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ANAZOTURIA 



Anapnograph (an-ap' -no-graf) [avairvoj], respiration ; 

 ■ypcupEiv, to write]. An apparatus registering the move- 

 ments of inspiration and expiration, together with the 

 quantity of air inhaled. 



Anapnoic (an-ap-no' -ik) [avd, against; d-Kvoia, want 

 of breath]. Favoring respiration ; relieving dyspnea. 



Anapnometer (att-ap-nom' -et-er) [avairvorj, respiration ; 

 fit t/jov, a measure]. An anapneometer. 



Anapophysis (an-ap-off' -is-is) [avd, back ; d-rrdtyvoig, 

 an offshoot]. An accessory process of a lumbar or 

 posterior dorsal vertebra, corresponding to the inferior 

 tubercle of the transverse process of a typical dorsal 

 vertebra. 



Anarcotin (ah-nar' '-ko-tin) [a priv. ; vapnuTindq, nar- 

 cotic]. Narcotin, so called from its lack of narcotic 

 power. 



Anargyrus (an-ar' -jir-us) [av priv. ; apyvpoc, silver : 

 pi. , Anargyri\. An old name for a practitioner who 

 treated the sick gratuitously. 



Anarrhea, or Anarrhcea (an-ar-e 1 '-ah) [avd, up ; po'ia, 

 flow]. Afflux to an upper part, as of blood to the head. 



Anarrhexis (an-ar-eks'-is) [avd, up; pf/^ig, fracture]. 

 Surgical refracture of a bone. 



Anarthria (an-ar' -thre-ah) [av priv. ; dpOpov, articula- 

 tion], i. Partial aphasia from partial destruction of the 

 paths of the motor tracts of speech, and characterized 

 by defective articulation. 2. Without joints. 



Anarthrous (an-ar' -thrus) [av priv.; apBpov, a joint]. 

 Jointless. So corpulent that no joints are visible. 



Anasarca (an-ah-sar' -kah) [avd, through; odp^, the 

 flesh]. An accumulation of serum in the areolar tis- 

 sues of the body. If associated with effusion of fluid 

 into serous cavities it is called general dropsy. If the 

 affection is local, it is called edema. This local form 

 is generally the result of some mechanical obstruction 

 to the flow of blood in the part. 



Anasarcous (an-ah-sar' -kus) [ava, through ; capg , the 

 flesh]. Affected with anasarca. 



Anaspadias (an-as -pa' -de- as) [avd, up ; cirdeiv, to 

 draw]. An urethral opening upon the upper surface 

 of the penis. 



Anastaltic (an-as-tal' -tik) [avaoTalTLndr , checking, 

 putting back, or up ; orfkleiv, to send]. I. Strongly 

 astringent. 2. Centripetal ; afferent ; used of nerve- 

 currents. 



Anastasis (an-as' -las-is) [avdaraaic, a setting up]. Re- 

 covery ; convalescence ; a state of improving health, 

 vigor, or development. 



Anastate (an' -as- tat) [avdararog, caused to rise]. Any 

 substance that appears in or is characteristic of an 

 anabolic process. 



Anastatic (an-as-taf-ik) [avaaraToc, caused to rise]. 

 Tending to recovery ; restorative. 



Anastole (an-as' -io-le) \JivaoTo7.rj , retracted]. Retrac- 

 tion ; shrinking away, as of the lips of a wound. 



Anastom (an' -as-torn) [ava, above; ardiia, mouth]. 

 Any mouthless organism ; specifically, a member of 

 the genus Anastoma, among the Gasteropods or Orthop- 

 tera, or Anactomus among the Salmonidse. 



Anastomosis (an-as-to-mo'-sis) [avaoTofideiv, to bring 

 to a mouth]. The intercommunication of vessels. 

 Anastomotic arteries of the thigh, etc., branches of the 

 brachial, femoral, etc., whereby the collateral circula- 

 tion is established after ligature for aneurysm, etc. 

 The term has been inaccurately used of the junction 

 of the nerve-filaments. A., Crucial, an arterial an- 

 astomosis in the upper part of the thigh, formed by the 

 anastomotic branch of the sciatic, the first perforating, 

 the internal circumflex, and the transverse branch of 

 the external circumflex. A., Intestinal, an opera- 

 tion consisting in establishing a communication be- 

 tween the intestine above and that below the obstruc- 



tion, in cases of intestinal obstruction. In this way 

 the impermeable portion of the bowel is excluded 

 from the fecal circulation. 



Anastomotic (an-as-to-mof -ik) [avaarofioeiv, to bring 

 to a mouth]. Pertaining to anastomosis. 



Anatherapeusis (an-ath-er-ap-u' -sis) [avd, forward; 

 BepanEvoic, medical treatment]. Treatment by in- 

 creasing doses. 



Anathrepsis (an-ath-rep' -sis) [dvddpeiptc, a fresh 

 growth]. A renewal of lost flesh after recovery. 



Anathreptic (an-ath-rep' -tik) [dvddpefic, a fresh 

 growth]. Restorative of lost flesh ; nutritive. 



Anatomical (an-at-om' -ik-al) [avaroixia, anatomy]. 

 Pertaining to anatomy. A. Tubercle. See Ver- 

 ruca necrogenica. 



Anatomism (an-af -om-izni) [dvaroii'ia, anatomy]. The 

 theory that anatomical conditions determine all the 

 phenomena of life, health, and disease. 



Anatomist (an-af -om-ist) [avaTOfila, anatomy]. One 

 who is expert in anatomy. A.'s Snuff-box, the tri- 

 angular space between the tendons of the extensor of 

 the metacarpal bone of the thumb and the extensor of 

 the first phalanx on the back of the hand. 



Anatomy (an-af -o-me) [avd, up, apart; teiiveiv, to cut]. 

 The dissection of organic bodies in order to study their 

 structure, the situations and uses of their organs, etc. 

 A., Applied, anatomy as concerned in the diagnosis and 

 management of pathological conditions. A., Compar- 

 ative, the investigation and comparison of the anatomy 

 of different orders of animals or of plants, one with an- 

 other. A., Descriptive, a study of the separate and 

 individual portions of the body, apart from their rela- 

 tionship to surrounding parts. A., Gross, anatomy 

 of the macroscopic tissues. A., Homological, the 

 study of the correlations of the several parts of the 

 body. A., Minute, that studied under the micro- 

 scope. A., Morbid or Pathological, a study of 

 diseased structures. A., Physiognomical, the study 

 of expressions depicted upon the exterior of the body, 

 especially upon the face. A., Regional, a study of 

 limited parts or regions of the body, the divisions of 

 which are collectively or peculiarly affected by disease, 

 injury, operations, etc. A., Surgical, the application 

 of anatomy to surgery. A., Topographical, the 

 anatomy of a single portion or part of the body. A., 

 Transcendental, the study of the general design of 

 the body, and of the particular design of the organs. 

 A., Veterinary, the anatomy of domestic animals. 



Anatripsis (an-at-rip' -sis) [dvarpitpir, a rubbing]. Rub- 

 bing ; the removal of a part or growth by scraping or 

 rubbing ; inunction. Also an upward or centripetal 

 movement in massage. 



Anatripsology (an-at-rip-sol'-o-je) [dvdrpnpig, a rub- 

 bing; ?6yog, science]. The science of friction as a 

 remedial agent. 



Anatriptic (an-at-rip' -tik) [avdrpirpig, a rubbing]. A 

 medicine to be applied by rubbing. 



Anatropal (an-af -ro-pal) [dvarptireiv, to turn upside 

 down]. See Anatropous. 



Anatropous (an-af -ro-pus) [avd, up; rpiireiv, to turn]. 

 In biology, inverted. Applied to the ovule when com- 

 pletely inverted, so that the hilum and micropyle are 

 brought close together. 



Anaudia (an-a~i>'-de-ah) [dj'priv.; avdii, voice]. Loss 

 of voice ; dumbness ; inability to articulate. 



Anaxonia (an-aks-o'-ne-alt) [r/i'priv.; <iHi,n\ axle, axis]. 

 In biology, organic forms wholly irregular or varying, 

 and without axes. 



Anazoturia (an-az-ot-u'-re-ah) [<ii>priv. ; azotitm, nitro- 

 gen ; oipov, mine]. A name applied to that form of 

 chronic diuresis in which urea is deficient or absent 

 from the urine. 



