AGARICINOUS 



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AGRAPHIA 



with amanitin. 3. An impure alcoholic extract of the 

 agaric, Polyporus officinalis. It has been used in 

 doses of I to 3 gr. (0.065 to o. 195 gm.) three times' a 

 day, against colliquative sweats. It is a valuable 

 remedy, free from danger and effective. 



Agaricinous (ag-ar-is' -in-us). See Agaric (Illus. 

 Diet.). Resembling or relating to an agaric. 



Agaricoid iag ar'-ik-oid). Resembling a mushroom. 



Agaricon, Agaricum (ag-ar 1 '-ik-on, -u?n). White 

 agaric, Polyporus officinalis, Vill. 



Agaricus (ag-ar' -ik-us) [ayapmov of Dioscorides, from 

 Agaria, a former district of Poland or Sarmatia, whence 

 the Greeks derived the larch agaric]. A large genus of 

 hymenomycetous fungi ; mushrooms and toadstools. 

 Cf. Polyporus amanita. A. chirurgorum. See Poly- 

 porus foment arms, L. ; and P. igniarius, L. A. 

 rubra, D. C, and A. sanguinea, Bull. These spe- 

 cies, indigenous to France, were formerly included under 

 A. ruber, D. C. They yield the alkaloid agarythrin, 

 and the rose-red coloring-matter ruberin. 



Agarythrin (ag-ar' -ith-rin). A yellowish-white alka- 

 loid extracted by ether from Agaricus rubra, D. C, 

 and A. sanguinea, Bull. It has a bitter taste and leaves 

 a burning sensation in the mouth. 



Agastria (ah-gas'-tre-ah) [a, priv. ; yaorfip, the stom- 

 ach]. Organisms having no internal digestive cavities. 



Agastronomia (ah-gas-tron-o' -me-ah). See Agastro- 

 neuria (Illus. Diet.). 



Agathis (ag'-ath-is) \ayaftic, a heap]. A genus of 

 plants of the order Conifene. A. australis, Steud., 

 the Kauri tree of New Zealand. It affords Kauri- 

 copal or Australian dammar. A. loranthifolia, Salisb., 

 a lofty tree of Malay Peninsula, Sunda Islands, Moluc- 

 cas, and Philippines. It is one of the chief sources 

 of East Indian or Indian dammar. 



Agavose (ag / -av-dz). C ]2 H 22 O n . A saccharobiose ob- 

 tained from the stalks of Agave americana. 



Age. (See Illus. Diet.) A. of Consent, in medico- 

 jurisprudence the age at which a minor is considered 

 capable of consenting to sexual intercourse ; it is usu- 

 ally that of 12 years in girls, and 14 years in boys. A. 

 critique, the climacteric. A., Marriageable, A., 

 Nubile. See Nubility (Illus. Diet.). A. of Pu- 

 berty. See Puberty (Illus. Diet.). 



Agenesia, Agenesis. (See Illus. Diet.) A. corti- 

 calis, incomplete development of the cortical gray 

 cells. A. dysspermia. See Bradvspermatism (Illus. 

 Diet.). 



Agennesia, Agennesis (ah-jen-e'-se-ah, ah-jen'-e-sis). 

 See Agenesia (Illus. Diet.). 



Agenosomia (ah-jen-o-so' -me-ah) [o, priv. ; yzvvav, to 

 beget ; au^ia, body]. Defective development of the 

 genitals. 



Ager (a'-jur) [L., pi. agri~\. I. A field. 2. Growing 

 infields. A. chymicus, the field of the chemist; 

 water. A. naturae, the uterus. 



Agerasy (aj-er'-as-e). See A^erasia (Illus. Diet.). 



Ageusia, Ageusis. (See Illus. Diet.) A., Central, 

 that due to lesion of the cerebral centers of the gusta- 

 tory nerves. A., Conduction, that due to lesion in 

 the nerves between their origin and distribution. A., 

 Peripheral, that due to disorder of the ends of the 

 nerves of taste. 



Agger. (See Illus. Diet.) A. perpendicularis, A. 

 ponticulus. Same as Eminence of the Seapha. A. 

 valvularum venarum, a small projection at the 

 union of the valves of a vein with the vessel-wall. 



Agglutinability (ag-lu-tin-ah-bil'-it-e). Capacity for 

 agglutination. 



Agglutinant. (See Illus. Diet.) 2. A remedy pro- 

 moting the repair of wounds by favoring nutrition. 



Agglutinantia (ag-glti-tin-an'-shc-ah). Agglutinants. 



Agglutinatio (ag-lu-tin-a'-she-o). Agglutination. 



maxillae inferioris, trismus. A. pilorum, the ! 



placement of ingrowing eyelashes by means of ■' 



cous matter on a probe. 

 Agglutination. (See Illus. Diet.) 2. A coagulatt 



phenomenon accompanying hemolysis or bacteriolv; 



thought by Gruber to be due to some deleterious eft 



on the membrane of the bacteria or blood-corpusu 



which makes them sticky. 

 Agglutinin (ag-lu' -tin-in) \agglutinare, to paste l| 



A specific principle occurring in the blood-serum of j 



animal affected with a disease of microbic origin :l 



capable of causing the clumping of the bacteria pt- 



liar to that disease, as exemplified in the Widal j- 



action. It was first described by Gruber and Durh;[ 



in 1896. 

 Agglutitio (ag-glu-tish' -e-o) \_ad, against ; glutirt, » 



swallow]. Difficult deglutition ; an obstruction to >\ - 



lowing. 

 Agglutogenic (ag-glu-to-jen 1 '-//•) [agglutinin ; 



to produce]. Relating to substances from which I 



glutinins originate. 

 Aggregated, Aggregatus (ag f -re-ga-ted, ag-re-ga'-t.\. 



See Aggregate (Illus. Diet.). 

 Aghil [East Indian]. Aloes- wood. 

 Agila-wood. Aloes-wood. 

 Agillochum (ah-gil'-o-kitm). Aloes-wood. 

 Aginin (aj'-in-in). A yellow substance derived f: a 



decomposition of axinic acid. 

 Agitator (aj'-il-a-tor) [agitare, to excite]. Any I 



paratus for stirring or shaking substances ; a glass 'i 



used for stirring. 

 Aglactation {ag-lak-ta'-shun). Same as 



(Illus. Diet.). 

 Aglossia. (See Illus. Diet.) 2. Dumbness; see 



impairment of speech. 

 Aglossostomatographia (cth-glos-o-sto-tnaf- 



a/i)[a, priv.; }/wCT<Tft,the tongue; arona, the mote 



ypd<j>etv, to write]. A treatise on aglossostomas. 

 Aglossostomia (a/i-glos-o-sto'-me-ah) [a. priv.; )'/o,\, 



tongue ; croua, the mouth]. The condition cla 



mouth without a tongue. 

 Aglossostomographia (ah-glos-o-sto-Hie-graf'-c-<\. 



See Aglossostomatographia. 

 Aglottia (ah-glot'-e-ah). See Aglossia (Illus. Diet.! 

 Agmina (ag'-min-ah) [pi. of agmen, a troop]. 1 



multitude. A. digitorum manus, the digital phsjfl 



ges. 

 Agnoia (ag-noi'-a/i). See Agnea (Illus. Diet.). 

 Agnolin (ag'-no-lin). Purified wool fat ; adeps Ian \ 

 Agnosia (ag-no'-se-ah) \_u, priv.; yvuatq, a 



ing]. Loss of the perceptive faculty which its 



recognition of persons and things. 

 Agnus (ag'-nus) [L.]. A lamb. A. christus. I 



Ricinus communis. A. scythicus. S< < 



barometz and Pengawakr dijambi. 

 Agonal (ag'-oii-al) \_agon, a struggle]. Struggl \ ; 



relating to the death-struggle. 

 Agoniadin. (See Illus. Diet.) It is used in iir- 



mittent fever. Dose, 2-4 gr. (o. 12-0.25. gi 

 Agonious (ag-o'-nc-us) [<;, priv.; yuvia, an angl 



Without an angle. 

 Agonistic (ag-o-nis'-tik) [aywia, a struggle]. Rcl; ^ 



to, due to, or occurring at the time of the <!< 

 Agopyrin (ag-o-pi'-rin). An influenza rem. 



contain salicin, 4 gr. ; ammonium chlorid 



cinchonin sulfate, J5 gr. 

 Agot (aif-ot). See Caevt (Illus. Diet). 

 Agraphia. (See Illus. Diet. ) A., Absolun 



in which no letters can 1m- formed. A., Aco; 



of capacity to write from dictation. A. amnemori. 



a form in which letters can be written, but wiU' 



