GLOSSARY. 559 



Hemorrhoidal Veins — The veins about the rectum which enlarge and 



form piles. 

 Hepatic — Belonging to the liver. 

 Bepatize — To turn into a substance resembling liver. 

 Hereditary — Transmitted from parent to offspring. 

 Hernia — The protrusion of an organ, in whole or in part, through some 



opening in the walls of its natural cavity. 

 Humerus — The upper bone of the foreleg. 

 Hygiene — That department of science which treats of the preservation 



of health. 

 Hymen — The fold of mucous membrane at the vaginal entrance. 

 Hyperemia — A superabundance or congestion of blood in an organ or 



part of the body. 

 HypertropJnj — Excessive development; enlargement; thickening. 



IdiopatJiy — A primary disease not depending on any other. 



Ileum — A portion of the small intestine. 



Incision — The act of cutting. 



Infection — The communication of disease germs by indirect means. 



I m perforate- -Without a natural opening. 



Imprciination — The fusion of the female germ-cell with the male germ- 

 cell. 



Indif/cnoiis — Native. 



Indolent — Painless; a term applied to tumors. 



Induration — The act of hardening. 



Infiltration — The passage of fluid into the cellular tissue. 



Ingest — To take in; applied to food. 



Inguinal Canal — A passage through the abdominal wall in the region of 

 the groin, through which the spermatic cord passes. 



Inoculate — To communicate a disease by inserting infectious matter in 

 the flesh. 



Inorganic — Without the organs necessary for life, as a mineral. 



Insalivation — The mixing of the food with saliva and other secretions 

 of the mouth in eating. 



Insemination— The emission of sperm in coition. 



Inspiration — The drawing in of the breath. 



Integument — The skin. 



Interstice— A small space between the particles of a body. 



Intercostal — Between the ribs. 



Intermittent — Coming and going at intervals. 



Intussusception — The slipping of the upper part of the small intestine 

 into the lower. 



Iris — A curtain which gives the eye its color. 



Jejunum — The middle division of the small intestine, or that portion 

 between the duodenum and the ilium. 



