GLOSSAEY OF SCIENTIFIC TEEMS 



USED IN THE PRESENT TREATISE. 



A. 



C. 



Ahdomen. The belly, 



Ahnormal. Out of nile. Irregular. 



Abscess. A collection of purulent 

 matter. 



Absorption. A taking into the 

 system of fluids by porous tissues. 



Actual Cautery. See cautery. 



Acute. Sharp, painfiJ, severe. 



Ankylosis. A stiffening of a joint 

 from a deposit of bone thereon. 



Asphyxia. Interrupted breathing 

 attended with danger to life. 



Asphyxiated. In a state of asphyxia. 



Asthenic. A term applied to dis- 

 eases which are attended with a 

 low feeble condition of the vital 

 powers. 



Atrophy. A wasting of the whole 

 body, or any part of it. 



B. 



Bronchial. Belonging to the wind- 

 pipe. 



Bronchitis. Inflammation of the 

 bronchial tubes. 



Bronchus. The windpipe. 



Bulbous. Limipy, full of globular 

 lumps. 



Bursce. Little bags containing sy- 

 novial fluid. See synovia. 



Calculi. Stony substances occa- 

 sionally formed in the kidneys and 

 intestines. 



Caries. A term appHed to dead 

 bone caused by disease thereof. 



Cartilage. Gristle. 



Catarrh. The medical term for a 

 cold. 



Chronic. A term applied to disease 

 which has existed for a long time. 



Cranium. The skull. 



Cyst. A small bladder containing 

 hair. 



D. 



Deglutition. The act of swallowing. 



Delirium. Disease of the brain pro- 

 ducing excessive violence or mad- 

 ness. 



Depurating. A term applied to 

 those organs which purify the 

 fluids of the body, such as the 

 kidneys, lungs, and skin. 



Diagnosis. The recognising a dis- 

 ease by its sjrmptoms. 



Diaphragm. A muscle which di- 

 vides the chest from the abdomen. 

 A large flat muscle, one of the 

 principal agents in breathing. 



