GLOSSARY. 



Ab-do'men. The belly. 



Ad'am's ap-ple. A prominence in 

 the middle line of the neck. 



A-dul'ter-ate. To make impure by 

 adding inferior substances. 



Al'i-ment. Nourishment. 



Al-i-me'nt'a-ry. Pertaining to ali- 

 ment. 



A-nat'o-my. The science of the 

 structure of organized bodies. 



A-or'ta. The great artery which 

 comes from the heart, and passes 

 down by the backbone. 



Ap-o-neu-ro'sis. A membrane of 

 white fibrous tissue connected with 

 a muscle. 



Ap'o-plex-y. A disease of the brain 

 in which sense, and power of mo- 

 tion, are suddenly lost. 



A'que-ous. Watery. A term ap- 

 plied to the fluid contents of the 

 anterior chamber of the eyeball. 



Ath'lete (Lat., athleta, one who con- 

 tends for a prize). One who espe- 

 cially cultivates his muscles, 



Au'di-to-ry (Lai., aridities, hearing). 

 Pertaining to the hearing. 



Au'ri-cle (Lat., auricula, a little ear). 

 A name given to two of the cavities 

 of the heart. 



Ax-Il'la. The arm-pit. 



Bi'ceps (Lat., bis,caput, two-headed) 

 A muscle extending from the shoul- 

 der to the fore-arm, on the front of 



the arm. Also, a muscle extend- 

 ing from the hip to the leg, on the 

 back of the thigh. 



Brach'i-al (Lat., brachium, the arm). 

 Pertaining to the arm. 



Bun'ion. An enlargement and in- 

 flammation at the first joint of the 

 great toe. 



Cap'il-la-ry (Lat., capillus, hair). 

 Hairlike 



Ca-rot'id. A name applied to sev- 

 eral arteries in the neck, 



Car'pus. The wrist 



Car'ti-lage. Gristle 



Ca-tarrh'. An inflammation of the 

 mucous membrane. 



Cau'da e-quT-na (horse's tail). The 

 bundle of nerves into which the 

 spinal cord divides at its lower end. 



Cer-e-bel'lum. A division of the 

 brain, behind and beneath the cere- 

 brum 



Cer'e-brum. The largest division 

 of the brain. 



Chyle. The emulsion of fats made 

 in the intestine. 



Chyme. The gruel-like mixture 

 which passes from the stomach 

 into the intestine in digestion. 



Clav'i-cle. The collar-bone. 



Co-ag-u-la'tioii. The forming of 

 clots 



Coc'cyx (Lat., coccyx, a cuckoo). A 

 bone at the lower end of the 

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