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MEDICAL AND SCIENTIFIC TERMS. 



Abnormal — Irregular. 



Absorbents — Medicines used for absorbing; also the vessels of &£ 



body which suck up. 

 Acute — Sharp, severe. 

 Adipose — Fatty. 

 Adynamic — Debilitated. 

 Alae — Wings. 



Alteratives — Medicines which change a disease for the bertef, 

 Anasarca — Dropsy of cellular membrane. 

 Anasarcous — Dropsical. 

 Anaemia — Bloodlessness. 



Antiseptics — Medicines opposed to putrefaction. 

 Antispasmodics — Remedies opposed to spasms or convulsions. 

 Antiphlogistic — Opposed to inflammation. 

 Aperients — Medicines which open the bowels gently. 

 Aqueous — Watery. 

 Ascites — Dropsy of the belly. 

 Ataxic — Disordered. 



Auscultation — Examination by sounding and listening. 

 Autopsy — Post-mortem examination. 



Bifurcation — Division into two branches. 



Bolus — A large pill. 



Buccal Membrane — The lining of the month. 



Canthus — Corner of the eye. 

 Capsule — Shell or case. 

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