas (pan'-kre-as) 



pancreatic (pan'-kre-at'-ik) 

 papilla (pa-pil'-a) 



paramecium (par'-a-me'-shi-urn) 

 Pasteur (pas'-tur') Louis. Lived 1822 

 to 1895. First a chemist, then a 

 founder of bacteriology. Direc- 

 tor of the Pasteur Institute, Paris, 

 patella (pa-teT-a) 



penumbra (pe-num'-bra) 

 perennial (per-en'-i-al) 



periosteum (per'-i-6s'-te-um) 



petiole (pet'-i-6l) 



phalanges (fa-lan'-jez) 



pharynx (far'-inks) 



phenomena (fe-nom'-e-na) 



phosphorus (fos'-for-us) 



photometer (fo-tom'-e-ter) 



pistillate (pis'-ti-lat) 



planets. The planets are heavenly 

 bodies that revolve about the sun. 

 Moons are secondary planets that 

 revolve about the planets, and 

 with them revolve about the sun. 

 The major planets are Mercury, 

 Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, 

 Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune. 

 The mean distance from the earth 

 to the sun is 93,100,000 miles. 

 The distance of Mercury is about 

 0.39 of the earth's distance; that 

 of Venus, about 0.72; that of 

 Mars, about 1.52; of Jupiter, 5.2; 

 of Saturn, 9.54; of Uranus, 19.2; 

 of Neptune, 30. The "year," or 

 time of revolution about the sun, 

 is about 88 days for Mercury, 225 

 days for Venus, 687 days for 

 Mars, almost 12 years for Jupiter, 

 and almost 165 years for Neptune. 



pleura (plu'-ra) 



plumule (ploo'-mul) 



pneumatic (nu-mat'-ik) 



Polaris (po-la'-ris) 



polyp (poT-ip) 



posterior (pos-te'-ri-er) 



Priestley, Joseph. English writer, 

 clergyman, and chemist. Lived 

 1733 to 1804. Discovered oxygen 

 Aug. 1, 1774. 



proboscis (pro-b6sTs) 



