PTOTIC 1211 PTYSMATISCHESIS 



TABLE OF PTOMAIXS.— Continued. 



'riethylamin. 



CbHisN. 



Brieger. 



Putrefying fish (haddock). 



Non-toxic. 



nnamed. 



C, H 1S N. 



Guareschi and 

 Mosso. 



Putrid fibrin. 



'nnamed. 



C13H20N4. 



Oser. 



Fermenting cane-sugar. 



'nnamed. 



C14H30N2O. 



Guareschi. 



Putrefying fibrin. 



nnamed. 



! CnHjg^. 



Gautier and Etard. Putrefying mackerel, horse-flesh and 

 ox-flesh. 



nnamed. 



C32H31N. 



Del6zinier. 



'totic {t</-tik) [-runic, a falling]. Affected with or 

 pertaining to ptosis. 



'totostereoscope (lo-tos-te' -re-o-skop) [rrruroc , fallen ; 

 orepfof, solid; aiarreiv, to examine]. Donders' name 

 for an instrument for testing the existence of binocular 

 vision. 



'tyalagogue {ti-aP '-a-gog) [—razor, saliva ; ayuyoc, 

 leading]. A medicine producing an increased flow 

 of saliva. A sialagogue. 



tyalin [ti'-al-in) [-ria/ov, saliva]. An amylolytic or 

 diastatic ferment found in saliva, having the property 

 of converting starch into dextrin and sugar. The 

 starch first becomes converted into achroodextrin and 

 erythrodextrin ; these by hydration into maltose, and 

 the latter, by further hydration, into dextrose. Ptyalin 

 is most active in a slightly alkaline medium and at 

 the temperature of the body. 



tyalinogen (ti-al-in'-o-jeri) [—ria'/xrv, saliva ; yewav, 

 to produce]. The hypothetic zymogen of ptyalin. 

 tyalism (ti f -al-izm) [— rva/jov, saliva]. An excessive 

 secretion of saliva. Sometimes it is used to signify 

 mercurial ptyalism. P., Mercurial, that produced 

 by mercury. It is attended with profuse salivation, a 

 coppery taste, swelling and sponginess of the gums. 

 and sometimes by looseness of the teeth and fetid 

 breath. 



tyalismus (ti-al-iz'-mus). See Ptyalism. P. mer- 

 curialis. Synonym of Ptyalism, Mercurial. 



Ptyalith [ti'-al- it/i) [-ria/.ov, saliva ; /.iBoc, stone]. A 

 salivary calculus. 



Ptyalize (ti'-al-iz) [-rva/.i^eiv, to salivate]. To pro- 

 duce pytalism. 



Ptyalocele [ti-al'-o-sel) [irria/.ov, saliva; ni//J}, tumor]. 

 A cyst due to obstruction of the duct of a salivary 

 gland. 



Ptyalogogic {ti-al-o-goj' '-ik) [— rval.ov, spittle ; ayuyoc, 

 leading]. Promoting a flow of saliva. 



Ptyalogogue (ti-al'-o-gog) [-ria'/.ov, spittle ; ayuyoc, 

 leading]. A medicine causing a flow of saliva. 



Ptyalophthisis ( ti-al-off'-this-is ) [~ ria/ov, saliva ; 

 dftioic, a wasting]. Wasting from excessive discharge 

 of saliva. 



Ptyalose (ti'-al-ozS [-ria/ov, saliva]. A sugar found 

 in saliva ; it is identical with maltose. 



Ptyalum (ti'-al-utti). Synonym of Saliva. 



Ptychodont {ti f -ko-donf) [~ri- (— rr/-), a fold ; btioic, 

 (btiovr) tooth]. In biology, applied to molar teeth 

 with folded crowns, or to the animals bearing such 

 teeth. 



Ptysis (ti'-sis) [-ricic]. The act of spitting. 



Ptysma (tiz'-mali) [miopia]. Saliva. 



Ptysmagogue \tiz'-mag-og) [Trriafia, spittle; d-.u^oc, 

 leading] . A drug that promotes the secretion of sa- 

 liva ; a ptyalagogue, or sialagogue. 



Ptysmatischesis (tiz-mat-is'-Jbe-sis) [rrio-fia, saliva; 

 'icrxeiv, to check]. Retention of saliva. 



