DICTIONARY 



OF 



NEW MEDICAL TERMS. 





(See Illus. Diet.) A. atactica, a form 

 marked by awkwardness and uncertainty of move- 

 ment. A., Choreic, that due to choreic cramps in the 

 legs. A., Paralytic, that form in which the legs 

 give way under the weight of the body and walking is 

 impossible. A., Paroxysmal Trepidant, a form of 

 astasia abasia in which trepidation similar to that of 

 spastic paraplegia stiffens the legs and prevents walk- 

 ing. A., Trembling, incapacity to walk on account 

 of trembling of the legs. 



batage {ah-bah-tazh) [Fr.]. I. The slaughter of an 

 animal to prevent the infection of others. 2. The art 

 of "casting" an animal preparatory to an operation ; 

 abattage. 



batardissement (ah-bah-/ar-dees-mott[g\) [Fr.]. 

 The gradual degeneration or deterioration of a breed 

 or race. 



-bbe's Test-plate. An instrument designed by Abbe 

 for testing microscopic objectives for spherical and 

 chromatic aberration. It is composed of a microscopic 

 slide with six cover-glasses ranging from 0.09 to 0.024 

 millimeter !h thickness, and silvered on one side. 

 Delicate, parallel, ruled lines are cut through the sil- 

 ver film, thus making a kind of micrometer with trans- 

 parent rulings. 



bdomen. (See Illus. Diet.). A., Accordion, Kap- 

 lan's term for a swelling of the abdomen attended 

 with flattening of the arch of the diaphragm and in- 

 creased respiration. It is not due to the presence of 

 gas nor to tumor, and disappears under anesthesia ; 

 nervous pseudotympany. A., Boat-shaped, A., 

 Carinate. See A., Scaphoid. A. obstipum, con- 

 genital shortening of the rectus abdominis muscle. 

 A., Scaphoid. See under Scaphoid (Illus. Diet.). 

 A., Uncinate, one in which the terminal segments 

 and those next to them are turned under the others, 

 bdominocystic (ab-dom-in-o-sis' ' -tik) {abdomen; 

 *wfic, bladder]. Relating to the abdomen and blad- 

 der. 



bdominous (ab-dom'-in-us). Same as Abdominal 



Illus. Diet.)/ 

 bducens-facialis (ab-du-senz-fa-se-a f -lis). Pertaining 

 to the abducens and facial nerves. See Nerves, 



''(Illus. Diet.), 

 benteric (ab-en' -ter-ik) [ab, from ; evrepov, intestine]. 

 Outside the intestine ; involving or pertaining to or- 

 gans or parts other than intestinal. A. Typhoid. 

 See under Typhoid. 



berratio {ab-er-a'-she-o). See Aberration. A. hu- 

 rnorum, an abnormal tendency or direction of 

 blood or other fluid to a part ; as in vicarious menstrua- 

 tl on. A. lactis, milk metastasis. See Galactoplania 



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(Illus. Diet.). A. mensium. A. menstruorum. 

 See Menstruation, Vicarious (Illus. Diet.). 



Aberration. (See Illus. Diet. ) A., Dioptric. See 

 A., Spherical (Illus. Diet.). A.. Distantial, indis- 

 tinct vision due to distance. A., Lateral, a deviation 

 of a ray in any direction from the axis measured in the 

 focal plane perpendicularly to the axis. A., Longi- 

 tudinal, a deviation of a ray from the focus, measured 

 along the axis above or below the focal plane. A., 

 Newtonian. Same as A., Chromatic (Illus. Diet.). 



Abiaba [Peruvian name]. See Lucuma caimito. 



Abietate (ab-i' '-e-tat). A salt of abietic acid. 



Abiogenetic, Abiogenous {ab-i-o-jen-e/ f -ik, ab-i-oj' -en- 

 us). Pertaining to abiogenesis ; characterized by spon- 

 taneous generation. 



Abiogeny {ab-i-oj' -en-e). See Abiogenesis (Illus. Diet.). 



Abionarce {ab-i-o-nar' -se) \_a, priv. ; iioq, life ; xdpKt), 

 numbness]. Torpor due to infirmity. 



Abiosis (ab-i-o'-sis) [a, priv. ; JiW/c, life]. The absence 

 of life. 



Abiotic (ab-i-of ' -ik). Opposed to or incapable of life. 



Abiotrophy (ab-i-ot f -ro-/e) [a, priv. ; flioc, life ; -poor,, 

 nourishment]. Degeneration or decay due to defec- 

 tive vital endurance. 



Abiotus {ab-i-o 1 '-/us) [a3/wroc, insupportable]. Inca- 

 pable of vitality. Non-viable ; approaching death. 



Abipsia {ab-ip'-se-ah). See Adipsia (Illus. Diet.). 



Ablactate (ab-lak' '-/a/) [ablae/are, to wean]. To ac- 

 custom a nursling to food other than mother's milk ; 

 to wean. 



Ablateur (ab-la/-ur) [Fr.]. See Abla/or (Illus. Diet.). 

 A. vulcanique, a cautery-iron employed in the castra- 

 tion of domestic animals. 



Ablation. (See Illus. Diet.) 2. The abatement or dimi- 

 nution of the acute symptoms of a malady. 



Ablepharia. (See Illus. Diet.) Cf. Microblepharia, 

 Schizoblepharia, Cryptophthalmos. A., Partial, a 

 congenital defect in one or more of the eyelids. A., 

 Total, a congenital condition in which there is either 

 a total absence of eyelids or the interpalpebral fissure. 



Ablepharus (ab-le/'-ar-us). An individual affected 

 with ablepharia. 



Abluentia (ab-lu-en' '-she-ah) [abluere, to wash away]. 

 Cleansing applications, abstergents. 



Abolitionism \ab-o-lish'-un-izm) [aboli/io, an abolish- 

 ing]. A movement originating in England to abolish 

 the regulation and control of prostitution by the health- 

 officers. Also applied to the movement to abolish 

 vivisection. 



Abomasus (ab-o-ma'-sus). See Abomasum (Illus. Diet.). 



Abortion, Abortus. (See Illus. Diet. ) 2. An aborted 

 fetus. 3. In botany and zoology the partial or complete 



