GLOSSARY. 



Abdomen. The belly. 

 Abdominal. Belonging to the belly. 

 Abnormal. Contrary to the natural condition. 

 Absorbent. Sucking up or absorbing. 

 Absorption. Sucking up. 

 Abyss. Depth. 



Accessory. Muscles that assist the action of larger ones. 

 Acclivity. A slope or ascent upwards. 

 Action. A faculty or function of the body. 

 Acumen. Quickness of perception. 

 Ad infinitum. To infinity. 

 Adjunctive. Assisting other remedies. 

 Adult. Arrived at maturity. 

 .JEgis. A shield. 



Affection. Synonomous with disease. 

 Agglutination. A glueing or joining together. 

 Aggregate. The sum, or whole of several particulars. 

 Ala. A wing. Applied to parts from their resemblance to wings. 

 Amateur, A lover. 

 Anosmia. Deficiency of blood. 



Analagous. Applied to things different in their nature, but similar in func- 

 tion. 

 Anatomy. The dissection of organized bodies. 

 Animal-economy. All matters relating to animal life. 

 Anodyne. Medicines which assuage pain. 

 Articular. Belonging to a joint. 

 Articulation. A joint. 



Astragalus. The principal bone of the hock joint. 

 Asttagalo-tibial. The articulation formed by the astragalus and tibia. 

 Atrophy. Wasting, or emaciation. Defect of nutrition. 

 Attrition. Rubbing against, and wearing by abrasion. 



