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VERGA'S VENTRICLE 



(yen - trik - urn'- bent) [venter, belly ; 

 Prone ; lying with the ventral surface 



Ventricumbent 

 to lie], 

 down. 



Ventriduct {yen'- trid - ukt) [venter, belly ; ducere, to 

 lead]. To carry toward the belly. 



Ventriloquism iyen-tril ' -o-kzvizm)[i'enter, belly ; loqui, 

 to speak]. Peculiar vocal utterance without the usual 

 modifications of the resonance-organs, so that the 

 voice seems to come from a closed space or from a 

 distance. 



Ventrimesal {yen - trim - e f - zal) [venter, belly ; uiaov, 

 middle]. Pertaining to or situated on the ventrimeson. 

 At or toward the ventral edge of the meson, or 

 ventral mesal or median line. See the opposite — 

 Dorsimesal ; also, Position and Direction, Table of 

 Intrinsic Terms. 



Ventrimeson (yen-trim-e / -zon) [venter, belly ; jieoov, 

 middle]. The mesial line on the ventral aspect of 

 the body. The ventral edge of the meson or median 

 plane of the body. The ventral median or mesal 

 line. Cf. Dorsimeson ; also, Position and Direc- 

 tion, Table of Intrinsic Terms. 



Ventripyramid (yen - trip • ir*- am - id) [venter, belly ; 

 pyramis, pyramid]. An anterior pyramid of the ob- 

 longata. 



Ventrocystorrhaphy (ven-tro-sis-tor'-a-fe) [venter, 

 venter; kvotic, cyst; p(i<?f], suture]. The surgical 

 operation of attaching to the wall of the abdomen the 

 opened cyst-wall, so as to provide a free discharge of 

 its contents. 



Ventrodorsally (ven - tro - dor* '- sal '- e) [venter, belly; 

 dorsum, back]. In a direction between the dorsal 

 and ventral aspects. 



Ventrofixation (ven-tro-fiks-a' '-shun) [ventrofixation 

 The fixation of a displaced viscus to the abdominal 

 wall. 



Ventroinguinal \:e>i-tro-in'-gwin-al) [venter, belly; 

 inguinal ~\. Pertaining to the abdomen and the 

 groin. 



Ventro-laterad (ven-tro-lat' -er-ad) [venter, belly ; la- 

 tus, side]. Toward the ventral and lateral aspects. 



Ventromesal (yen-tro-me' -zal). Same as Ventrimesal. 



Ventrose (ven f -troz) [yentrosus\ Having a belly, or 

 a swelling like a belly. 



Ventrosity (ven-tros' -it-e) [ventrositas']. Corpulence ; 



pendulousness of the abdomen. 

 : Ventrotomy (ven-trof '-o-me) [venter, belly ; tout/, a 

 cut]. The operation of surgical incision of the ab- 

 dominal cavity. 



Venula (ven'-u-lah) [venula, dim. of vena, a vein: 

 ! //., Venula"]. In biology, a small vein or veinlet. 



Venule (ven'-iil). See Venula. 



Venulose (yen f -u-loz) [venula, dim. of vena, a vein]. 

 In biology, furnished with veinlets. 



Venulous [yen' -u-lus) [venula, a small vein]. Full of 



1 veinlets. 



Venus Flycatcher, or Flytrap. See Diona>a. 



Veratralbin (ver - at - ral'- bin) [yeratrum, veratrum ; 



I albus, white]. An alkaloid obtained from White 



j Hellebore. 



Veratria (ver-a'-tre-ah). See Veratrina. 



Veratric Acid (ver-a'-trik). See Acid. 



I Veratrin (yer-a f -trin) [yeratrum, veratrum], C 3 ,H 49 - 

 I. See Veratrina. 2. Cevadin. This occurs, 

 together with veratric acid and other alkaloids, in 

 white hellebore and in Sabarlilla seeds. It crystallizes 

 from alcohol in prisms and melts at 205 C. 3. A 

 precipitate from a tincture of the root of Veratrum 

 ie : it is cathartic, nervine, arterial sedative, re- 

 solvent, anodyne, etc. Dose % to *4 grain. Unof. 

 V., Oleat., veratrin 2, oleic acid 98 parts. V., Ung., 

 veratrin 4, alcohol 6, benzoinated lard 90 parts. 



Veratrina, Veratrine (ver-at-ri'-nah, ver at'-rin) [L.]. 

 A mixture of alkaloids obtained from the seeds of 

 Asagraa officinalis. It is an exceedingly poisonous 

 local irritant, and is used mainly as an external appli- 

 cation for neuralgia, gout, and rheumatism. Dose gr. 

 1 1 



55 To* 



Veratrization (ver - at - riz - a' - shun) [veratrum, vera- 

 trum]. Subjection to the influence of veratrin ; vera- 

 trin-poisoning. 



Veratrum (ver-a'-trum) [L. , hellebore]. A genus of 

 liliaceous plants. V. album, white hellebore, a 

 European plant closely related to V. viride. It is a 

 violent emetic and cathartic, and is actively poisonous ; 

 it is now little used, except as an insect-powder. 

 For this use it is highly valued, as it destroys many- 

 insects which the ordinary buhach does not affect. 

 Unof. V. sabadilla. Cevadilla, cebadilla, a bulb- 

 ous plant of the order Melanthacea? ; it contains a 

 number of alkaloids, and is the source of Veratrina. 

 The seeds are official in the B. P. under the name 

 Sabadilla. V. viride [gen., Veratri viridis], American 

 hellebore ; the rhizome and rootlets of the plant 

 contain jervin, veratrin, and other alkaloids. It is a 

 powerful depressant of the heart and a paralyzant of 

 the spinal cord. Its action is similar to that of aco- 

 nite, but is regarded as inferior. It is highly esteemed 

 in puerperal fevers, pneumonia, and aneurysm. V., 

 Ext., Fid. Dose TnJ-iv. V., Tinct., 50 per cent. 

 Dose n\ij-x. 



Verbascum (ver-bas / -kum) [L., mullein]. A genus of 

 scrophulariaceous plants, including mullein, the leaves 

 of V. thapsus L., or common mullein. The latter is 

 emollient, demulcent, and slightly anodyne, and is a 

 popular domestic remedy in pulmonary tuberculosis 

 and other pulmonary affections, being palliative to the 

 cough. It is useful in diarrhea and in inflammations 

 of the urinary tract. Dose of fluid extract gtt. x-xx. 



Verbena (verbe'-nah) [L.]. A genus of flowering 

 plants of some 80 species, once highly esteemed in 

 medicine, but now little used. V. hastata, blue 

 vervain, is expectorant and emetic; V. officinalis 

 and V. triphylla, antispasmodic; V. urticifolia, 

 diuretic. Unof. 



Verbigerate (ver-bij'-er-dt) [yerbigere, to talk]. To 

 make use of verbigeration. 



Verbigeration (ver-bij-er-a'-shun) [yerbigere, to talk]. 

 The frequent and uncontrollable repetition of one and 

 the same word, sentence, or sound, without reference 

 to its meaning ; abnormal repetition of words. 



Verdet ivar-da') [Fr.]. A fungous disease of maize due 

 to the presence of parasites — Cstilago segetum, Uredo 

 carbo, or Sporisorium maidis — on the grains. It was 

 erroneously believed to cause pellagra. 



Verdigris iver'-dig-ris) [ME., verdegrese, verdigris]. 

 A deposit upon copper vessels from the formation 

 of cupric salts. See Copper, and Pigments, Conspec- 

 tus of. V., Blue, a deposit consisting in the main of 

 bibasic acetate of copper. V., Common, basic cupric 

 acetate. V., Green, a bright, very bluish-green ver- 

 digris composed of a mixture of several acetates, but 

 mainly of sesquibasic cupric acetate. 



Verditer (ver f -dit-er) [Fr. , verde de terre, earth green]. 

 A name applied to two pigments. V., Blue, is either 

 a carbonate cf copper or a mixture of copper oxid with 

 hydrated lime. V., Green, is an impure carbonate of 

 copper with chalk. Both are used as pigments. 



Verdure (ver'-dur) [viridis, green]. Green vegetation. 



Verdurous (ver'-dilr-us) [viridis, green]. Covered 

 with verdure ; verdant. 



Veretrum (ver-et'-rum). Synonym of Penis. 



Verga : s Ventricle. A cleft-like space occasionally 

 found between the fornix and the callosum. 



