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AGALAXY 



/Estuarium (es-tu-a'-re-uni). See Estuarium. 



^Lstuation (es-tu-a'-shun). See Estuation. 



JEsXms \es'-tus) [L.]. Heat; especially a flushing, or 

 sudden glow of heat. JE. volaticus, wildfire rash ; 

 strophulus. 



JEtas (e'-tas) [L.]. Age; a period of life. See Age. 



^Ethalium [e-tha f -U-um) [al(ia?Mc, smoke, soot (refer- 

 ring to the spores)]. In biology, a placentoid com- 

 pound plasmodium formed by certain mycetozoa, e.g., 

 the flowers of tan. 



/Ether (e / '-titer). See Ether. 



jEtherism {e'-ther-izm). See Etherism. 



yEthiopification (e-the-op-ifik-a'-shun). See Ethiopi- 

 fi cat ion. 



/Ethiopiosis \c-the-op-e-o'-sis). See Ethiopification. 



^thiops (e' '-the-ops) [aldiotp, an Ethiopian]. An old 

 term for any black mineral powder' used in medicine. 

 JE. antimonialis, a black triturate of mercury, 

 antimony, and sulphur, made after several distinct 

 formulae. JE. martialis, black iron deutoxid. JE. 

 mineralis, black amorphous triturate of mercury with 

 sulphur, in various proportions. 



^thusa {e-thu'-sah). See Ethusa. 



/Ethusin [e-thu'-sin). SeeEthusin. 



Etiology (e-te-oF -o-je) . See Etiology. 



Afebrile {ah-fe'-bril) [d priv. ; febrilis, feverish]. 

 Without fever. 



Afetal {ah-fe'-tal) [d priv. ; fetus, an offspring]. With- 

 out a fetus. 



Affection {af-ek' -shun) [afficere, to affect]. A syno- 

 nym of disease. 



Affective (af-ek' -tn ) [afficere, to affect]. Exciting emo- 

 tion. A. Faculties, the emotions and propensities — 

 especially those peculiar to man. A. Insanity, emo- 

 tional or impulsive insanity. 



Affectus (af-ek' '-tus) [L.]. A disordered condition. 

 A. animi, an affection of the mind ; mental disorder. 

 A. suffocatorius. Synonym of Diphtheria. 



Afferent (af'-er-ent) [afferens, carrying to]. Carrying 

 toward the center. Of nerves : conveying impulses 

 toward the central nervous system; sensory, centri- 

 petal. Of blood-vessels : those, as arteries, conveying 

 blood to the tissue, sometimes also to the gills. Of 

 lymphatics : those conveying lymph to a lymphatic 

 gland. Compare Efferent. 



Afferentia, or Vasa afferentia (va'-sah af-er-en'-she- 

 ah) [L.]. I. The lymphatic vessels. 2. Any vessels 

 carrying blood or lymph to an organ. 



Affiliation (afil-e-a' '-shun) [ad, to; filius, son]. In 

 medical jurisprudence, the act of imputing or affixing 

 the paternity of a child in order to provide for its 

 maintenance. 



Affinity (af-in'-it-e) [affinis, akin to]. Relationship. 

 A synonym of Attraction. A., Chemical, the force 

 exerted at inappreciable distances, and between definite 

 and invariable weights of two or more combining sub- 

 stances, whereby bodies of dissimilar nature unite to 

 form new compounds. Contradistinguished from co- 

 hesion, which is an attraction between molecules. A., 

 Elective, the preference of one substance for another 

 rather than for a third or fourth. Affinity is spoken of 

 as compound, developed, disposing, divellent, intermedi- 

 ate, quiescent, reciprocal, or synthetic, according to the 

 part it plays, or is conceived to play, in any chemical 

 process. 



Affium (af'-e-um) [Arab., Afiun~\. The Asiatic name 

 for opium. 



Afflate {aflat') [afflatus, blown upon]. Sudden in its 

 attack ; overwhelming. 



Afflatus (afla'-tus) [L., "a blowing upon"]. I. A 

 draft or blast of air. 2. A sudden attack. 3. A sup- 

 posed inspiration or divine influence. 

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Affluence (af'-lu-ens) \_affluentia, from afftuere, to flow 

 to]. A determination or influx, as of blood to a 

 part. 



Affluent (af'-lu-ent) [affluens, flowing to]. Producing 

 a congestion ; determinant ; flowing in or upon. 



Afflux (af'-lux) [affluere, affluxus, to flow toward]. 

 The flow of the blood or other liquid to a particular 

 part. 



Affluxion (af-luk' '-shun) [afftuere, affluxus, to flow 

 toward]. See Afflux. 



Affusion (af-u'-zhun) [affusio, affundere, to pour 

 upon]. Pouring water upon a substance to cleanse it, 

 or upon the body in fevers to reduce temperature and 

 calm nervous symptoms. 



A-form Chronoscope. See Chronoscope. 



African (af'-rik-an) [Africa. Latin name of the country]. 

 Pertaining to Africa. A. Arrow-poison. See Stro- 

 phanthus. A. Date-mark. See Eurunculus orien- 

 talis. A. Fever. Synonym of Dengue. A. Gum, 

 gum arabic. See Acacia. A. Lethargy, or Nelavan, 

 a "sleeping sickness" affecting negroes of the West 

 African coast. Increasing somnolence is the character- 

 istic symptom. It is very fatal. Death after emaciation 

 follows in from three to six months. Post-mortem 

 examination has revealed hyperemia of the arachnoid, 

 and it is asserted that this " sleeping sickness " is only 

 one of the symptoms of Filariasis, q. v. No treatment 

 avails. A. Pepper, Chillies ; the intensely biting fruit 

 of Capsicum fastigiatum. See Capsicum. 



After (af'-ter) [A. S., after, back]. 1. The anus. The 

 buttocks. 2. Next in succession. A. Action, the 

 negative variation in an electrical current continuing 

 for a short time in a tetanized muscle. A. Birth, the 

 popular designation of the placenta, cord, and mem- 

 branes, sometimes cafled the secundines. A. Brain. 

 See Hindbrain and Metencephalon. A. Care, the care 

 or nursing of convalescents ; specifically, the treatment 

 of patients discharged as cured from lunatic asylums. 

 A. Cataract, Cataracta Secundaria ; an opacity of the 

 media of the eye after operation for cataract due to 

 opacification of the capsule or to non-absorption of the 

 remains of the lens-substance. A. Damp, a poisonous 

 mixture of gases, such as carbon monoxid and 

 carbon dioxid, found in coal mines after an explosion 

 of inflammable gases. A. Hearing, a neurotic con- 

 dition in which sounds are heard after the wave-motion 

 that produces them has ceased. A. Images, con- 

 tinued retinal impressions after the stimulus of the 

 light or image has ceased to act. A positive after- 

 image is a simple prolongation of the sensation ; a 

 negative after-image is the appearance of the image in 

 complementary colors. After-sensations may be also 

 experienced with other senses. A. Milk, the strip- 

 pings ; the last milk taken from the teat at any one 

 milking. It is peculiarly rich in butter, as compared 

 with the fore-milk. A. Pains. See Pains. A. Per- 

 ception, the perception of a sensation after the stimulus 

 has passed away. A. Sensation, a sensation lasting 

 longer than the stimulus producing it. A. Taste, a 

 gustatory sensation produced some time after the stimu- 

 lus has been removed. A. Treatment. See A. Care. 



Afterings (af'-ter-ingz) [A. S., after, after]. See 

 After-milk. 



Agacement des Dents [Fr.]. The unpleasant sensa- 

 tion of teeth " set on edge " from contact of acids. 



Agalactia (ah-gal-ak'-te-ah) [a priv.; ya?M, milk]. 

 Failure or insufficiency of the mother's milk after 

 childbirth. 



Agalactous (ah-gal-ak' '-tus) [d priv. ; ya/.a, milk]. 

 1. Without milk. 2. Not suckled; not nourished with 

 milk. 



Agalaxy (ah-gal'-ak-se). See Agalactia. 



