AMMOX'S FISSURE. 



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AMPHIARTHROSIS 



Dose gr. 54— i- A. glycyrrhizas. Unof. An ex- 

 pectorant. A. iodidum, NH 4 I. Dose gr. ij-x. A. 

 liniment, am. aq. 35, alcohol 5, cottonseed oil 60. 

 A. Molybdenate Test. See Tests, Table of. The 

 following salts and their preparations are official : A. 

 nitras, NH 4 X0 3 . used only in preparing nitrous oxid. 

 A. phosphas, (NH 4 ) 2 HP0 4 . Dose gr. v-xx. A. 

 picras, C 6 H 2 (XH 4 )(N0 2 ) 3 0, a salt in yellow needles, 

 of bitter taste; like other picrates it is explosive, and 

 must be handled with care. It is antipyretic and anti- 

 periodic, and tends to correct gastric disturbances. 

 Dose gr. v in 24 hours ; best given in wafers, each 

 containing half a grain. A. Spt., a ten per cent, 

 solution of aqua ammoniae in alcohol. Dose TTLx-sjj, 

 diluted. A. sulphas, (NH 4 ) 2 S0 4 , used only in the 

 preparation of other ammonium salts. A. valeria- 

 nas, \H 4 C 5 H 9 Oj. Dose gr. j-v. Raspail's Eau 

 Sedatif (unof.), aqua ammoniae Jij, sodium chlorid 

 gij, spt. vini camph. giij, aq. ^xxxij. For local 

 use. 



Ammon's Fissure. See Fissure. A.'s Horn. See 

 Hippocamp. A.'s Operation. See Operations, Table 

 of. A.'s Posterior Scleral Protuberance, a variety 

 of posterior ectasia of the sclera of the eye. 



Ammophilous (am- off '-il- us) [auuog, sand; Ot/of, 

 loving]. In biology, inhabiting sandy places. 



Ammotherapy (am-o-ther* -a-pe) [afifioc, sand; depa- 

 - a, to heal]. The use of sand-baths in the treat- 

 ment of disease. 



Amnemonic (am-ne- mon'-ik) [a priv.; fivr/fioviKog, 

 relating to the memory]. Accompanied by or result- 

 ing in impairment of the memory. 



Amnemosyne (am-ne-mos'-en-e) [a priv.; fivefioavvrj , 

 memory]. Forgetfulness. 



Amnesia (am-ne 1 '-se-ah) [auvjjoia, forgetfulness]. De- 

 fect of memory. Loss of the memory for words. A. 

 Acustica, word-deafness. A. Periodic. See Double 

 Consciousness. 



Amnesic (am-ne' -sik). Relating to amnesia. 



Amnestia (am-nes / -te-ah) [afivrjo-ia, forgetfulness]. 

 Amnesia. 



Amnestic (am-nes'-tik) [auvrforia, forgetfulness]. I. 

 Amnesic. 2. Causing amnestia. 



Amnia (am' -ne-ah ) [afiviov, a young lamb]. Plural 

 of Amnion, q. v. 



Amniac (am'-ne-ak) [afiviov, a young lamb]. Am- 

 nionic. 



Amnio-chorial (am-ne- 0- k& '-re-al) [afiviov ; %6piov, a 

 membrane]. Pertaining to both amnion and chorion. 



Amnioclepsis (am-ne-o-ktep / -sis) [auviov, amnion ; 

 K/.e-reiv, to steal away]. The slow and unnoticed es- 

 cape of the liquor amnii. 



Amnion (am' -ne-on) [afiviov, a young lamb]. The in- 

 nermost of the fetal membranes ; it is continuous 

 with the fetal epidermis at the umbilicus, forming a 

 complete sheath for the umbilical cord and a sac or 

 bag in which the fetus is enclosed. It contains one or 

 two pints of liquor amnii. It is a double non-vascular 

 membrane, the inner layer or sac derived from the 

 epiblast, the outer from the mesoblast. The cavity of 

 the inner folds is called the true amnion, that of the 

 outer, the false. A., Dropsy of, excessive secretion 

 of liquor amnii. 



Amnionic (am-ne- on' -ik) [auviov, a young lamb]. Re- 

 lating to the amnion. 



Amniorrhea, (am-ne-o-re'-ah) [auvioc, amniotic liquor; 

 peetv, to flow]. The discharge of the liquor amnii. 



Amniota (am-ne-o'-tah) [afiviov, a young lamb]. Ani- 

 mals with an amnion and allantois, comprising mam- 

 mals, birds, and reptiles. Those without an amnion 

 are called Anamnia 



Amniotic (am-ne-ot'-ih) [a/ivtov, a young lamb]. Re- 



lating to the amnion, as the A. Fluid. A. Fluid. 

 Same as Liquor amnii. 



Amniotis (am-ne-o'-tis) [afiviov, a young lamb]. See 

 Amniotitis. 



Amniotitis (am-ne-o-ti'-tis) [auviov, a young lamb ; 

 ing, inflammation]. Inflammation of the amnion. 



Amniotome (am' -ne-o-tom) [afiviov, a young lamb ; 

 rofiTf, a cut]. An instrument for puncturing the fetal 

 membranes. 



Amnitis (am-ni'-tis). Same as Amniotitis. 



Amceba (am-e'-bah). See Ameba. 



Amceboid (am-e'-boid). See Ameboid. 



Amcebodont [am-e'-bo-dont). See Amebodont. 



Amcenomania (am-e-no-ma' -ne-ah). See Amenomania. 



Amomum (am-o 1 '-mum) [a/iufiov, an Eastern spice 

 plant]. A genus of scitaminaceous plants to which 

 the cardamom (A. cardamomum) and Grains of 

 Paradise (A. granum paradisi) belong. 



Amorphia (ah-mor J -fe-ah) [a priv. ; fiop^i/, form]. 

 Shapeless condition. 



Amorphinism (ah-mor'-fn-izm) [a priv. ; Morpheus, 

 the god of sleep]. The condition resulting from the 

 withdrawal of morphine from one habituated to the 

 drug. 



Amorphism (ah-mor'-fzm) [a priv. ; fiopfyrj, a form]. 

 The state or quality of being amorphous or without 

 shape ; specifically, absence of crystallization ; want 

 of crystalline structure. 



Amorphous (ah-mor'-fus) [a priv. ; fioppi/, a form]. 

 Formless, shapeless, non-crystallized. A. Quinin, 

 quinoidin, its salts being non-crystallizable. 



Amorphus (ah-mor'-fus) [a priv. ; fiopor/, a form]. 

 An acardiacus without head or extremities. See also 

 Anideus. A. Globulus. See Anideus. 



Amotio (am-o'-ske-o) [L.]. A detachment. A. Re- 

 tinae. See Ablatio Retiycz. 



Ampac (am' -pah) [E. Indian']. An East Indian 

 rutaceous tree of the genus Xanthoxylum or Ampacus. 

 Its leaves are used in medicating baths, and its 

 odoriferous resin is a stimulant. Unof. 



Ampelopsin (am-pel-op'-sin). See American Ivy. 



Ampelopsis (am-pel-op'-sis). See American Ivy. 



Ampelotherapy (am-pel-o-ther'-a-pe) [au-e?.oc, a grape- 



. vine ; depa-evetv, to heal]. The Grape-cure, q. v. 



Amperage (om'-par-ahj) [Fr.]. The number of am- 

 peres passing in a given circuit. 



Ampere (om-par') [a French physicist]. See Electrical 

 Units. A.'s Laws relate to the forces between con- 

 ductors carrying electric currents. Avogadrd s law, 

 that equal volumes of a gas when under the same 

 conditions contain the same number of molecules, is 

 also called Ampere's Law. In honor of Ampere, the 

 unit of measurement of an electric current is called an 

 Ampere. 



Amperemeter (am'-pdr-me-ter) [Ampere; fiirpov, to 

 measure]. An instrument for estimating the current 

 of an electric circuit in amperes. 



Ampere's Law. See Law. 



Amphanthium (amf-an' -the-um) [afitfii, about ; avdoc , 

 a flower]. See Clinantkium. 



Amphemerina (am-fe-mer' -in-ah) [afjutyfieptvdt;, daily]. 

 A- hectic or intermittent fever that recurs daily. 



Amphi- (am'-fe) [afitpi, around]. A prefix signifying 

 about, on both sides, around, etc. , as amphiarthrosis, 

 amphibia, etc. 



Amphiarthrosis (am-fe-ar-thro' -sis) [afitbi, around ; 

 apdpov, a joint]. A form of mixed articulation in 

 which the surfaces of the bones are connected by 

 broad discs of fibro-cartilage, or else they are covered 

 with fibro-cartilage and connected by external liga- 

 ments. It is distinguished by limited flexion in every 

 direction, as, e.g., between the vertebrae. 



