ABORTIVE 



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ABSCESS 



arrest of development of an organ. A., Accidental, 

 abortion due to accident. A., Ampullar, tubal abortion 

 from the ampulla of the oviduct. A., Chronic. See A. , 

 Habitual (Il\us. Diet.). A. crebro redeuns. See^., 

 Habitual (Illus. Diet.). A., Epidemic, one of many 

 cases occurring about the same time, due to widespread 

 distress, excitement, or privation, or to some form of 

 poisoning such as ergotism. A., Induced, one inten- 

 tionally brought about. A., Partial, the premature 

 loss of one fetus in a case of multiple gestation. A., 

 Provoked. See A., Induced. A., Spontaneous, 

 abortion not attributable to accident or purposive inter- 

 ference. A., Tubal, the escape of a fertilized ovum 

 through the abdominal opening of the oviduct into the 

 peritoneal cavity. 



Abortive. (See Illus. Diet. ) 2. A drug for inducing 

 abortion. 



Abraham [a' -bra-ham). To sham ; to feign sickness or 

 lunacy. A. -man, i. A mendicant lunatic from the 

 Abraham Ward of Bethlehem Hospital, London ; they 

 bore a distinctive badge. 2. An impostor who feigned 

 to be a lunatic and begged in the guise of an Abraham- 

 man. 



Abranchiate (ah-brang 1 '-ke-dt). Having no gills. 



Abrastol iab-rast'-ol). See Asaprol (Illus. Diet.). 



Abreshain. Finely divided white silk, said to be used 

 in the East Indies as an aphrodisiac. 



Abroma angusta, L. (See Illus. Diet.) Olutkombul. 

 The bark yields a glutinous sap which is used as an 

 emmenagog. Dose 2 grams (grs. 30). 



Abrosia (ab-ro' -ze-afi) [afipuoia, fasting]. Want of 

 food ; fasting. 



Abscess, Abscessus. (See. Illus. Diet.) Syn., Ec- 

 pyema ; Addle; Gathering. A., Acute, one resulting 

 from an acute inflammation of the part in which it is 

 formed ; abscessus per fluxum. A., Amebic, a variety 

 of abscess found in the liver and lung and containing 

 amebas. A., Anorectal, one of the celluloadipose tis- 

 sue near the anus. A., Antemammary. See A., Su- 

 fra mammary. A., Arthrifluent, a wandering abscess 

 having its origin in a diseased joint. A. arthriticus, 

 Musgrave's term for intestinal abscesses due to " gouty 

 dysentery." A. articuli. See Arthritis, Suppura- 

 tive. A., Bartholinian, an abscess of Bartholin's 

 gland or its duct. A., Bicameral, one with two 

 pockets. A., Biliary, one connected with the gall- 

 bladder or a bile-duct. A., Brodie's, chronic abscess 

 of bone, most frequently of the head of the tibia. 

 A. capitis sanguineus neonatorum. See Cephal- 

 hematoma (Illus. Diet.). A. carniformis, Severinus' 

 name for a hard sarcoma of the joints. A., Cheesy. 

 See A., Caseous (Illus. Diet.). A., Circumscribed, 

 one that is limited by an exudation of lymph. A., 

 Collar-button. See A., Shirt-stud (Illus. Diet.). A., 

 Consecutive. See A., Critical (Illus. Diet.). A., 

 Dental. See A., Alveolar (Illus. Diet.). A., Der- 

 moid, a small cutaneous abscess characteristic of the 

 scrofulide phlegmoneuse described by Hardy. A., Dia- 

 thetic, one due to a diathesis. A., Diffuse. See In- 

 filtration, Purulent. A., Douglas, one formed in 

 the peritoneal folds of Douglas' sac. A., Dry, one 

 which disappears without discharging. A., Emphy- 

 sematous. See A. , Tympanitic. A., Epithelial, 

 one located in epithelial tissues. A., Fixation, an 

 abscess produced by the subcutaneous injection of an 

 irritant, as a treatment of grave septicemia. A. 

 flatuosus. See A., Tympanitic. A., Follicular, 

 inflammation of single follicles of the mucosa. A. 

 frigidus scrofulosus. See A., Scrofulous. A. 

 gangraenescens, A. gangraenosus. See Anthrax 

 (Illus. Diet.). A., Gas. See A., Tympanitic. A., 

 Glandular, one formed about a lymph-gland. A., 



Gravitation, one in which pus formed in one part 

 of the body tends to migrate, usually to portions deeper 

 or lower down, in the direction gravity would take it. 

 A., Hematic, one due to an extravasated blood-clot. 

 A., Hemorrhagic, one containing blood. A., Hep- 

 atic, abscess of the liver. A., Hypostatic. See A., 

 Wandering. A., Idiopathic, one not attributable to 

 any other disease. A., Iliac, a wandering abscess 

 of the iliac region. A., Infecting Mitral, one due 

 to a lymph embolus caused by endocarditis. A., 

 Interlamellar, of the Membrana Tympani, one fol- 

 lowing myringitis or otitis media, and occurring 

 between the laminas of the substantia propria of the 

 tympanic membrane. A., Intramastoid, one of the 

 mastoid process of the temporal bone. A., Ischio- 

 rectal, one of the ischiorectal fossa. A., Lacrimal, 

 one of the lacrimal sac. A. lactis. See A., Milk 

 (Illus. Diet.). A., Lumbar, a wandering abscess 

 of the lumbar region. A., Lymphatic, 1. The sup- j 

 puration of a lymphatic gland. 2. An enlarged bursa 

 mucosa. A., Mammary, Subcutaneous. See/f., 

 Supramammary. A., Marginal, one located near! 

 the anal orifice. A., Mastoid, suppuration occurring i 

 in the cells of the mastoid portion of the temporal 

 bone. A., Mediastinal, suppuration in the mediasti- 

 num. A., Metastatic, an abscess secondary to pye- , 

 mia and ulcerous endocarditis, but not occurring through 

 septicemia. They are usually of embolic origin and 1 

 generally located in the lungs and liver. A., Micro- 

 scopic, any minute collection of necrosed cells. A 

 mucocarnosus botryoides labii vulvae, a tabulated) 

 outgrowth of the labium pudendi majus. A., Mural 

 one forming in the abdominal wall. A. nucleatus 

 See Furunculus (Illus. Diet.). A. oculi. See Pan ■[ 

 ophthalmitis purulenta. A., Osteopathic, one due tc 

 disease of a bone. A., Otic Cerebral, A., Otitic Cere- 

 bral, an abscess of the brain, following a purulent dis 

 ease of the inner ear. A., Paget's. See A., Residua* 

 (Illus. Diet.). A., Parametric, A., Parametritic 

 a form occurring frequently between the folds of thij 

 broad ligament of the uterus or in the neighboring 

 cellular tissue. A., Paranephric, A., Paranephritic j 

 one occurring in the tissues about the kidney. Aj 

 pectoris. See Empyema (Illus. Diet.). A. per con 

 gestum, A. per decubitum. See A., Wanderwgi 

 A. per fluxum. See A., Acute. A., Perimetric 

 A., Perimetritic, pus within the peritoneum origi| 

 nating from inflammation of the peritoneal covering 

 of the uterus. A., Perinephric, one occurring in th | 

 region immediately surrounding the kidney. A., Peri, 

 pleuritic, one that occurs beneath the parietal pleurj 

 as the result of pleurisy, a diseased rib, or an injury 

 A., Periproctitic, one in the loose areolar tissue suii 

 rounding the lower part of the rectum. A. perisinuo 

 sus, one resulting from infection of the region about 

 sinus. A., Peritoneal, a collection of soften 

 date which has become encysted in cases of peritonitis 

 A., Peritonsillar, one that forms in acute totisillit 

 around one or both tonsils. A. pneumococcalis, or; 

 due to infection by pneumococci. A., Postcecal, on J 

 located back of the cecum. A., Postfascial. Sc' 

 A., Subfascial. A., Postmammary. See A.. Sn 

 mammary. A., Postpharyngeal. See A., Rttr\ 

 pharyngeal. A., Posttyphoid, chronic abscess foj 

 lowing typhoid. A., Prelacrimal, an abscess due 

 caries of the lacrimal or the ethmoid bone, producirj 

 a swelling at the inner canthus immediately 1 >■ 

 upper margin of the orbit. A., Preperitoneal. S«j 

 A., Subperitoneal. A., Primary, one arising 

 the seat of infection. A., Progressive Ulcerativ 

 of the Cornea. See Keratitis of Reapers (IHu^ 

 Diet.). A., Puerperal, a variety seen in infant- 



