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ADVANCEMENT 



earth or under water. It consists of the fatty acids in 

 combination with the alkaline earths and ammonium. 

 Human bodies in moist burial places often undergo 

 this change. 

 Adipogenous (ad-ip-oj'-en-us) [adeps, fat; gignere, to 



produce] . Producing fat and adipose tissue. 

 Adipoma (ad-ip-o' '-mah) [adeps, fat ; oma, a tumor: pi. , 



Adipomatd\. A fatty tumor ; lipoma. 

 Adipomatous {ad-ip-o' -mat-as) [adeps, fat ; oma, a 



tumor]. Of the nature of adipoma. 

 A.dipose (ad'-ip-os) [adeps, fat]. Fatty. A. Fin, the 

 fleshy, rayless, dorsal fin of some fishes. A. Tissue, 

 fat cells united by connective tissue ; distributed ex- 

 tensively through the body. It is composed of triolein, 

 tripalmitin, and tristearin, and is liquid during life or 

 at the temperature of the living body. 

 Adiposis (ad-ip'-o-sis) [adeps, fat; osis, state]. Cor- 

 pulence ; fatty degeneration ; fatty infiltration. A. 

 hepatica, fatty degeneration or infiltration of the 

 liver. 

 Adipositas (ad-ip-os' '-it-as) [L.]. Fatness; corpulency. 

 Adiposity (ad-ip-os' -it-e). Fatness; corpulency. 

 Adipsia (ah-dip/ -se-ah) [a priv. ; dtya, thirst]. Absence 



of thirst. 

 Adipsic (ah-dip' -sik) [a priv. ; diipa, thirst]. Pertain- 

 ing to adipsia ; quenching thirst. 

 Adipsous {ah-dip' -s us) [dpriv. ; diipa, thirst]. Quench- 

 ing thirst. 

 Aditus (ad'-il-us) [ad, to; ire, to go]. In anatomy, an 

 entrance, as to any one of the radial canals of a sponge. 

 A. laryngis, the entrance to the larynx. 

 Ad'jective CoForing Mat / ter. See Pigments, Colors, 



and Dye-stuffs. 

 Adjuster {ad-jus' -ter) [Fr. , adjuster, to adjust]. He 

 who or that which adjusts. A device formerly used 

 for the forcible reduction of dislocations. 

 Adjusting CoFlar. See Collar. 



Adjustment, Coarse. Commonly, the rack and 

 pinion for raising or lowering the tube of a microscope 

 a considerable distance without lateral deviation. 

 A., Fine, the micrometer screw generally at the top of 

 the column of a microscope for raising or lowering the 

 tube slowly through a short distance. 

 Adjuvant {aj'-u-vant) [adjuvare , to assist]. A medicine 



that assists the action of another to which it is added. 

 Admortal {ad-mor'-tal) [ad, to ; mors, mortis, death]. 

 Moving from living muscular tissue toward that which 

 is dead or dying, as electric currents. 

 Adnascent (ad-nas'-ent) [ad, to ; nasci, to grow]. In 



biology, growing upon or attached to something. 

 Adnata {ad-na'-tah) [ad, to; nasci, to be born, to 

 grow]. I. The tunica adnata ; the conjunctiva; more 

 correctly, a tendinous expansion of the muscles of the 

 eye ; it lies between the sclerotic and the conjunctiva. 

 2. One of the coats of the testicle. In zoology, 

 appendages of the skin, as scales, hair, feathers. 

 Adnate (ad'-nat) [adnatus, grown to]. In biology, 



congenitally attached or united. 

 Adnation (adua'-sh/in) [ad/iatus, grown to]. The 



slat'- (if being adnate. 

 Adnerval (nd-ner'-val) [ad, to; nervus, a nerve]. 

 Moving toward a nerve; said of electric currents in 

 mu>cular fiber. 

 Adneural (ad-nu'-ral) [ad, to; Vtbpov,* nerve]. A 

 term used to describe a nervous affection in which the 

 disease is at the very point of the symptoms exclusively, 



in the form of an adventitious deposit 



A':»exa ind inks' -ah) [ad, to; ncctere, to joint: //.]. 



Adjunct parts, as the adnexa of the uterus. A. bulbi, 

 ippendagss of the bull) of the eye. 

 Adolescence (lul-o-Us'-ens) [adolcscere, to grow], 

 ill, or the period between puberty and maturity, 



usually reckoned as extending in males from about 14 to 

 25 years, and in females from 12 to 21 years. 



Adonidin {ad-on' -id-in) [Adonis']. A glucosid derived 

 from Adonis vernalis, a plant indigenous in Europe 

 and Asia. Recommended in cardiac dropsy. Dose 

 gr. yi-%. Unof. 



Adonis aestivalis (ad-o'-ms es-hv-a'-lis). A plant 

 much used in Italy as a cardiac tonic. Similar pro- 

 perties possessed by A. vernalis. Dose of fid. ext. 

 mj-ij. A. Tinctura, dose TTlx-xxx. 



Adoral (ad-o'-ral) [ad, near to; os, the mouth]. 

 Situated near the mouth. 



Adosculation (ad-os-ku-la'-shun) [ad, to ; osculari, to 

 kiss]. Impregnation by external contact without intro- 

 mission. 



Adpressed, or Appressed (ad-presd' or ap-resd') [ad- 

 pressus\ Brought into contact with but not united. 



Adradial {ad-ra' -de-al) [ad, near to; radius, a ray]. 

 Near a ray, as the third series of tentacles in certain 

 hydrozoons. Cf. Interradial, Perradial. 



Adradii {ad-ra' -de-i) [ad, near to; radius, a ray]. 

 Special organs lying between the perradii and inter- 

 radii of medusae. 



Adrectal {ad-rek' -tat) [ad, nearby; rectus, straight]. 

 In biology, near the rectum, as certain glands. 



Adrenal (ad-re'-nal) [ad, near to; ren, the kidney]. In 

 biology, adjacent to the kidney. 



Adrenals (ad-re' -nalz) [ad, near to ; ren, the kidney]. 

 The supra-renal capsules. 



A / drian's Mix'ture. A hemostatic mixture containing 

 chloride of iron 25 parts, chloride of sodium 15 parts, 

 and water 60 parts. 



Adrostral {ad-ros'-tral) [ad, to, at; rostrum, beak]. 

 In biology, belonging to or placed near the beak or 

 snout. 



Adrue {ad-ru'-e). Anti-emetic root. The root of Cy- 

 perus articulatus. Strongly recommended to check 

 black vomit of yellow fever; anthelmintic, aromatic, 

 stomachic. Dose of the fid. ext. gtt. xx-xxx. Unof. 



Adscendent {ad-sen' -dent). See Ascending. 



Adstriction (ad-strik'-shun) [adstrictis, a binding]. 

 Ligation ; astringent action ; constipation. 



Adsurgent, or Assurgent (ad-ser'-jent, as-ser' -jent) 

 [ad, to ; surgere, to rise]. Same as Ascending. 



Adterminal (ad-ter'-min-al) [ad, near to; terminus, 

 the end]. Moving toward the insertion of a muscle; 

 said of electric currents in muscular fiber. 



Adul Oil. An oil used in India for treating rheumatism. 



Adult {ad-ult') [adolescere, adultus, to grow]. Mature ; 

 of full legal age. One of mature age. A. Sporadic 

 Cretinism. See Myxedema. 



Adulteration (ad-ul-ter-a'-shun) [adulterare, to cor- 

 rupt]. The admixture of inferior, impure, inert, or 

 less valuable ingredients to an article for gain, decep- 

 tion, or concealment. Medicines, wines, foods, etc., 

 are largely adulterated. 



Adumbrella (ad-um-brel'-ah). In biology, the upper 

 surface of the velum in the medusae, the opposite of 

 exumbrella or Abumbrella. 



Adumbrellar [ad-um-brel'-ar). In biology, pertaining 

 to the upper or outer surface of the velum in the 

 medusae ; opposed to abumbrellar. 



Aduncous (ad-ung'-kus) [ad, to ; uncus, a hook, barb]. 

 In biology, hooked, as the bill of a parrot or hawk. 



Adust (ad-usf) [adustus, burned up]. Hot and dry: 

 parched. 



Adustion (ad-us'-cliuu) [adustus. burned up]. I. The 

 quality of being adust. 2. Cauterization. 



Advancement (ad-vans' -men/) [M. E. , avaneement]. 

 An operation to remedy strabismus, generally in con- 

 junction with tenotomy, whereby the opposite tendon 

 from the over-acting one, having been cut, is broufht 



