NOX-MEDULLATED 



typhus and typhoid, chancre and chancroid, mem- 

 branous croup and laryngeal diphtheria. 

 Non-medullated \iion-med' -ul-la-ted) [non, not; med- 

 ulla, marrow]. Without marrow. N.-m. Nerve- 

 fibers. See Xerve-fiber. 

 Non-motile (non-mo' -til) [non, not ; motilis, moving]. 



Not having the power of spontaneous motion. 

 Non-naturals, The Six. In the old hygiene, this 

 term designated air, food, exercise, sleep, secretion 

 (and excretion), and mental activity. 

 Nonose (tion'-oz) [nanus, nine]. One of a group of 

 the glucoses, with the formula C 9 H 18 9 . See Carbo- 

 nates, Table of. 

 Non-parous (non- par' -us). Same as Nulliparous. 

 Non-restraint (non-re-stranf ) [non, not; Er., re- 

 straindre, to restrain]. The treatment of insanity 

 without any possible means of compulsion. 

 Non-sexual (non-seks'-u-al) [non, not; sexus, sex]. 



Same as Asexual. 

 Noology (no-ol' '-o-je) [v6oq, mind; "K6yoq, science]. 

 The science of mind, including that of mental dis- 

 orders. 



(no-os' '-fal-ez) [voog, mind; yaXkeiv, to 



Demented. 

 (no-os-ter-e' '-sis) [vooq, mind ; (TTepr/aiq, 

 Dementia ; loss of reason. 



An apparatus for saturating water 

 it consists of three glass vessels 



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Norway Itch. See Itch, Norway. N. Spruce. See 

 Abies. 



Norwegian Itch. A variety of aggravated scabies seen 

 mainly in lepers. See Itch, Norway. 



Nosacerus (tioz-as' -er-tis) [vooanepog, from vococ, ill- 

 ness]. Diseased. 



Nosazontology (nos-az-on-tol' -o-je) [voaa(,eo6ai., to fall 

 ill; 'to^oq, science]. The science of the etiology of 

 diseases. 



Nose (nbz) [ME., nose, nose]. The special organ of 

 the sense of smell. It is also associated in the per- 

 formance of phonation and respiration. The anterior 

 or external entrance is termed the anterior nares, and 

 comprises the nostrils. It is lined throughout by a 

 delicate mucosa termed the Schneiderian membrane, 

 in the upper portion of which the terminations of the 

 olfactory nerves are distributed. N. -bleed. See 

 Epistaxis. N., Bottle, an hypertrophied condition 

 of the nose with a varicose condition of its veins, 

 usually associated with alcoholism. N. -brain, the 

 olfactory lobes of the brain ; the rhinencephalon. 



Noosphales 



overthrow]. 

 Noosteresis 



privation] . 

 Nooth's Apparatus. 



with carbon dioxid 



united by tubes. The gas is generated in the first, 

 washed in the next, and stored in the third. 



Morm [norma, a rule]. Standard. 



Morma (nor'-mafi) [L. ,a measure]. In anatomy, a 

 view or aspect — essentially of the skull. N. basi- 

 laris, a view or aspect of the skull looking toward the 

 inferior aspect. N. facialis, the aspect looking toward 

 the face. N. lateralis, the aspect looking toward 

 either half; a profile view. N. occipitalis, the 

 aspect looking toward the back of the skull. N. 

 verticalis, the aspect viewed from above, or that 

 directed toward the top of the skull. 



Sformal (nor'-mal) [norma, rule]. Conforming to 

 natural order or law. N. Position, the typical position 

 to which all vertebrates, especially, are most easily 

 referred for comparison. In it the body axis is straight, 

 the limbs project directly to the right and left ; the 

 radius and ulna, tibia and fibula, are parallel with the 

 thumb and great toe on the cephalic (upper) aspect or 

 edge. N. Salt Solution or N. Saline Solution, 

 an aqueous solution of sodium chlorid of a strength 

 similar to that of the body-fluids — usually 0.6-0.75 P er 

 cent. N.-sightedness. See Emmetropia. N. So- 

 lution, in chemistry a solution of a salt or an acid con- 

 taining in 1000 grains of the solvent a quantity of the 

 salt or acid equal in grams to the molecular weight. 

 A decinormal solution is one of one-tenth the strength, 

 and a centinormal solution one of one-hundredth the 

 strength of the normal solution. N. Structure, in 

 organic chemistry, the union of carbon atoms in a 

 simple, open chain, 

 formality (nor-mal' '-it-e) [norma, rule]. Normal 

 quality ; the normal state. 



formalization (nor-mal-iz-a'-shun) [norma, rule]. In 

 biology, a term used to include all processes by which 

 modified or morphologically abnormal forms and rela- 

 tions may be reduced, either actually or ideally, to 

 their known primitive and presumed normal conditions, 

 tormandy Colic. See Colic. 

 lormoblast (nor* -mo-blast). See Corpuscle. 

 foropianic Acid (nor-o-pe-an'-ik). See Acid. 

 forris's Invisible Corpuscles. See Corpuscle. 

 lorton's Abyssinian Tube-well. A tube or tubes 

 driven into the soil, tapping the subsoil water. 



Transverse Section of the Nasal Fossae 



1. Nasal septum. 2. Anterior extremity of middle turbinated 

 bone. 3. Middle meatus. 4. Section of inferior turbinated 

 bone. 5. Inferior meatus. 6. Lacrymal canal. 7. Canalic- 

 uli. 8. Nasal canal. 9. Section of reflected mucous mem- 

 brane. 10. Maxillary sinus or antrum of Highmore. 



N., Bridge of, the prominence formed by the junction 

 of the nasal bones. N. -cavities, the nasal fosste. N.- 

 cough, a reflex trigeminal cough due to irritation of the 

 nasal mucosa. N. -glasses, eye-glasses held on the 

 nose by a spring; a pince-nez. N.-hole, a nostril. 

 N. -piece, a mechanical device to be attached to a 

 microscope for holding two, three, or four objectives. 

 It is screwed into the object-end of the tube of the 

 microscope. N., Tench's, a name for the external os 

 uteri. N. -truss, an instrument for keeping the nasal 

 bones in place after dislocation. N., Wings of, the 

 bulging borders of the nostril, formed by folds of skin 

 enclosing adipose and fibro-connective tissue. 



