GLOSSARY 



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MEDICAL AND SCIENTIFIC TERMa 



Abhosmal — Irregular. 



Abborbents — Medicines used for absorbing ; also the P a mela of tto 



body whicb suck up. 

 AouTK — Sharp, severe. 

 Aj)IP08B — Fatty. 

 Adynamic — Debilitated. 

 Alae — Wings. 



Alteratives — Medicines which change a disease for tha bette . 

 Anasarca — Dropsy of cellular membrane. 

 Anasarcous — Dropsical. 

 Anemia — Bloodlessness. 



Antiseptics — Medicines opposed to putrefaction. 

 Antispasmodics — Remedies opposed to spasms or oonralilnMi 

 Ajjtiphlogistic — Opposed to inflammation. 

 Aperients — Medicines which open the bowels gentlj. 

 Aqueous — Watery . 

 Ascites — Dropsy of the belly. 

 Ataxic — Disordered. 



Auscultation — Examination by sounding and listraiif. 

 Autopsy — Post-mortem examination. 



BiTUBCATiON — Division into two branches. 



Bolus — A large pill. 



Buccal Membrane — The lining of the moutk 



Cahthus — Corner of the eye. 

 Oapsule — Shell or case. 



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