GLOSSABY. 



Ab omasum, ab from, and omasum; 

 leading from the omasum, the 

 fourth stomach of a ruminant. 



Absorption, ab from, and sorbeo I 

 suck ; the taking up of anything 

 into the system, whether from 

 without or from the tissues. 



Acetabulum, a cup for holding 

 vinegar, the^ cavity in the inno- 

 minate bone for the hip joint. 



Aeromion, &Kpov a summit, and 

 OVXGS a shoulder ; the process of 

 the scapula which forms the 

 summit of the shoulder. 



Adipose, adeps fat; fatty: thus, 

 adipose tissue, the tissue in 

 which oil is stored. 



Agminated, agmen an army or 

 company ; agminated glands, 

 named from being disposed in 

 groups. 



Albino, albus white; an Italian 

 word for a person destitute of 

 pigment in the hair and eyes. 



Albuminoid, albumen white of egg, 

 and eloos form ; belonging to the 

 same chemical group as albu- 

 men. 



Alimentation, alimentum nourish- 

 ment ; the taking of nourish- 

 ment into the system. 



Allantois, aAAas a sausage ; a hol- 

 low outgrowth from the embryo, 

 from which are developed the 

 urinary bladder and the pla- 

 centa. 



Amnion, a/nviov from &/ULVOS a 

 lamb ; the inner membrane 

 round the fcetus. 



Amoeboid, d/m'jSw I change, and 

 tldos formj like an amoeba, a 



genus of exceedingly simple 

 animals of changeable form. 

 Ampulla, anything blown out 



into a swelling. 



Amyloid, a/u.v\ov starch, and 6i<5o? 

 form ; like starch. Amyloid 

 substance of the liver is closely 

 akin to starch ; but the sub- 

 stance peculiar to amyloid or 

 waxy degeneration of the liver, 

 kidneys, muscles, &c., is nitro- 

 genous, and has no chemical 

 affinity to starch. 

 Amylolytic, a/mv\ov starch, and 

 Xuw I loose ; having the power 

 of converting starch into dextrin 

 and sugar. 



Anatomy, &va up, and re/mvu) I 

 cut ; etymologically means dis- 

 section ; the science founded on 

 dissection, and-treating of struc- 

 ture in organisms. 

 Annulus ovalis, oval ring ; a struc- 

 ture in the right auricle of the 

 heart. 



Anorthoscope, avop66<a I set 

 straight again, and o-/co7rew I 

 behold ; an instrument so con- 

 structed that distorted images 

 drawn on cards prepared for 

 the purpose, on being placed in. 

 it and whirled rapidly round, 

 are seen restored to their just 

 proportions. 



Antinelix, avrL opposite, and helix 

 the bifurcated elevation within 

 the circle of the outer ear, 

 Antitragus, &vrl opposite, and 

 traffus the hinder of the two 

 little elevations opposite the 

 opening of the ear, 



