AORTOLITHIA 



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APHTHA 



olithia (a-or-to-iith'-e-a). A calcareous deposition 

 in the aorta. 

 v.ortopathy (a-ort-opS-ath-e) [aorta; -rdOoc, disease]. 



Any disease of the aorta. 

 k.ortosclerosis [a-ort-o-skler-o'-sis') [aorta; CK/.r/po;, 



hard]. Induration of the aorta, 

 vpallagin ap-ai'-aj-in) [a-a'/'/.a) i/, deliverance]. An 

 >tic mercury salt of nosophen (</. z: ). 



'ah ). A Hungarian aperient water. 

 k peptous \aA-pep / -tus) [a, priv.; — i—reiv, to digest]. 



I. Crude, indigestible, uncooked. 2. Apeptic. 

 »perception (ap-ur-sep'-shun). See Apperception 



(Illus. Diet.), 

 .periodic [ah-pe-re-oa'-ik) [a, priv.; Treplodog, a cir- 

 cuit]. Not periodic. 



aperitive, i See Illus. Diet.) 2. Deobstruent. 3. 

 Stimulating the appetite. A., Hygienic, hygienic 

 measures tor stimulating the appetite. 

 ..pertometer (ap-ur-tom' '-et-ur) [aperture; uirpov, 

 measure]. An optical device for determining the 

 angle of aperture of microscopic objectives. The 

 apertometer of Abbe, which is mostly used, consists 

 of a semicircular piece of thick glass with the straight 

 edge beveled at 45 degrees. Light entering the 

 curved edge is reflected upward by the beveled edge. 

 This is received by the objective of the microscope. 

 By means of two metal slides moving on the curved 

 edge the exact angle of the light required to fill the 

 back lens of the objective is indicated on the curved 

 edge and can be read off directly. 



phasia. (See Illus. Diet.) A., Amnemonic. A., 

 Amnesic, A., Amnestic, verbal amnesia. A., An- 

 eural. motor aphasia. A., Broca's, motor aphasia. 

 A., Commissural. See A., Conduction (Illus. 

 Diet.). A., Cortical Wernicke), A., Pictorial 

 ' lie) , A., True (Dejerine), destruction of the 

 lunction of the auditory speech-center. A., Func- 

 tional, that in which there is no manifest lesion, but 

 :curs as a result of excitement in hysteria, or 

 severe constitutional disorders. A., Grashey's, 

 i aphasia due to diminished duration of sensory impres- 

 -. with consequent disturbance of perception and 

 :ation ; it is seen in concussion of the brain and 

 certain acute diseases. A., Insular, that in which 

 the lesion is confined to the insula. A., Jargon, a 

 form of transcortical aphasia in which the speech is 

 ised, words or syllables being transposed or jum- 

 I together, due to disruption of the tracts associat- 

 ing cortical speech-centers. A., Kussmaul's, volun- 

 tary mutism, simulating aphasia, which sometimes 

 affects the insane, particularly paranoiacs, with mystic 

 ideas. A., Lethologic, verbal amnesia. A., Mixed, 

 combined motor and sensory aphasia. A., Motor 

 Vocal. See Aphemia (Illus. Diet.). A., Motor- 

 writing. See Acapnia (Illus. Diet.). A., Optic, 

 inability to give the names for objects seen, due to 

 "terrupted connection between the centers for vision 

 speech. A., Opticosensory, combined optic 

 sensory aphasia. A., Pure or Isolated ( Dejer- 

 ■ A.. Subcortical (Wernicke), A., Subpictorial 

 hasia arising from a lesion interrupting 

 impulses toward the afferent tracts proceeding to the 

 htory speech-center. A., Supracortical, A., Su- 

 prapictorial, that form of a lesion completely sever- 

 ing the connection of the auditory center with the cor- 

 tical center, but not destroying the auditory speech- 

 center, the afferent tracts proceeding to it or the effer- 

 ent tracts passing from it to the motor speech-center. 

 A., Tactile, inability to recognize objects by the sense 

 ich, due to lesion in the central parietal lobule. 



Ed, A. universalis, inability to utter a single 

 V., Wernicke's, cortical sensory aphasia. 



Aphemesthesia (ah -fem-es-the / -:e-ah') [a, priv.; oijut;, 

 voice ; aiaOr/cic, sensation]. Word blindness ; word 

 deafness. 



Aphemetric [af-e-met'-rili). See Haphernetric (Illus. 

 Diet. ). 



Aphengescope (af-en'-je-s/.-op). See Episcope. 



Aphidious (af-id'-e-us) [aphis, a plant-louse]. Re- 

 sembling a plant-louse. 



Aphidivorous (a/-id-ii y -or-us) [aphis, a plant-louse; 

 vorare, to devour]. Subsisting on plant-lice. 



Aphleous, Aphlceous {af'-/e-us, ah-Jl<.'-us) [a, priv.; 

 o'/o/oc, bark]. Destitute of bark. 



Aphlogistic \ah-Jlo-jist' '-ih) [a, priv.; 0/6E, a flame]. 

 I. Xoninflammable. 2. Burning without flame. 



Aphonetic. See Aphonic (Illus. Diet.). 



Aphonia, Aphony. ^See Illus. Diet.) A. cleri- 

 corum, clergyman's sore-throat. A.. Paralytic. 

 See Para/vis, Phonetic (Illus. Diet.). A. para- 

 noica, stubborn silence in the insane. A., Spastic. 

 See Dysphonia spastica (Illus. Diet.). 



Aphorama, Aphorema (af-o-ra'-ma, -r^-ma) [acop&v, 

 to have in full view]. The state of having projecting 

 eyes, enabling one to see at a distance on each side 

 without moving the head. 



Aphoria. (See Illus. Diet.) A. impercita, that 

 attributed to aversion. A. impotens, that due to im- 

 pairment of conceptive power. A. incongrua, that 

 attributed to nonresponsive condition of the conceptive 

 power to the seminal fluid. A. pararr.enica, that 

 due to menstrual disorder. A. polyposa, that at- 

 tributed to the existence of a uterine polypus. 



Aphoric, Aphorous (af / -or-ik,af , -or-7is) [aco/oc, ster- 

 ile]. I. Relating to, causing, caused by, or affected 

 with sterility. 2. Unbearable, insufferable ; aphore- 

 tous. 



Aphose (ah'-fdz) [ a, priv.; 6ck, light]. A subjective 

 sensation of shadow or darkness. Cf. Phose. A.s, 

 Norton's. See Phoses, Bcnvditch" s. 



Aphrasia. (See Illus. Diet.) A., Paralytic, that due 

 to paralysis of the ideation faculty. A., Supersti- 

 tious, the voluntary avoidance of certain words from 

 scruples of nicety or religion. 



Aphrenic, Aphrenous, Aphraenous ( ah-fren'-ik, ah'- 

 frcn-us, ah-fre'-nus) [a, priv. ; opi,i; the mind]. In- 

 sane. 



Aphrodescin. Aphrodaescin (af-rodes / -in) [ao/M 1 //;, 

 foamy]. C 3 . 2 H H 23 . A glucosid constituent of the 

 cotyledons of horse-chestnut. It is a colorless amor- 

 phous powder, soluble in alcohol and water, its watery 

 solution frothing like soap. Boiled with alkalis it 

 yields butyric and escinic acids. 



Aphrodisiasm (af-ro-diz'-e-azm) [acfo6icmri\i6c, sex- 

 ual intercourse]. 1. Puberty. 2. Satyriasis. 



Aphrodisiography {af-ro-diz-e-og* '■> a-fe) [aopofiiaia, 

 venery ; ypdfetv, to write]. A study or description 

 of the physiology of venery or of syphilis. 



Aphroditism (af-ro'-dit-iztn). See herviaphrodism 

 (Illus. Diet.). 



Aphronesis (ah-fro-ne'-sis') [a, priv.; opo»^<r/c, good 

 sense]. Foolishness, silliness, madness. 



Aphronia {ah-fr(/-ne-ah) [0, priv.; fpfyv, the mind]. 

 Apoplexy. 



Aphtha, Aphthae. (See Illus. Diet.) Syn., Acacos ; Aca- 

 cus : Ophlyctis ; morbus aphthosus ; Thrush ; Sprue ; 

 Angina aphthosa ; Aphthous stomatitis. A. anginosa, 

 a form of sore-throat attended by slight fever, redness 

 and enlargement of the fauces, with the formation of 

 small whitish specks on the tongue and mucosa of the 

 throat. It usually occurs in cold, damp weather and in 

 women and children. A.. Cardarelli's. See A., 

 Cachectic (Illus. Diet.). A. epizootica. See Foot 

 and Mouth Disease (Illus. Diet.). A. febrilis, ulcer- 



