

PUERILE 



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PULMONARY 



'uerile (pu'-er-il) [puerilis ; puer, boy]. Pertaining 

 to bovhood or childhood. P. Respiration, a form of 

 ration sometimes observed in adults and similar to 

 that heard in vigorous, healthy children. 

 aerpera pu-er* '-pe-rah) [puer, boy, child; parere,\o 

 bear]. A woman in labor, or one recently delivered, 

 jerperal i pu-er' -pe-ral) [puerpera, puerpera]. Per- 

 taining to the state of a woman in childbed. P. Con- 

 vulsions. See Eclampsia. P. Fever, an acute, 

 grave, febrile affection of women in childbed, usually 

 due to septic infection. See Fever. P. Insanity, 

 insanitv occurring during the puerperium, usually 

 within rive or ten days after delivery. The insanity 

 may take the form of mania, melancholia, or dementia. 

 P. Mania, a delirious condition of women sometimes 

 occurring in the puerperium. See Insanity, Confu- 



| rional. P. Sepsis, P. Septicemia. See P. Fever. 

 P. Tetanus, tetanus, occurring rarely in the puer- 

 perium. It is usually fatal. 



lerperality > pu-er-per-al' -it-e) [Fr., Puerptralite\. 

 The puerperal condition, 

 lerperium {pu-er-pe'-re-um) [L. ; puer, boy, child ; 



> (>arere, to bear]. The puerperal state or season ; the 

 period from birth to the time when the uterus has re- 

 gained its normal size, which is about six weeks, 

 lerperopyra (pu-er-per-o-pi' '-rah) [puer, boy, child; 

 'xtrere, to bear; — ip, fire, fever]. Puerperal fever, 

 lerpero-typhus ( pu-er* 'per-o-ti' '-/us) [puer, child ; 

 "tarere, to bear ; rvcxx;, stupor]. A typhoid state de- 

 veloping in the course of any grave puerperal disease, 

 .erperous ( pu-er' -per-us). Same as Puerperal. 

 .erpery pu-er* '-per-e) [puerperum, childbirth]. The 

 ■ ite. 



1 :ff-ball. See Lycoperdon giganteum, bovista. 

 irnness puf'-in-es) [ME. , puf, a puff]. Swelling or 

 intumescence of the tissues ; an edematous condition, 

 iffy puf'-e) [ME.,/«/, a puff]. Tumid, swollen, 

 or puffed up, as with air ; swollen and soft. P. Tumor, 

 :Pott's. See Tumor. 



ig [origin obscure]. A term signifying dwarf. P.- 

 nose, Snub-nose, turned-up nose ; a deformity of the 

 characterized by a flattening of the organ and a 

 rig up of its tip. P. -tooth, a canine tooth. 

 :gil, Pugillus {pu'-jil,pu-jil'-us) [L., a handful]. 

 The amount of a substance that can be grasped be- 

 ween the thumb and two or three fingers. See also 



.gioniform {pu-je -on'-if-orm) [pugio, a dagger; 

 y'orma, form] Shaped like a dagger. 



I [origin obscure]. A colloquialism signify - 



Tg vomit and generally used as a verb, 

 king (pu'-king) [origin obscure]. Vomiting. P. 

 er. Synonym of Milk-sickness. 

 Ilex (pu'-leks) [L.]. A flea. A genus of insects 

 artly parasitic upon the skin. P. irritans, Flea : a 

 ansient parasite on man. The bite causes an itching, 

 I ircular. red spot of hyperemia, in the center of which 

 little speck where the boring apparatus has entered. 

 nay produce an irritable urticaria. P. pene- 

 trans, the chigoe, or jigger flea, a species the female 

 rich, much smaller than the ordinary flea, burrows 

 iinler the skin of the feet to deposit its ova. A high 

 degree of irritation, which may go on to serious inflam- 

 lation. is produced. It is found mainly in tropical 

 .merica and in Africa. See Parasites {Animal), 

 "able of. 

 1-icatio [ pu-lik-a' -she-o) [pulex, flea]. The state of 



eing infested with fleas. 

 I icene ■ pu'-lis-en) [pulex, a flea]. Pertaining to 

 : eas. 

 Licose ' pu'-lik-oz) [pulex, flea]. Abounding with 



Pulley [origin uncertain]. I. One of the mechanical 

 powers. 2. A trochlea, q. v. 3. A ligamentous struc- 

 ture which serves to change the direction of the action 

 of a muscle passing through or over it. 



Pulling [ME., pullen, to pull]. One of the Swedish 

 movements that may be either active or passive. 



Pullulate {pul'-u-ldt) [pullulare, to put forth]. To 

 germinate, to bud. 



Pullulation (pul-u-la' -shun) [pullulare, to put forth ; 

 to bud, to sprout]. In biology, that form of cell- 

 multiplication in which the mother-cell forms a minute 

 protuberance on one side, which afterward increases 

 to the size of the parent-cell. It is also called bud- 

 ding. This is the ordinary form of cell -multiplication 

 in the yeast-plant and its allies. 



Pullus (pul'-us) [pullus, a young animal]. In biol- 

 ogy, the young of a bird or other animal . 



Pulmo-aortic {pul-mo-a-or'-tik) [pulmo, lung; aoprii, 

 aorta]. Pertaining to the lungs and the aorta. 



Pulmobranchiae {pul-mo-brang' '-ke-e) [pulmo, lung ; 

 bronchia, gills]. In biology, the modified gills of 

 certain animals (snails, spiders) adapted to breathing 

 in air. 



Pulmobranchial (pul- mo- b rang* -ke-al) [pulmo, lung ; 

 bronchia, gills]. Pulmonale, breathing by gills. 



Pulmobranchiate (pul-mo-brang / ke-dt)[pulmo, lung ; 

 bronchia, gills]. Provided with pulmobranchiae. 



Pulmocardiac (pul '- mo - kar* '- de - ak) [pulmo, lung; 

 Kapdia, heart]. Pertaining to the lungs and the heart. 

 P. Region, that portion of the thorax in which the 

 heart is covered by the lungs. 



Pulmocutaneous ( pul' - mo - ku-ta' -ne-us) [pulmo, 

 lung ; cutis, skin]. Pertaining to the lungs and the 

 skin. 



Pulmogastric (pul-mo-gas' '-trik) [pulmo, lung; yaarrjp, 

 stomach]. Pertaining to the lungs and the stomach. 

 P. Region, that portion of the thorax in which the 

 lungs overlap the stomach. 



Pulmohepatic ( pul '- mo - he - pat' '- ik) [pulmo, lung; 

 7/ ~ap, liver]. Relating to the lungs and the liver. P. 

 Region, that portion of the thorax in which the lungs 

 overlap the liver. 



Pulmometer (pul-mom' '-et-er) [pulmo, a lung ; fiirpav, 

 measure]. Synonym of Spirometer. 



Pulmometry ( pul-mom' '-et-re) [pulmo, lung; uirpov, 

 measure]. The quantitative determination of the air 

 concerned in respiration. Also, the determination of 

 the volume of the lungs. 



Pulmonar ( pul' -mo-nar) [pulmo, lung]. Having 

 lungs or lung-like organs. 



Pulmonarious ( pul-mo-na' '-re-us) [pulmo, lung]. Af- 

 fected with pulmonary disease. 



Pulmonary (pul'-mp-na-re) [pulmo, lung]. Pertain- 

 ing to the lung. P. Alveoli, air-cells. P. Artery. 

 See Arteries, Table of. P. Cartilage, the second 

 costal cartilage of the left side. P. Circulation, the 

 lesser circulation of the blood from the right cardiac 

 ventricle through the pulmonary vessels and back to 

 the left auricle. P. Consumption. See Phthisis. 

 P. Emphysema. See Emphysema. P. Groove, 

 the groove within the thorax on either side of the 

 spinal column. P. Incompetence. See Endocar- 

 ditis. P. Murrain, a contagious form of pleuro- 

 pneumonia. P. Nerves, branches of the vagus nerve 

 going to the lungs. There are two sets, an anterior 

 and a posterior. P. Sinuses, the sinuses of Val- 

 salva of the pulmonary artery. P. Stenosis. See 

 Endocarditis. P. Valves, the semilunar valves at the 

 opening of the right ventricle into the pulmonary 

 artery. P. Veins, four veins returning the oxygenated 

 blood from the lungs to the left auricle. P. Vesicles, 

 air-cells of the pulmonary parenchyma. 



