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Nosegay, Riolan's. The entire group of muscles 

 arising from the styloid process of the temporal bone. 



Noselia (nos-e'-li-ah) [yoarfkzvuv , to attend the sick]. 

 Nursing of the sick. 



Nosema (nos- e'-mah) [vdar/p.a']. Illness, disease. 

 Also a genus of Schizomycetes . 



Nosencephalon (ttos-en-sef -al-on). See Notenceph- 

 alus. 



Nosencephalus (nos-en-sef -al-us). Same as Noten- 

 cephalus. 



Nosephorous (nos-ef'-or-us) [vdaog, disease ; (popdg, 

 bearing]. Producing disease. 



Nosesesthesia (nos-es-es-the' '-ze-ah) [voar/pog, diseased ; 

 aladijaig, perception] . Perverted sensibility. 



Nosistoria (nos-is-to' -re-ah) [vdaog , disease ; laropia, 

 history]. The history of disease or of a disease. 



Nosocephalus (no-so-sef ~' -al-us). See Notencephalus. 



Nosocome (nos f -o-kom). Same as Nosocomium. 



Nosocomial (nos-o-ko'-meal) [vdaog, disease ; no/xelv, 

 to take care of ] . Pertaining to a hospital, or a nosoco- 

 mium. N. Gangrene. Synonym of hospital gangrene. 



Nosocomium (nos-o-ko f -me-um)[vdaog , disease ; Ko/uelv, 

 to take care of]. A place designed for the care of 

 the sick. A hospital. 



Nosocratic (nos-o-krat' -ik) [vdaog, illness ; uparelv, to 

 be strong]. Specific (applied to disease). 



Nosode (tios'-od) [voau(h/g, like a disease]. A homeo- 

 pathic or isopathic remedy. 



Nosodochium (nos-o-do' '-ke-um). Synonym of Noso- 

 comium. 



Nosogenesis {ttos-o-jen' '-es-is) . Synonym of Nosogeny. 



Nosogenetic (nos-o-jen-et' '-ik) [vdaog, disease; yeveaig, 

 genesis] . Pertaining to nosogenesis. 



Nosogeny (nos-oj'-en-e) [vdaog , disease ; yevvav, to 

 beget]. The development and progress of diseases. 



Nosographic (nos-o-graf -ik) [vdaog, disease ; ypd^eiv, 

 to write]. Pertaining to nosography. 



Nosography (tios-og' -ra-fe) [vdgog, disease ; yparpeiv, 

 to write]. A descriptive treatise on the character and 

 nature of diseases. 



Nosologic (nos-o-log'-ik) [vdaog, disease ; Tidyog, sci- 

 ence] . Pertaining to nosology. 



Nosologist {jios-ol' -o-jist) [yoaog, disease ; Tidyog, sci- 

 ence]. One versed in nosology. 



Nosology (nos-ol'-o-je) [yoaog, disease ; 7\,dyog, science]. 

 The scientific classification of diseases. 



Nosomania (nos-o-ma' -ne-ah) [vdaog, disease ; navla, 

 mania]. The insane or hypochondriac delusion of a 

 patient that he is suffering from some disease, from 

 which, in point of fact, he may not be entirely free. 



Nosomycosis (nos-o-mi-ko'-sis) [vdaog , disease ; jJ.vK.rig, 

 fungus] . Any disease due to the presence of a para- 

 sitic fungus, or schizomycete. 



"Hosonomy (nos-on'-o-me) [v6aog, disease; bvofia, name]. 

 The nomenclature of diseases. 



Nosonomy (tios-on'-o-me) [v6aog, disease; vdfiog, law]. 

 The study, or science, of the laws of disease. 



Nosophobia (nos-o-fo' '-be-ah) [yoaog, disease; <f>d(iog, 

 fear]. The insane, or exaggerated, fear of disease; 

 pathophobia. 



Nosophthoria ( nos-off-thor r -e-ah ) [v6aog , disease ; 

 $86 pa, destruction]. The eradication of diseases by 

 prophylactic measures. 



Nosophyte (nos'-o-fit) [vdaog, disease; <f>vrdv, plant]. 

 Any pathogenic vegetable microorganism. 



Nosopoietic (nos-o-poi-ct' -ik) [v6aog, disease ; wotr/riKog, 

 making]. Causing disease. 



Nosotaxy (nos'-o-taks-e) [vdaog, disease ; rd^ig, arrange- 

 ment] . The classification of diseases. 



Nosotrophe (itos-of -ro-fe) [vdaog, disease ; rpotyi], sus- 

 tenance]. I. The nourishment of disease. 2. The 

 care of the sick. 



Nosotrophic, Nosotrophous (ttos-o-tro'-fik, nos-ot'-ro- 

 fus) [vdaog, disease; rpo<pr), sustenance]. Maintaining 

 disease. 



Nostalgia {nos-tal' -je-ah) [ydarog, return ; d/l}'oc,pain]. 

 Homesickness. 



Nostalgic [nos-taF -jik) [vdarog, return ; aAyog, pain]. 

 Affected with nostalgia. 



Nostoc (nos'-tok) [Ger. , nostoch, nostoc]. A genus of 

 algous plants, often of a gelatinous nature, such as 

 ■witches' -butter and star-spittle. Some of the species are 

 edible, e. g., N. edule, being used in soups. Unof. 



Nostologic (nos-to-loj v -ik) [vdarog, return; 7-dyog, 

 science]. Pertaining to nostology, or to second child- 

 hood ; extremely senile. 



Nostology (nos-tol' -o-je)[ydgrog, return ; 7-dyog, science]. 

 In biology, the department devoted to the study of 

 senility. 



Nostomania (nos-to-ma' '-ne-ah) [_vda~og, return ; fiavia. 

 madness]. Nostalgia amounting to monomania. 



Nostrasia (nos-tra' '-ze-ah) [nostras, of our country] 

 Nostalgia. 



Nostril {tws f -tril) [A. S. nosu, nose; thyrl, to drill] 

 One of the external orifices of the nose. N., False, t 

 conic, curved diverticulum or blind pouch, from two t> 

 three inches in depth, leaving the nostril of the 

 immediately within the opening, and lying in thenotcl 

 formed between the nasal and premaxillary bones. 



Nostromania {iios-tro-ma' -ne-ah). Same as 

 piania. 



Nostrum (nos / -trum) [noster, ours] . Any quack raedi 

 cine or cure-all ; any proprietary medicine. 



Notacanthous (no-tak-an'-lhus) [vurog, the back 

 CLKavdd, a spine]. In biology, having dorsal spines. 



Notal [no / -tal) [vurog, back]. Dorsal, or tergal ; per 

 taining to the back. 



Notalgia [no-taF -je-ah) [vurog, back ; a?.yog, pain] 

 Any pain in the back. 



Notanencephalia (no-tan-en-sef-a / -le-ah) [vurog, back : 

 d priv. ; kyKi<j>a?iog , brain]. Congenital absence of 

 the dorsal part of the cranium. 



Notaspis (no-las' '-pis) [vurog, the back ; aa-tg, shield] 

 In embryology, the germ-shield or dorsal area of tht 

 embryo, in which appears the primitive furrow. 



Notate {no' -tat) [notatus, p.p. of notare, to mark]. Ir. 

 biology, marked, spotted, variegated. 



Notch [an assibilated form of nock~\. An indenta 

 tion, especially on the circumferential edge 

 bone. N., Acetabular. See Cotyloid. N. of the 

 Cerebellum, the depression between the two hemi 

 spheres of the cerebellum, anteriorly and posteriorly. 

 N., Coraco-scapular. See N., Supra-scapiriar. N.. 

 Cotyloid. See Cotyloid. N., Ethmoid, the notcl: 

 separating the two orbital plates of the frontal bone. 

 It is occupied by the cribriform plate of the ethmoid. 

 N., Great Sciatic. See A 7 "., Ischiatic. N., Inter- 

 clavicular. Synonym of N., Suprasternal. N.. 

 Intercondyloid. See Intercondyloid Fossa. N.. 

 Intervertebral, any one of the depressions on tli 

 vertebral pedicles, either on the upper or lower si 

 The apposition of two notches of contiguous vertebw 

 forms the intervertebral foramen. N., Ischiatic, tin 

 notch in the ischium that is converted into a forasu 

 by the ischiatic ligaments. N., Jugular, a not' 

 formingtlie posterior boundary of the jugular foi 

 N., Lantermann's, the appearance of the internod 

 segments of the nerve-sheath under the intlui 

 certain reagents, dividing the same into strips obliquelj 

 cut at the ends. N., Lesser Sciatic, a notch 

 the spine of the ischium over which the tendon 

 obturator interims muscle passes. N., Nasal, an 

 uneven interval between the internal angular 

 of the frontal bone, which articulates with the nasal 



